Monthly Climate Change Briefing: November 2017

When
November 13, 2017 4:00 pm — 4:30 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:

  • What the 11-state delegation (including 4 governors) will be doing at COP23 in Bonn and updates on what they're doing at home in the U.S.
  • Recent climate report issued (reluctantly) by the administration
  • Recent EPA NODAs on staying the methane rule
  • California federal court decision vacating BLM postponement of methane rule compliance dates
  • Dismissal of Peabody from San Mateo case
  • Mark Jacobson lawsuit against National Academy of Sciences and author of critical piece
  • New Pennsylvania lawsuit seeking injunction against Trump climate rollbacks
  • Several decisions allowing climate protestors to raise necessity defense
  • Implications of recent state-level elections
  • The clean energy and climate-relevant provisions included, and not included, in the House and Senate tax proposals

Speakers:
Michael B. Gerrard, Professor, Columbia Law School; Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Manik Roy, Senior Fellow, DEPLOY/US
Robert Sussman, Principal, Sussman & Associates
Kathryn Zyla, Deputy Director, Climate Center, Georgetown University

Materials:
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