This event is open to the public, but non-members must pay a fee.
- Please REGISTER HERE by JANUARY 9.
- All installments of the Monthly Climate Change Briefings will be free for ELI members or $25.00 for non-members.
- Webinar information will be emailed to all eligible registrants one day prior to the event.
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All times noted are Eastern Time. The briefing begins at 2:00 PM Eastern Time, 1:00 PM Central, 12:00 Noon Mountain, 11:00 AM Pacific.
Please note: This is a NEW TIME for the Spring 2025 webinars.
An ELI Member 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. All installments will be free for ELI members or $25.00 for non-members.
Topics to be addressed in this month's briefing:
- Diamond Alternative Energy v. EPA -- Cert grant in case concerning standing to challenge California's Advanced Clean Car Program
- Vermont v. ExxonMobil -- Denial of motion to dismiss state lawsuit alleging deceptive practices by fossil fuel companies.
- Fuel Industry Climate Cases -- Denial of motion by fossil fuel company defendants to treat state and local actions against them as SLAPP suits
- Invenergy Thermal LLC v. Watson -- Dismissal of suit by owners of natural gas plant against Washington Climate Commitment Act
- Chamber of Commerce v. Moore -- Challenge to Vermont Climate Superfund Act
- LA fires and their climate link
- Efforts related to insurance in California
- California’s decision to delay implementation of climate disclosure law
- New York passage of climate superfund act
- New York implementation of congestion pricing
- Held v. State of Montana
- EPA’s cumulative impacts framework
Speakers:
Michael Gerrard, Founder and Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Law School
Ebony Griffin-Guerrier, Counsel, Singleton Schreiber
Cara Horowitz, Executive Director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, UCLA School of Law
Robert Sussman, Principal, Sussman & Associates
Materials:
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