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Environmental Legislative and Regulation Update: Trends, Directions, & Developments
This webinar will capture new California environmental legislative, regulatory, and judicial developments and includes implications of the Wheeler US EPA. This webinar will capture the current state of US EPA policies, programs, and enforcement and evaluate the interplay with the California regulatory framework, EPA Region IX priorities, State Attorney General initiatives, and NGO-related citizen suits.
Webinar Replay: 2019 Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite: Conversation with California’s Top Environmental Regulators
Jared Blumenfeld, California Secretary for Environmental Protection and Wade Crowfoot, California Secretary for Natural Resources will share their insights on their vision and priorities for their respective agencies.
Webinar Replay: 2019 Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite: The Coastal Squeeze: Managing Climate Change’s Impacts on Our Coastlines
With sea level rise and the increased frequency of coastal flooding, threats to coastal residences, coastal infrastructure risks, beach erosion and beach loss, saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers and compromised shoreline safety are increasingly apparent. This panel will cover threats to the coastline from climate change-induced sea level rise, mitigation efforts to address those impacts, financial challenges to mitigation and equity in mitigation conversations.
Environmental Law Section Book Club – Silent Spring
We invite our Environmental Law Section (ELS) members to stay connected and inspired through our new ELS Book Club. Our book selections below touch upon environmental law issues through a range of styles and topics. In this session, we will discuss Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.
Webinar: The State of Our Environment
Mark Dubois, will reflect on the state of our environment and share thoughts on strengthening the environmental movement and the efforts that led to the California and Federal Wild and Scenic River Protection Acts. Eric Wesselman, Executive Director of the Friends of the River, will share the status of these water quality laws along with the recently passed Protecting America’s Wilderness Act.
Environmental Law Section Book Club – The Snail Darter And The Dam
In this eye-opening book, the lawyer who with his students fought and won the first Endangered Species Act case to be adjudicated before the Supreme Court – known officially as Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill – tells the fascinating story behind one of the nation’s most significant environmental law battles.Â
29th Annual 2020 Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite
The Environmental Law Conference “at Yosemite” is nationally recognized as the largest and most prestigious gathering in California of leaders in environmental, land use, and natural resources law. We hope you will join us and many of our nation’s top environmental officials, lawyers, and other professionals.
Post-Yosemite Conference Law Student Zoom Social
Were you able to attend the virtual Yosemite Conference last month? Are you still feeling that amazing energy? Come hop on Zoom to say hi, check in, and share your experience.
Book Club: All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
While it’s clear that women and girls are vital voices and agents of change for this planet, they are too often missing from the proverbial “table.” To change everything, we need everyone.
Book Club: The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California
Californians have redirected rivers, drilled ever-deeper wells, and built higher dams, pushing the water supply past its limit.
We are committed to accessibility! Virtual events are equipped with closed captioning. To request an in-person accommodation, send us a note at accessibility@calawyers.org or contact us at 916-516-1760 for assistance.