OCT. 16 – The 2007 Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation Symposium Oct. 19 at the University Of Oregon School Of Law will focus on regional efforts to implement regulations and policies to address climate change.
“Combating Climate Change on the Regional Level: West Coast Policy and Litigation” is the title of the symposium, planned at the Knight Law Center on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene.
Panels will explore the West Coast’s approach to climate change issues through market mechanisms, regulation, and litigation. Participants will include policy-makers, attorneys, activists, students, business leaders, and the general public “interested in the region’s attempts to slow, stop, reverse, and address impending climate change and the problems it will cause in the region.”
The symposium will begin with a keynote address from Oregon Sen. Brad Avakian, followed by panels discussing policy approaches in Oregon, Washington and California. The second part of the day will focus on both current and projected litigation concerning climate change as well as other legal approaches to climate change. The day will end at 5 p.m. with another keynote speech from Professor Mary Christina Wood.
Panelists scheduled to participate include Hari Osofsky, University of Oregon Law School; Wil Burns, Santa Clara School of Law; David Hunter, Center for International Environmental Law; E. Andrew Long, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law; Randall S. Abate, Florida Coastal School of Law; James Olmsted, Conservation & Preservation Council, LLC; Svitlana Kravchenko, University of Oregon Law School; Janice Adair, Washington State Department of Ecology; Bill Drumheller, Oregon Department of Energy; Bruce Jennings, consultant, California Senate, Environmental Quality Committee; Dan Galpern, Western Environmental Law Coalition; Roger Hamilton, Resource Innovations; Leslie McAllister, San Diego School of Law.
The symposium is sponsored by the Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation and the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program.