Climate Change Legislation, Litigation, Regulation, and Tracking Carbon Emission Reductions

This session will provide a review and update on the state, national and international legal and regulatory developments regarding greenhouse gas emission voluntary reduction and mandatory control programs. Specifically, this session will review the current and potential future Climate Change Legislation Landscape, including the structure of possible carbon constraints and implementation strategies, in addition to related issues including state and regional program preemption, EPA’s regulation of CO2 under various provisions of the Clean Air Act, and also current international greenhouse gas emission mandates impacting US companies doing business overseas.