The Obama Administration continues to demonstrate its commitment to greenhouse gas emissions regulation, evidenced by EPA’s recent endangerment finding stating that greenhouse gases pose a threat to “health and welfare.” On the international front, countries are preparing for climate discussions in Copenhagen this December. Regionally, efforts such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in the northeast and the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) are underway.

With so many developments occurring at once, it’s difficult for business and industry leaders to determine current and future compliance requirements. Regulated entities should understand the policies driving these developments so that they are prepared for future regulation. Even the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) voted to require insurers to submit annual “climate risk” reports regarding their own operations and those of their insureds.

Order this in-depth audio conference recording, when our environmental legal expert reviews new developments that will affect your daily business practices, along with the regulatory changes that are brewing.

You and your colleagues will learn:

• The most current status of pending federal legislation in this area
• EPA’s next steps regarding endangerment finding, regulation, and national reporting requirements
• The status of regional cap and trade programs
• Strategies to address new securities disclosures
• The actions by insurance companies that will directly impact you
• How to effectively prepare when so much is currently unsettled

Ruth Silman, Esq., is a partner in the Boston office of Nixon Peabody, LLP. Her practice focuses on complex environmental and land use matters. Her extensive experience includes air quality, hazardous waste assessment and remediation, brownfields redevelopment, wetlands protection, stormwater, wastewater, septic system, and water quality issues at federal, state, and local levels. She advises clients regarding environmental management systems and environmental audits, and represents clients concerning land use implications of real estate transactions, including zoning, environmental impacts, permitting, and compliance.

Silman has written and lectured on the Clean Air Act, climate change, renewable energy, brownfields, zoning, regulatory takings, insurance coverage in environmental cases, underground storage tanks, wetlands, the Massachusetts Rivers Protection Act, and environmental audits.

Silman previously worked for the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General in the Environmental Protection Division and analyzed the legality of potential policies under the federal Clean Air Act for the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM). She has been recognized as a “New England Super Lawyer” in Energy & Environmental based on a peer-review survey by Boston magazine (2008).

Approved for Recertification Credit

This audio conference qualifies for Continuance of Certification (COC) credit. CSPs will earn 0.05 COC points for attending this audio conference.

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