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
50 Years of EPA: Looking Back with Chuck Elkins
Chuck Elkins discusses his career at the EPA, where he held 10 different senior management positions between 1971 and 1995, with JD Howard, an associate at Morris, Manning, & Martin, LLP and past mem…
Courts Explained: Groundwater and Surface Water: Are We Lurching Toward a New Reality in Federal Legal Considerations?
This podcast episode addresses recent US Supreme Court decisions and ongoing litigation before the Court regarding the interaction of surface water and groundwater. Three recent United States Supreme…
SEER Essentials: New to the In-House Role: The Biggest Challenges and Greatest Rewards
Keith Tashima, Environmental Safety & Health Counsel at Lockheed Martin Corporation, is interviewed by Peter Keays, Shareholder at Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Shiller, about his recent transitio…
Author Series: Synching Science and Policy to Address Climate Change in Tribal Communities
In this episode, Heather Tanana and John Ruple (S.J. Quinney College of Law – University of Utah) discuss their recent NR&E article. Climate change is a global environmental problem, and within the U…
50 Years of EPA: Looking Back with Barry Breen
Barry Breen, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator of the EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management, discusses his career at the EPA with Emily Mott, senior associate at Baker Botts LLP and pa…
SEER Essentials: Clean Air Act Basics — The Montreal Protocol and Title VI, a Success Story
In 1990, Congress amended the Clean Air Act with Title VI, with provisions for protecting the ozone layer. In this program David Doniger and host Matt Oakes discuss the history and successful impleme…
SEER Essentials: Comparing In-House Role to Private Practice: Biggest Surprises when Making the Switch
Jessica Sharrow Thompson, Senior Counsel, EHS & Sustainability at PPG, is interviewed by Evynn Overton, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., about the biggest surprises, challenges, and opportunities when maki…
Policy and Regulation: Why NRC Regulations Must be Updated to Address Advanced Nuclear Reactors
Peter D. Wolf, President of Nuclear Energy Solutions, Inc., interviews Jeffrey S. Merrifield, a former Commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, regarding the proposed Part 53 regulatio…
Policy and Regulation: Meaningful Co-Management: The Evolution From Consultancy to Co-Operation
This podcast discusses an emerging strategy that can be used to protect cultural resources and reserved rights. The role that tribes are playing in cooperatively managing federal lands and resources …
SEER Essentials: Clean Air Act Basics — NAAQS, State Implementation Plans, and the Cross State Air Pollution Rule
Norman Rave, who has likely defended more EPA Clean Air regulations than any other attorney in the history of the United States Department of Justice, joins moderator Matt Oakes to discuss the intera…
SEER Essentials: Marine Debris — Laws and Legislation to Address a Global Pollution Crisis
In this episode on the global pollution crisis of marine debris, Joan Bondareff and Martha McCoy discuss the scope, sources, and impacts of the marine debris problem and measures to address it. The e…
SEER Essentials: Clean Air Act Basics - History of the Clean Air Act
In this episode Dr. Devra Davis and moderator Matt Oakes discuss historic events that led to the development of the first federal Clean Air Act.
Dr. Devra Davis joins moderator Matt Oakes to discuss …
Update on Carbon Capture and Storage
Join us for our newest podcast episode on Carbon Capture and Storage. Michael Cummings speaks with Doug Scott (Vice-President, Great Plains Institute) and Stacey Dahl (Senior Manager of External Affa…
2018 Year in Review - Environmental Litigation Part 3
The authors of the Year-in-Review publication will discuss key cases occurring in environmental litigation, including cases that have created an ongoing legal debate concerning the jurisdiction of th…
2018 Year in Review - Environmental Litigation Part 2
The authors of the Year-in-Review publication will discuss key cases occurring in environmental litigation, including cases that have created an ongoing legal debate concerning the jurisdiction of th…
Master Class on CERCLA and Brownfields with Peter Wright
On this podcast, you'll hear Peter Wright, Special Counsel to US EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, and Planning Chair Ilene Munk discussing the upcoming Master Class on Complex Environmental Liabilit…
2018 Year in Review - Environmental Litigation Part 1
The authors of the Year-in-Review publication will discuss key cases occurring in environmental litigation, including cases that have created an ongoing legal debate concerning the jurisdiction of th…
Ethical Considerations in Responding to Written Discovery
Were you thrown head first into responding to written discovery at the start of your career without much guidance on what’s actually expected of you and your clients? Has it been a while since you’v…
Fracking and Tribal Sovereignty: The Pawnee Nation Claim
In 2015, the Pawnee Nation approved a moratorium on fracking. The region was shaken by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake on September 3, 2016. In March 2017, the Pawnee Nation filed a claim in tribal court,…
Emerging Framework for Environmental Governance
Guests John Howes, Roger Feldman, and George Crabtree discuss how laws related to the overall process of making, consuming, and disposing of consumer goods need to be shaped and coordinated in order …