Michael B. Gerrard to Deliver Keynote Opening Address at U.S.-Canadian Conference
Michael B. Gerrard of Arnold & Porter LLP, a prominent environmental law attorney and Lexis author, will deliver the keynote opening address at the 2008 National Environmental, Energy and Resources Law Summit on Climate Change and Air Quality — Cross Border Issues. The program, which is presented by the Canadian Bar Association’s National Environmental, Energy and Resources Law Section (NEERLS) and Continuing Legal Education Committee in partnership with the American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy and Resources (SEER), will be held May 15-16 at the Fairmont Château Laurier Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
According to the conference brochure, which is available at http://www.abanet.org/environ/council/spring08/ENV_2008Brochure.pdf, “[t]his year’s theme, Cross-Border Issues in Climate Change and Air Quality, is ‘the’ legal and political hot topic throughout North America and in much of the world. The program focus will include: an overview of the rapidly expanding North American legal regime; the emergence of carbon markets; green power; the continued resurgence of the nuclear industry; and a review of several cross-border air issues.”