November 14, 2011

Monthly Climate Change Briefing

A special service for ELI institutional members, this half-hour monthly conference call provides a valuable way to keep on top of the legal and policy developments in the climate change arena.

Panelists for this month's event were:

• Kyle Danish, Van Ness Feldman, PC
• Michael B. Gerrard, Director, Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School
• Gabe Pacyniak, Associate, Georgetown University Climate Center
• Nikki Roy, Congressional Affairs Fellow at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change

The topics discussed during the call included:

• Oral arguments now scheduled for Kivalina and for the DC Circuit challenges to the GHG rules
• Callifornia finalizes cap-and-trade rules
• North Dakota sues Minnesota over law aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions
• Nebraska legislature calling special session on Keystone XL
• A summary of the new carbon pricing scheme in Australia
• Sen. Bingaman's expected CES bill
• Continuing Congressional attacks on EPA's authority
• Impending end of the current CR and how it presents yet another opportunity for anti-EPA riders
• EPA sending its NSPS rule to OMB
• Litigation in Europe over the plan to include international airlines in the ETS

Materials:
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