CLE - Addressing the Challenge of Climate Change: The Role of Law and Lawyers

Co-presented by the Philadelphia Bar Association, A Call to the Bar: Lawyers for Common Sense on Climate, and the Pennsylvania Environmental Council

This full-day event focuses on the challenge of climate change, the legal framework for addressing the challenge, the need for much stronger and quicker action, the economic case for action, legal and economic issues specific to Pennsylvania, and the ethical and philosophical argument for action by lawyers and others. We intend that this event serve as a catalyst to the legal community to become more heavily engaged in climate change awareness, education, and action. Hear from industry leaders at this groundbreaking one-day conference on the role of law and lawyers in addressing the challenge of climate change: Jeffrey D. Sachs, world-renowned economist and University Professor at Columbia University John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, former Secretary of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection John C. Dernbach, Commonwealth Professor of Environmental Law and Sustainability and Director, Environmental Law and Sustainability Center, at Widener University Commonwealth School of Law Program Agenda:

• 8:30-9:05 - Introductions and Setting the Tone The International Framework: UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement

• 9:05-9:30 - The Challenge
• 9:30-10:30 - Local Government Efforts to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change
• 10:30-11:45 - Morning Break
• 10:45-12:00 - Legal and Regulatory Framework at the Federal and State Level: Implementing the Paris Agreement and the Clean Power Plan
• 12:00-12:15 - Lunch
• 12:15-1:00 - Luncheon Address: Pennsylvania's climate future--perils and possibilities
• 1:00-2:00 - Deep De-carbonization: The Economic Implications of the Future Legal and Regulatory Framework
• 2:00-3:00 - Deep De-carbonization: The Technical and Policy Challenge
• 3:00-3:15 - Afternoon Break
• 3:15-4:15 - Ethical Framework: Achieving Environmental and Intergenerational Justice through Legal Action
• 4:15-5:00 - Conclusion: What Can Lawyers Do?
• 5:00-6:00 - Cocktail Hour

This will be the third program that the Philadelphia Bar Association has sponsored with A Call to the Bar: Lawyers for Common Sense on Climate Change. Two prior programs featured Richard Alley, Ph.D., of Pennsylvania State University (November 2014) and Rear Admiral (ret.) David Titley, Ph.D., of Pennsylvania State University (October 2015). ONLINE REGISTRATION HERE

Date of Program Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Pre-Registration: ONLINE HERE 

Location:  AECOM Offices, 625 West Ridge Pike, Suite E-100, Conshohocken, PA 19428 

Check-in: 10:30 am - 11:00 am 

Technical Seminar Program:  11:00 am to 1:00 pm 

Cost:  Free for members and non-members (Registration Required, No Walk-ins

RSVP:   RSVP by close of business Friday, October 14, 2016 (Space is limited) 

CLE:  SWEP is applying for CLE credits for this program. 

Credits: Please indicate if you require a certificate of attendance for Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Credits, Continuing Education Units (CEU), or Professional Development Hours (PDH) 

About the Program:  Please join SWEP of Greater Philadelphia at AECOM’s Conshohocken Office for a technical seminar and lunch.  Poly- and perfluoralkyl substances (PFASs) are used in diverse manufacturing processes, intermediary products, and articles of commerce which historically contained and still may contain PFASs and have resulted in high potential exposures. These compounds are soluble, recalcitrant, and persistent.  As a result, large dilute plumes represent potential financial and receptor risks.  In addition, investigation and characterization for PFASs faces numerous challenges, including the potential for cross-contamination during sampling and analysis, multiple sources, and multiple transport pathways (bedrock, air, surface water).  A regulatory history overview, introduction to PFAS, analytical technique and challenges from a commercial laboratory perspective, and data validation information will be presented.

Agenda for the Poly- and Perfluoralkyl Substances Technical Seminar

• 10:30 am – Registration and Lunch Collection
• 11:00 am – Welcome from SWEP
• 11:05 am – PFAS Regulatory History Overview - Joanna Waldron, Esq., Land Air Water Legal Solutions, LLC
• 11:15 am – Introduction to PFAS - Dr. Katherine Davis, AECOM – Principal Geologist & PFAS Technical Practice Group Leader
• 12:00 pm – Break
• 12:10 pm – PFC Analytical Technique, and Challenges from a Commercial Laboratory Perspective - Trent Temperly, SGS – Ultratrace Client Solutions Manager
• 12:25 pm – PFC Data Validation - David R. Blye, CEAC, Environmental Standards – Principal Chemist
• 12:40 pm – Questions

Event sponsored by AECOM.

This course will explore the current drivers and challenges to brownfields redevelopment projects. Topics discussed will include: New Jersey regulatory update, the LSRP Program and brownfields, pre-development activities, funding programs/options, and integrating development and remediation

Faculty Coordinators: Leah Yasenchak, PhD., BRS Inc. Michael Sylvester, Executive Vice President, EWMA Laura Conradi, P.E., GEI Consultants, Inc. BCONE Members may register at the reduced LSRPA Rate - More Information & Registration Link