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 for non-members.
Topics to be addressed in this month's briefing:
- Updates on several lawsuits brought by states, counties and cities against fossil fuel companies
- Decision on California's new climate disclosure laws
- Montana decision on analyzing GHG impacts of power plants
- Lawsuits challenging EPA methane emissions charges.
- Effects on state climate policy of uncertainty around Trump admin funding freeze
- Ongoing response to LA fires, in CA
- Some news out of blue states related to efforts to keep pushing for climate progress at local level
- Trump administration actions and effects
Speakers:
Michael Gerrard, Founder and Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Law School
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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