FOR MEDIA ONLY
Friday, October 23
11:00 am -- 12:00 pm: Short presentation and Q&A
Registration Required: https://bit.ly/3o4PlEl
Attendees can submit questions through the Zoom Q&A function or by emailing Dale Willman ([email protected]) in advance.
Overview:
The past four years has seen an unprecedented level of attempts to drastically alter the country’s environmental regulatory landscape, along with regular attacks on the very science that underpins those regulations. But with so much chaos in Washington, how can you keep track of those changes, and find stories that inform your listeners on what the changes mean? Also, what will the election mean for the future direction of environmental regulation? Join us for a chance to have your questions answered, and walk away with both a better understanding of the regulatory landscape and story ideas you can work on right now to share these issues with your community.
In 2017, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund created the “Silencing Science Tracker” to record government attempts to restrict or prohibit scientific research, education or discussion, or the publication or use of scientific information. This event will look at what has happened since by examining case studies, key findings, how to use the Tracker and potential outcomes in the next administration.
Discussants:
Maria Caffrey, climate scientist and former partner with National Parks Service
Lisa Friedman, climate reporter, The New York Times
Lauren Kurtz, Executive Director Climate Science Legal Defense Fund
Romany Webb, Senior Fellow and Associate Research Scholar, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School
Moderator: Dale Willman, Resilience Media Project, the Earth Institute
Resources:
Silencing Science Tracker -- https://climate.law.columbia.edu/Silencing-Science-Tracker
Climate Deregulation Tracker -- https://climate.law.columbia.edu/climate-deregulation-tracker
"I'm a scientist. Under Trump I lost my job for refusing to hide climate crisis facts" By Maria Caffrey
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/25/trump-administration-climate-crisis-denying-scientist
Climate Change Litigation Database -- http://climatecasechart.com/
Model Laws for Deep Decarbonization in the U.S. -- https://lpdd.org/
Carbon Dioxide Removal Law Database -- https://cdrlaw.org/
Climate Reregulation Reregulation in a Biden Administration -- https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/climate-reregulation-biden-administration
Trump v. The Climate, Round Two: What Four More Years of Trump Might Mean for Climate Regulation -- http://blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechange/2020/10/15/trump-v-the-climate-round-two-what-four-more-years-of-trump-might-mean-for-climate-regulation/
