8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Widener Law Commonwealth
Admin Building, Room 180
3737 Vartan Way
Harrisburg, PA 17110
Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in Pennsylvania: What Are the Best Ways Forward?
The symposium will explore the ideas presented in the book, Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States, edited by Michael B. Gerrard and John C. Dernbach. The book details more than 1,000 legal tools for federal, state, local, and private decision makers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050.
Presenters at the conference will discuss what legal approaches are best for Pennsylvania to significantly reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The conference will bring together policy makers, stakeholders, and lawyers to discuss the most significant and promising legal options.
6 substantive and 1 ethics CLE available.
Cost:
Regular Registration $95, includes CLE and lunch
Discounted Registration: $85, includes CLE and lunch for alumni, government lawyers and academics
Non-CLE attendees: $55, includes lunch
Materials
Legal Pathways - Summary and Key Recommendations
The Dozen Types of Decarbonization Tools
Agenda
8:00 to 8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome
Christian Johnson, Dean and Professor of Law, Widener University Commonwealth Law School
8:35 a.m. Introduction and Purpose of Conference
John Dernbach, Commonwealth Professor of Environmental Law and Sustainability, Widener University Commonwealth Law School
8:40 to 9:10 a.m. State of Climate Science, and What It Means
Richard Alley, Penn State University
Donald A. Brown, Scholar in Residence, Widener University Commonwealth Law School
9:10 to 9:40 a.m. Climate Choices and Bridging Divides
Slides: Climate Challenges and Bridging Divides
Karl Hausker, Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute
9:40 to 10:10 a.m. Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States
Slides: Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States: An Overview
John Dernbach, Widener University Commonwealth Law School
10:10 to 10:20 a.m. Break
10:20 to 10:50 a.m. Keynote
Patrick McDonnell, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
10:50 to 11:50 a.m. State of Play in Pennsylvania
Moderator – David Hess, former secretary, DEP
Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Ballard & Spahr (ret.)
Davitt Woodwell, Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Gladys Brown Dutrieuille, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Rep. Steve McCarter, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Cindy Adams Dunn, DCNR
11:50 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Lunch
12:20 to 1:20 p.m. What are the Best Ways Forward on Electricity?
Moderator—John Quigley, former secretary, DEP & DCNR
John Hanger, Hanger Consulting LLC, President
Gladys Brown Dutrieuille, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Denise Foster, PJM
1:20 to 2:05 p.m. What are the Best Ways Forward on Transportation?
Moderator—Marie Cusick, WITF
Albert Gore, Tesla
Kathy Robertson, Exelon
David Althoff, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
2:05 to 2:50 p.m. What are the Best Ways Forward on Energy Efficiency?
Slides: Energy Efficiency Action
Moderator—Rob Altenburg, Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future
Baird Brown, eco(n)law
Julian Boggs, Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance
Terrance Fitzpatrick, Energy Association of Pennsylvania
2:50 to 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 to 3:30 p.m. What are the Best Ways Forward on a Just Transition?
Slides: Social Policies to Accelerate Fossil Fuel Transition
Steve Herzenberg, Keystone Research Center
3:30 to 4:30 p.m. What Should Lawyers Do?
Slides: Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization: Implementation Project
Moderator—C. Baird Brown, Esq.
Steve Harvey, Steve Harvey Law LLC, Call to the Bar
Richard Horsch, White & Case (ret.)