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 webinars with national experts on climate law and policy to keep you up to date and to answer your questions. Though they were previously conference calls, our Monthly Climate Change Briefings will now take place on Zoom.
Topics to be addressed in this month's briefing:
- California’s new emission rules for trucks and heavy duty vehicles
- Montana’s new legislation prohibiting certain analysis of climate impacts
- NY’s recent budget acting related to zero emission buildings
- Upcoming EPA power plant regulations
- The energy components of Republican debt ceiling legislation
- SCOTUS's denial of certiorari in several cases brought by states and cities against fossil fuel companies, and what is likely to follow
- California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley -- Ninth Circuit strikes down Berkeley's natural gas ban as preempted by federal law
- Center for Biological Diversity v. Haaland -- Allowing citizen suit challenging offshore oil platforms off Los Angeles and Orange Counties
- Dakota Rural Action v. US Department of Agriculture -- Vacating categorical exclusion from NEPA review for loan actions for medium-sized concentrated feeding operations
Speakers:
Jordan Diamond, President, Environmental Law Institute, Moderator
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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