Events
Dave Conover, panelist at the National Association of Environmental Law Societies Conference
Where
University of Vermont
When
March 20, 2008
Capping Carbon: The Current State of
Climate Legislation
Friday, March 21, 9:00am Sugar Maple Room UVM Davis Center Federal
cap and trade legislation appears to have a
patina of inevitability, despite the United
States' current policy of inaction.
Despite this important shift, politics continue
to lag behind science-based reality.
Currently proposed legislation will do
little to reduce green house gas emissions and
could possibly block effective alternatives by
dampening the sense of urgency to act.
While the European Union program and regional
state initiatives provide valuable lessons for
the design of a larger program, they remain
ignored in favor of industry concerns.
This panel will take the pulse of cap and trade
legislation pending in Congress and examine
alternative proposals, existing programs, and
the divide between the politics and science of
climate
change.
For more information about the 2008 NAELS conference, please visit: http://naels2008.vermontlaw.edu
