April 2013
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Jenner & Block Program: “Professional Responsibility And Ethics For Environmental Lawyers” – May 8th
You are invited to join us on Wednesday, May 8, at 12:00 noon on the 45th Floor of the Chicago office for a program entitled “Professional Responsibility and Ethics for Environmental Lawyers.” This professional responsibility and ethics program will focus not only on a general update of these issues but discuss legal scenarios and situations… Continue reading
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Water Scarcity: Climate Change Related Or Not?
There is growing uncertainty over the impacts of greenhouse gases discharged into the Earth’s atmosphere resulting in more and more recognition that there may be a less catastrophic climate change – forecast than originally predicted by climate change “experts.” While much remains unsettled as to the whys and hows of climate change, one related concern,… Continue reading
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Climate Change May Cause Greater Aviation Turbulence
A recent study published in the British journal, Nature Climate Change, suggests that turbulence on flights may be stronger and occur more often if carbon dioxide emissions double by 2050 further heating up the atmosphere. Turbulence is created by atmospheric pressure, jet streams, air around mountains, cold or warm weather fronts, or thunderstorms, among other… Continue reading
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Environmental Advocacy Groups Issue Water Preparedness Guidance
The Natural Resources Defense Council and American Rivers recently issued a guide titled “Getting Climate Smart: A Water Preparedness Guide for State Action” that is intended to provide states with resources to better plan for climate change water-related impacts. According to the NRDC, these climate change water-related impacts include increased water scarcity in some regions… Continue reading
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PolicyMic on Climate Change
PolicyMic, a democratic online news platform to engage millennials in debates about real issues, identified five things to expect this year related to climate change including… Continue reading
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Climate Change: IPCC 2014 Draft Report Insights
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is working on its Fifth Assessment Report to be released in 2014. Interim drafts of the report released by the three working groups suggest that things are not as bad as predicted in the IPCC’s 2007 report. Continue reading
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Earth Day 2013
Next Monday, April 22, 2013, over one billion people around the world will celebrate the 43rd annual Earth Day. The theme of Earth Day 2013 is the Face of Climate Change according to the Earth Day Network. The first Earth Day was held on April 23, 1970. Created by then Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, to… Continue reading
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BPA Added To California’s Proposition 65 List
On April 11, 2013, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) added bisphenol A (“BPA”) to the list of chemicals known in the State of California to cause reproductive harm. OEHHA’s listing of BPA is based on a 2008 report from the National Toxicology Program (“NTP”) that BPA causes reproductive toxicity at high doses.… Continue reading
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ELI and Jenner & Block Program: “Obama’s Second Term: Implications For Environmental Practice” – April 24th
You are invited to join us on Wednesday, April 24, at 12:00 noon on the 45th Floor of the Chicago Office, for an important luncheon program we are co-sponsoring with the Environmental Law Institute (“ELI”) entitled “Obama’s Second Term: Implications for Environmental Practice.” This program will bring together three speakers, each of whom played a… Continue reading
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LexisNexis “Real Law” Article Addresses Water Risks
LexisNexis has posted an article “Navigating the Growing Body of Legal Issues Related to Water” in its “This Is Real Law” series. The article addresses water scarcity issues in the U.S. and discusses emerging legal implications. This special news story was published in recognition of World Water Day and the fact that the UN has… Continue reading