2018 Symposium: Energy and Environmental Policy

ELJ 2018 SYMPOSIUM

The NYU Environmental Law Journal (the Journal), in conjunction with NYU’s Institute for Policy Integrity, will host the Journal’s annual symposium on September 28th in Greenberg Lounge of Vanderbilt Hall on 40 Washington Square South. The all-day event, celebrating Policy Integrity’s 10th Anniversary, is titled “Energy and Environmental Policy: The Quest for Rationality.”

This year’s topic focuses on critical debates on environmental, energy, and natural resources policy. The event includes three panel discussions: Advancing Energy Policy, Economics and Environmental Policy, and Emerging Issues in Natural Resources Policy. Keynote speakers include Gina McCarthy, former Administrator of the EPA and current Director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard University, and Cass Sunstein, the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard Law School and former Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

Introductory Remarks

Richard Revesz, Director, Institute for Policy Integrity; Lawrence King Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus, NYU School of Law

Panel One: Advancing Energy Policy

Kathleen Frangione, Chief Policy Advisor, Office of the Governor for the State of New Jersey

Cheryl LaFleur, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Charlotte Mitchell, Commissioner, North Carolina Utilities Commission (invited)

Andrew G. Place, Vice Chairman, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Moderator: Burcin Unel, Energy Policy Director, Institute for Policy Integrity

Lunch

Keynote Address

Cass Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard Law School; former Administrator of the White Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

In conversation with: E. Donald Elliott, Professor, Yale Law School; Senior of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP; former Assistant Administrator and General Counsel of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Panel Two: Economics and Environmental Policy

Megan Ceronsky, Executive Director, Center for Applied Environmental Law and Policy; former Associate Counsel to President Obama

Jonathan Pershing, Program Director for Environment, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; former Special Envoy for Climate Change, U.S. Department of State

Vickie Patton, General Counsel, Environmental Defense Fund

Richard Morgenstern, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future; former Senior Economic Counselor to the Undersecretary for Global Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Moderator: Michael Livermore, Professor, University of Virginia School of Law; founding Executive Director, Institute for Policy Integrity

Panel Three: Emerging Issues in Natural Resources Policy

David J. Hayes, Executive Director, State Energy and Environmental Impact Center at NYU Law; former Deputy Secretary of the Interior

Brenda Mallory, Executive Director and Senior Counsel, Conservation Litigation Project; former General Counsel for the White House Council on Environmental Quality

Susan Tierney, Senior Advisor, Analysis Group; former Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Energy; former Massachusetts Secretary for Environmental Affairs

Nada Culver, Senior Counsel and Director, The Wilderness Society’s BLM Action Center

Moderator: Jayni Hein, Policy Director, Institute for Policy Integrity

Keynote Address

Gina McCarthy, Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard University; former Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

In conversation with: Richard Revesz, Director, Institute for Policy Integrity; Lawrence King Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus, NYU School of Law

10th Anniversary Reception