Monthly Climate Change Briefing

When
June 13, 2011 12:27 pm — 12:27 pm
Where
Teleconference

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:

  • Vicki Arroyo, Executive Director, Georgetown University Climate Center
  • Michael B. Gerrard, Director, Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School
  • Nikki Roy, Congressional Affairs Fellow at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change

The topics discussed during the June 13, 2011 call included:

  • Activity in the AIR v. CARB suit concerning AB 32
  • Refiling of the Comer case
  • FOIA litigation in VA re climate scientists
  • Possibility that EPA is going to delay electricity sector GHG NSPS
  • Possible debt ceiling impacts on EPA
  • NJ governor withdraws from RGGI but says no to new coal plants
  • NH legislature votes not to leave RGGI
  • VT governor announces Climate Cabinet, introducts distributed renewables legislation
  • IL governor releases plan to boost renewables, efficiency

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