An ELI Members Briefing
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 (also available to non-members for a fee), the Environmental Law Institute provides a series of monthly webinars with national experts on climate law and policy to keep you up to date with short presentations about various sectors, along with time at the end for discussion between the panelists and to answer audience questions.
Topics to be addressed in this month's briefing:
- The 2024 election and its impacts on climate policy, as well as states
- Outcomes of state referendums on climate issues
- In re Fossil Fuel Industry Climate Cases - California court denies defendants' motions to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction
- West Virginia v. EPA - Supreme Court refuses to stay EPA rule on GHG emissions from fossil fuel power plants
- Aloha Petroleum v. National Union Fire Insurance - GHG are "pollutants" under insurance policies' pollution exclusion clauses
- Save the Colorado v. Semonite - Corps violated NEPA and Clean Water Act in approving expansion of dam by insufficient review of climate impacts
- South Carolina Coastal Conservation League v. Corps of Engineers - 4th Circuit refuses to enjoin construction in flood-prone area of Charleston, S.C.
Speakers:
Daniel Farber, Sho Sato Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment, University of California, Berkeley
Michael Gerrard, Founder and Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Law School
Robert Sussman, Principal, Sussman & Associates
Materials:
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ELI Monthly Climate Change Briefings are made possible by the generous support of our institutional members.
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