Monthly Climate Change Briefing: October 2019

When
October 7, 2019 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:

  • Overview and highlights of the recent UN General Assembly's climate activities
  • Recent announcement by the Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI) states on program development progress

  • CA Governor Newsom directs $700B pension funds toward climate goals
  • The Baker-Polito administration launched a Resilient MA Action Team to coordinate across agencies in implementing Massachusetts' State Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan
  • NC was supposed to have finalized their ZEV Plan, Motor Fleet ZEV Plan, Clean Energy Plan, and Clean Energy and Clean Transportation Workforce Assessments
  • NM & MN announced that they would be joining other 17 states in adopting CA clean car standards and ZEV mandates
  • Discussion of new developments in the cases against fossil fuel companies brought by Baltimore; Boulder County, Colorado; and the State of Rhode Island
  • New developments in the California/Trump battle and some new Hill activities

Speakers:
James Bradbury, Mitigation Program Director, Climate Center, Georgetown University
Sally Fisk, Assistant General Counsel-Compliance Division, Pfizer
Michael B. Gerrard, Professor, Columbia Law School; Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Robert Sussman, Principal, Sussman & Associates

Materials:
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