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:
- Three lawsuits brought by California's counties and city against fossil fuel companies
- New Conservation Law Foundation suit in Rhode Island
- Developments in Juliana litigation in Oregon
- Recent federal regulatory developments
- Climate-specific measures relating to national security that have advanced in both the House and Senate
- RGGI's and California's program extensions
- Massachusetts' new GHG regs
- California's Climate-Safe Infrastructure Working Group
- Miami's bond for infrastructure improvements to adapt to sea-level rise
- Trump's recision of the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard
Speakers:
Michael B. Gerrard, Professor, Columbia Law School; Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Manik Roy, Senior Fellow, DEPLOY/US [formerly, ClimateWorks Foundation]
Robert Sussman, Principal, Sussman & Associates
Kate Zyla, Deputy Director, Climate Center, Georgetown University
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