Join faculty expert Prof. Lisa Heinzerling to learn about climate change and the recent legal, political, and scientific developments that influenced the U.S. government's policies toward regulating greenhouse gases. Prof. Heinzerling is just back from serving as Associate Administrator and Senior Climate Policy Counsel in the Environmental Protection Agency. Hear her insider's update on the EPA's regulatory efforts over breakfast with your fellow alumni.
In Massachusetts v. EPA, the Supreme Court held that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the federal Clean Air Act. Since that ruling, EPA has taken several important steps toward developing a regulatory program for greenhouse gases. It has found that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare within the meaning of the Clean Air Act, and has issued several rules regulating emissions from both mobile and stationary sources. Professor Heinzerling was lead author of the winning briefs in Massachusetts v. EPA and was also part of the initial team at EPA that began to develop a regulatory program for greenhouse gases. Heinzerling will discuss the status of these regulatory efforts.
Be sure to read Prof. Heinzerling’s article The Role of Science in Massachusetts v. EPA prior to the breakfast!
Time: Program begins promptly at 8:00 am and ends at 9:00. Breakfast will be available starting at 7:30 am.
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