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 Power Plan state compliance update
- California released plan to cut emissions from short-term climate pollutants 40 to 50 percent by 2030; California Air Resources Board announced that upcoming changes to cap-and-trade program will include provisions for linking with Ontario program
- Maine Gov. LePage vetoed net metering bill designed to boost solar power production in the state; Maine legislature overrides veto on redistribution of RGGI funds
- New York announces $11 million new funding through the Climate Smart Communities grant program to help communities increase resilience to climate impacts and reduce emissions
- Seattle releases an Equity and Environment Agenda
- Alberta announced budget plan for economy-wide carbon tax
- Washington State decision in Our Childrens Trust case against Ecology
- Supreme Court decision on wholesale power rates
- Oregon federal court decision on Federal Columbia River Power System, ESA and NEPA
- Delaware decision dismissing RGGI challenge
- Minnesota PUC ALJ recommendation on social cost of carbon
- RGGI’s ongoing program review and the options on the table
- The upcoming review of the EPA/NHTSA emission standards for light-duty vehicles and the positioning of the key stakeholders
- State-of-play on the impending energy bill conference
Speakers:
Vicki Arroyo, Executive Director, Climate Center, Georgetown University
Michael B. Gerrard, Professor, Columbia Law School; Director, Center for Climate Change Law
Manik Roy, Director of Political Assessment, ClimateWorks Foundation
Robert Sussman, Principal, Sussman & Associates
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