Leading practitioners, regulators, and professors from New York City and Albany reviewed the past year's most significant developments in New York State environmental law.
Featured topics included recent amendments to the Brownfields regulations; new 360 regulations (solid waste); pipelines; oil by rail; the Volkswagen suit; new developments under the State Environmental Quality Review Act; recent activities in the state legislature; major court decisions in environmental law; and more.
Speakers:
Thomas Berkman, Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel, NYSDEC
Donna De Costanzo, Senior Attorney and Director, Northeast Energy and Sustainable Communities, NRDC
Scott Fein, Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna LLP
Michael Gerrard, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice and Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School Counsel, NYSDEC
Philip Weinberg, Professor Emeritus, St. John's University School of Law
Moderator:
Michael Mahoney, Pfizer Inc; Chair, Environmental Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association
Co-sponsored by: New York City Bar Association Committee on Environmental Law, the Environmental Law Institute, and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School.