Partnerships and Legislation: California's Approach to Climate Change |
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| 9:00am – 9:30am |
MCLE Sign-in/ Coffee |
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| 9:30am –
10:15am |
Keynote Introduction |
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Terry Tamminen, former Secretary to CalEPA
and Chief Policy Consultant to Governor Schwarzenegger |
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| 10:15am – 10:30am |
Break |
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| 10:30am –
12:00pm |
Panel 1:
Voluntary Partnerships to Reduce Emissions |
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Moderator: (law
professor) |
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Speaker 1: |
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Rachel Tornek, California Climate Action Registry
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-Introduce
partnerships and CCAR (15min) |
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Speaker 2: |
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Wendy Pulling, Director of Environmental Policy, PG&E |
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- Why industry joins partnerships (15min) |
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Speaker 3: |
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Barbara Toole O’Neil, Tetra-Tech |
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-Stringency of compliance standards (15min) |
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| 12:00pm – 1:00pm |
Break |
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| 1:00pm – 1:30pm |
Book signing with Terry Tamminen, Lives per Gallon:
The true cost of our oil addiction |
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| 1:30pm – 3:00pm |
Panel 2: California’s
Emissions Reduction Regulation |
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Moderator: (law professor) |
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Speaker 1: |
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Karen Douglas, Environmental Defense |
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-NGO critique of Assembly Bills and efficacy (15min) |
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Speaker 2: |
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Professor Daniel Sperling, Energy Efficiency Center |
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- Discuss the challenges of members; UC Davis case study (15min) |
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Speaker 3: |
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Tom Jennings, California Air Resources Board (CARB) |
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-Government strategy to enforce compliance (15min) |
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| 3:00pm – 3:15pm |
Break |
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| 3:15pm – 3:45pm |
Closing Remarks |
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Peter Weiner, Paul Hastings law firm |
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MCLE Credits: Keynote = 1, Panel 1 = 1.5, Panel 2= 1.5, Closing Remarks = 0.5 |
