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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

Welcome to the Los Angeles County Bar Association Environmental Law Section. As our section approaches its 25th Anniversary, environmental law is as relevant as it has ever been with issues such as climate change, environmental justice and green chemistry in the forefront. Yet, much has changed. This year, the Environmental Law Section is initiating steps to take advantage of technology that will not only make many of our programs more convenient and accessible, but will provide you with opportunities to reduce your impact on the environment. Starting later this fall, please look for our webcast and webinar programs. We have an exciting year planned and I look forward to your participation.

Pete Duchesneau‬‪
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP‬‪
Chair, LACBA Environmental Law Section‬‪

See all Environmental Section Activities

Future Events
• February 24: Lunch Program; Environmental Mediation and Settlement Strategies: A Roundtable of Diverse Perspectives

March 18: Lunch Program; Ground Water Remediation Technologies and Strategies (Nuts and Bolts)

• April 16, 2010: 24th Annual Environmental Law Spring SuperSymposium
Environment 2.0: Convergence, Conflict, and Collaboration in Environmental Law and Practice.
At the Omni Los Angeles Hotel.

May 20: Extended Special Lunch Program
(more info to come); Joint program with the State Bar Association, focusing on Transportation, Emissions and the Ports

November 6, 2009: Fall Symposium Presentations
Sato Reed Presentation
Movassaghi Maziar Presentation
Dublin Presentation

Materials from the March 2009 symposium are available.

February 24, 2009. California’s Regulation of Greenhouse Gases: Cap & Trade v. Command & Control

Photographs from the Environmental Law Lunch Program
February 24, 2009

November 7, 2008. Super Symposium Program

New Article Additions

Industries Sue to Void California's Low-Carbon Fuel Regulations
(Los Angeles Times, Feb. 3, 2010)

EPA on Track to Release Automobile,' Tailoring' Rules in March
(New York Times, Feb. 3, 2010)

California Sets Up Statewide Network to Monitor Global-Warming Gases
(Daily Journal, January 26, 2010)

10 Tips for Land Use Decision-making
(Daily Journal, January 26, 2010)

EPA seeks stricter limits on smog pollutants
(Washington Post, posted Jan. 7, 2010)

C.I.A. Is Sharing Data With Climate Scientists
(N.Y. Times, posted Jan. 7, 2010)

Federal agencies may have to consider climate before they act
(L.A. Times, posted Jan. 1, 2010)

Natural Resources Agency Adopts SB 97 CEQA Guidelines Amendments
(Dec. 30, 2009)

Eco-officers are moving into executive suites
(L.A. Times, posted Dec. 30, 2009)

Down on the Farm, an Endless Cycle of Waste
(N.Y. Times, posted Dec. 28, 2009)

Waxman-Markey to the Senate: What Happens in California if it Passes?
(Cal. Env. Law Rptr., Aug. 2009)

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Because of the overwhelming success of our programs, in recent years the Environmental Law Section has donated to a variety of worthwhile nonprofit organizations, including the Constitutional Rights Foundation, UCLA School of Law's Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment, and TreePeople, a Los Angeles-based organization with a long and respected history of environmental stewardship.

All Section members should take pride in these donations, and in the role environmental attorneys play in protecting the environment.

We welcome your comments on the website and what we are doing right—and wrong. Most importantly, we invite you to become actively involved in the Section and its many programs and activities.

Information about Officers and Directors of the Section.

Information on upcoming events is available, click here. Archived materials from past programs and events is available, click here.

We have created a list of commonly used websites and websites of interest to environmental attorneys. Please provide us with your suggestions and comments on this list.

We have links to career opportunities in environmental law and related areas.

Does our new website help provide you with what you need to practice environmental law? Please submit comments to Kelly O'Donnell

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