Staying on top of the legal and policy developments in the climate change arena is no small task. As a special service to our members, the Environmental Law Institute provides a series of monthly conference calls with national experts on climate law and policy to keep you up to date and to answer your questions.
Topics addressed in this month's call:
- Clean Air Council v. US (ED PA): Dismissing claim that Trump administration's climate change rollbacks were unconstitutional
- WildEarth Guardians v. Zinke (D. Mont.): Finding the Office of Surface Mining should have performed social cost of carbon analysis for expansion of coal mine
- Gloucester Resources Ltd. v. Minister for Planning (NSW Land & Env't Court): Australian decision denying approval for coal mine, largely on grounds of the GHG emissions from the coal it produces
- Termination of talks between EPA and California on the light-duty vehicle standards
- Recent Congressional developments
- Trump Administration ends talks with California over vehicle efficiency and GHG standards
- More states join US Climate Alliance
- Multi-state coalitions of state AGs fighting against 6 Trump administration rollbacks (NYU special report and related press conference with state AGs)
- Trump Admin seeks to rescind federal funding for California high speed rail
- Alaska Governor Dunleavy issued an administrative order disbanding the state's Climate Action for Alaska Leadership Team
Speakers:
James Bradbury, Mitigation Program Director, Climate Center, Georgetown University
Michael B. Gerrard, Professor, Columbia Law School; Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Robert Sussman, Principal, Sussman & Associates
Materials:
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