Monthly Climate Change Briefing: March 2016

When
March 14, 2016 5:00 pm — 5:30 pm
Where
Teleconference

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, the Environmental Law Institute provides a series of monthly conference calls with national experts on climate law and policy to keep you up to date and to answer your questions.

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Topics addressed in this month's call:

  • This week's US-Canada Joint Statement on Climate, Energy, and Arctic Leadership
  • The Clean Power Plan stay and related developments
  • EPA's recent update of its Inventory of GHG emissions, including upward adjustments of its methane emission estimates
  • OR bill would establish 50 percent RPS by 2040 and phase out coal power by 2035
  • MD Senate passed bill that would establish new 2030 climate goal for the state
  • Governors of 17 states signed Governors' Accord for a New Energy Future, agreeing to collaborate on cleaner energy and transportation
  • WA state Dept of Ecology withdrew state's proposed Clean Air Rule following public comment, and announced plans to move forward with a revised rule
  • CA released draft regs for local groundwater management plans that require use of climate change projections in long-term planning
  • FEMA developed preliminary guidance on "Climate Resilient Mitigation Activities" that are eligible for funding under its Hazard Mitigation Assistance programs

Speakers:
Vicki Arroyo, Executive Director, Climate Center, Georgetown University
Michael Burger, Executive Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia University
Robert Sussman, Principal, Sussman & Associates

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