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:
- New LBNL reports and state Priority Action Plans submitted under IRA
- Recent developments in: California, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, and Wisconsin
- Long v. KLM and Zajac v. United Airlines -- Rejecting "greenwashing" claims against two airlines as preempted by Airline Deregulation Act
- Earth Island Institute v. Coca-Cola Inc. -- Allowing greenwashing claim to proceed
- City of Port Isabel v. FERC -- Vacating FERC reauthorization of two LNG export terminals
- Oregon New Desert Association v. Air Force -- Denied motion to dismiss suit challenging expansion of military aircraft trainings that could have climate impacts
- Better Path Coalition Planning Group v. City of Harrisburg -- Refusing to dismiss suit by organizers of annual event to raise awareness about climate change saying that City's restrictions violated First amendment
- Montana v. City of Portland-- Rejecting challenge to city's restrictions on fossil fuel terminals
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
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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