Lecture

📖 📖 LECTURE — Open to the Public

Eminent Domain Law as Climate Policy

Tue., Feb. 16, 2020 I 10:00 am — 11:00 am (CST)
Venue: Online 💻. University of Houston Law Center — Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Center.
Alexandra Klass , J.D. Distinguished McKnight University Professor University of Minnesota Law School.
Victor B. Flatt, J.D. Dwight Olds Chair and Professor of Law co-Dir. of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Center. University of Houston Law Center.
Gina S. Warren, J.D.
George Butler Research Professor. co-Dir. of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Center.
University of Houston Law Center.
Eminent Domain Law as Climate Policy Professor Alexandra Klass' lecture will focus on a research paper she recently published on Eminent Domain Law as Climate Policy. In 2019, several states adopted aggressive clean energy laws and other states are poised to do the same. These policies require electric utilities to secure all of the electricity they sell to customers from carbon-free energy resources by a specified date, and many also require the state to drastically reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector, increase energy efficiency in buildings, and otherwise decarbonize their economies. In order to meet these mandates, states must transform the physical infrastructure used to create and transport energy. READ MORE...
Speaker's Bio Alexandra B. Klass is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor at the University of Minnesota Law School. She teaches and writes in the areas of energy law, natural resources law, environmental law, tort law, and property law. READ MORE...
UHLC Virtual Lecture Series Eminent Domain Law as Climate Policy On behalf of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (EENR) Center at the University of Houston Law Center, I am delighted to announce forthcoming events we’ll host in the frame of our virtual lecture series on Energy Transition and Climate Governance, sponsored by the EU’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship, and spearheaded by Dr. Aubin Nzaou. READ MORE...

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