Brookings Mountain West Lecture: Philip Wallach
When: Mar. 20, 2013, 6pm - 7pm
Campus Location: Greenspun Hall
Office/Remote Location: Auditorium
Brookings Mountain West presents "Changing Policy without Changing Law: Addressing Climate Change under the Clean Air Act," a talk by Philip A. Wallach, a Fellow in Governance Studies at Brookings.
The evolution of our national climate change policy at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from the 1990s-2000s, is marked by a backdrop of congressional inaction. In 2007, litigation (Massachusetts v. EPA) required the EPA to re-interpret the Clean Air Act to also apply to greenhouse gases. This presentation will include a summary of the legal arguments in that case, and the narrow Supreme Court decision that supported the petitioners; a review of the legal and practical challenges emanating from this ruling; and consideration of the EPA's impact on continuing legislative debates. The speaker will explore the impact of this decision on policy making institutions and the role of a grid-locked legislature, the executive branch, and the courts, with a consideration of the meaning for American democracy.
Lecture is free and open to the public. No reservation or ticket required.
Name: Bill Brown
Office: Brookings Mountain West
Phone: 702-895-0091
E-mail: william.brown@unlv.edu
More info on this event: http://www.unlv.edu/brookingsmtnwest/upcoming-lectures-events