Environmental Law Explored: A Podcast SEERies
Top environmental, energy, and resources lawyers discuss career development, legal issues, historical trends, and new developments in environmental law.
The views, information, or opinions expressed in Environmental Law Explored: A Podcast SEERies are solely and exclusively those of the speakers and not those of the American Bar Association or the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources. Environmental Law Explored is intended for educational and informational purposes only.
- Update frequency
- every 26 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 75
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Emerging Contaminants: Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs)
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products can be found in every home in America, but now they are also showing up in our wastewater systems and even our lakes and rivers.
In this third episode of th…
Emerging Contaminants: Ethylene Oxide
In the second installment of our Emerging Contaminants series, we turn our attention to ethylene oxide, a chemical critical to the sterilization of medical and protective equipment yet increasingly s…
The ESG Era: Progress, Pushback, and the Path Ahead
In 2024, key legal and regulatory shifts transformed the ESG landscape across the U.S., Canada, U.K., and EU. In the U.S., the SEC adopted—and later stopped defending—climate disclosure rules, while …
Emerging Contaminants: Microplastics
In the debut episode of our Emerging Contaminants series, we examine the widespread presence of microplastics in our environment, including in human and animal bodies and throughout our food systems.…
Editor's Insights: Chemical Product Law and Supply Chain Stewardship: A Guide to New TSCA
The Wildfire Crisis and Community Resilience
In the wake of the Los Angeles fires and amid a growing wildfire crisis, Doug Green, manager of Headwaters Economics’ Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire (CPAW) program, joins Andrew Kihn, pro…
Redefining EPA Authority—San Francisco v. EPA
Join Tim Kelly (Hausfeld) and Misha Tseytlin (Troutman Pepper Locke) as they unpack the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in City and County of San Francisco v. EPA. The ruling struck down the E…
The Future of NEPA: 2025 and Beyond
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) landscape is shifting fast. With major developments like Eagle County, Marin Audubon, Section 5 of President Trump’s Unleashing American Energy Executive …
Mill Closures and Workforce Shortages in the West: Episode 3 - Conservation Implications
In the third episode of the Mill Closures and Workforce Shortages in the West series, Andrew Kihn is joined by Susan Jane Brown, Principal and Chief of Silvix Resources, a nonprofit environmental law…
Mill Closures and Workforce Shortages in the West: Episode 2 - The Role of Land Management Policy
In the second episode of the Mill Closures and Workforce Shortages in the West series, Andrew Kihn returns, joined by Travis Joseph, President and CEO of the American Forest Resource Council. Togethe…
Mill Closures and Workforce Shortages in the West: Episode 1 - The Economic Landscape
From the Forest Resources Committee comes a new series, Mill Closures and Workforce Shortages in the West, which examines legal and policy solutions to workforce challenges linked to the alarming rat…
What’s Next in the Wide Wide World of WOTUS?
This podcast featuring Susan L. Stephens (Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.), Kim Diana Connolly (University at Buffalo School of Law, State University of New York), and Sarah…
Shell v Milieudefensie: European Climate Case & Regulatory Backdrop
In this episode, Rhys Davies (Kirkland & Ellis International LLP) joins Natalia Urzola (SJD Candidate, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University) to discuss the Court of Appeal's decision in Th…
After Biden, The Realigned Rubik’s Cube on Energy, Land Use, and Environmental Law
In this podcast Steven Ferrey (Suffolk University Law School) and Steve Weissman (Center for Law, Energy & the Environment), two experts in environmental/energy/land use law analyzing what became a…
The "Relentless" Attack on Chevron-style Deference to Agencies--What's it all mean?
This new episode focuses on the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Loper Bright Enterprises, Inc. v. Raimondo and its impact on administrative law, moderated by Norm Dupont, Of Counsel at Aleshire…
PHASE Is: All Appropriate Inquiry in the Time of PFAS
In this podcast, David Rieser (K&L Gates) and Amy Edwards (Holland & Knight) will discuss the challenges and uncertainties of incorporating PFAS compounds into Phase I environmental assessments, inc…
Global Climate Change and U.S. Law, Third Edition: Episode 3 - Capturing Carbon: Engineering and Agriculture
In this final episode of the Global Climate Change and U.S. Law series, editor Michael Gerrard will talk with Tracy Hester, Instructional Professor of Law at University of Houston Law Center, and Pet…
Author Series: ESG: Optimizing Governance and Disclosure Practices to Minimize Risks
Heightened political and investor scrutiny; increasing regulations, lawsuits and government investigations; and numerous employee interests regarding a wide range of ESG issues — all of it amounts to…
Global Climate Change and U.S. Law, Third Edition: Episode 2 - State & Local Climate Law
In this second episode of the series Global Climate Change & U.S. Law, editor Michael Burger will talk with chapter authors Sheila Foster, Professor of Urban Law and Policy at Georgetown University, …
Energy Law Insights for 2024: Grid Evolution - Navigating FERC Order 1920
Explore the implications of FERC Order 1920, a pivotal regulation set to reshape the landscape of energy transmission in the United States. This episode will discuss implications of the Order, focusi…