Media Advisory
November 6, 2007
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Contact:
Oroma Mpi (City Bar), 212-382-6713 |
Emissions Trading
or Carbon Tax as Remedies for Global Climate
Change: a Debate Presented by the Committees
on Environmental Law and Energy
When: Tuesday, November 13 th, 9:30
a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (9
a.m. Coffee and Registration)
Where: New York City Bar
Association, 42 West 44th
Street, between 5 th & 6
th Avenues
What: Debate-style panel discussion
and public forum on what emissions trading
or a carbon tax can accomplish
Public concern about climate change has never
been greater, and news articles on technological
solutions appear almost daily in every major
news outlet. Federal legislation has been proceeding
so slowly that the industrial sector, which
once opposed environmental regulation, is now
pressing for a comprehensive national approach.
This expert panel will debate the merits of
two strategies for combating global climate
change: emissions trading versus the carbon
tax. A poorly crafted program that does not
reduce carbon emissions would be a tragic missed
opportunity.
Moderator:
Edna Sussman ,
Of Counsel, Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney
LLP,
Chair,
NYC Bar Association Energy Committee
Panelists:
- John Anda , President,
Environmental Markets Network, Environmental
Defense
- William A. Pizer , Senior
Fellow, Resources for the Future
- Dan Rosenblum , co-Founder,
Carbon Tax Center
- James Barrett , Executive
Director, Redefining Progress
The program is free and open to the general
public. To ensure there is sufficient seating,
please RSVP to Claire Hernandez at hernandez@clm.com (or
212-238-8671).
Additional sponsors
include: International Environmental Law Committee
of the New York City Bar Association; Environmental
Law Section of the New York State Bar Association;
Climate Change, Sustainable Development and
Ecosystems Committee of the Environment, Energy
and Resources Section of the American Bar Association;
and the Environmental Law Institute.
AGENDA
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Coffee and Registration |
| 9:30 - 9:40 |
Introduction and Purpose of Debate :
Christine Fazio, Chair, Environmental Law Committee |
| 9:40 - 9:50 |
Background on Climate Change Legislation Before
Congress, by the Moderator Edna Sussman, Chair, Energy Law
Committee |
| 9:50 - 10:20 |
The Emissions Cap and Trade Side
Jon
A. Anda, President of Environmental Markets Network of Environmental
Defense
Billy Pizer, Senior Fellow, Resources For the Future
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| 10:20 - 10:50 |
The Carbon Tax Side
Daniel Rosenblum,
Co-Founder, Carbon Tax Center
James P. Barrett, Executive Director, Redefining
Progress
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| 10:50 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 11:15 |
Rebuttal: The Emissions Cap and Trade Side |
| 11:15 - 11:30 |
Rebuttal: The Carbon Tax Side |
| 11:30 - 11:50 |
Questions to Debaters by Moderator |
| 11:50 - 12:20 |
Questions to Debaters byAudience |
| 12:20 - 12:30 |
Conclusion to Debate, Nancy Anderson, Executive
Director, the Sallan Foundation |
About the Association
The New York
City Bar Association (www.nycbar.org)
was founded in 1870, and since then has been
dedicated to maintaining the high ethical
standards of the profession, promoting reform
of the law, and providing service to the profession
and the public. The Association continues to
work for political, legal and social reform,
while implementing innovative means to help
the disadvantaged. Protecting the public’s welfare remains one of the
Association’s highest priorities.
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