February 15, 2012

New York Environmental Year in Review

Co-sponsored by
Environmental Law Institute
Committee on Environmental Law of the City Bar of New York
Committee on International Environmental Law of the City Bar of New York

Leading practitioners and professors of New York environmental law reviewed the year's most significant judicial, regulatory, and administrative developments. Featured topics included the regulation of high volume hydraulic fracturing, new developments under the State Environmental Quality Review Act, events at DEC, and more.

Panelists:
Jeff Gracer (Moderator), Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. and Chair, New York City Bar Committee on Environmental Law
Scott Fein, Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna LLP
Michael Gerrard, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice and Director, Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School
Steven Russo, Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Kate Sinding, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council
Philip Weinberg, Professor Emeritus, St. John's University School of Law