Past Events
Session One: Expanding the Toolbox of Water Financing OptionsTuesday, September 15, 2020Gone are the days when funding western water needs was merely a task of gaining Congressional authorization and appropriations for new dams and reservoirs. Today
Public Land Policy after the Trump Administration: Is This a Turning Point?Thursday, February 27, 2020Professor John Leshy University of California-Hastings College of LawSince the Civil War, a strong, bipartisan consensus has developed in support- Seventh Annual Martz Winter Symposium: A Green New Deal for Public Lands?Friday, February 28, 2020The Seventh Annual Clyde O. Martz Winter Symposium will probe a provocative set of questions about the past and future of one third of our nation’s
- Energy as a Locally Desirable Land UseThursday, October 17, 2019Professor Hannah Wiseman Florida State University College of LawEnergy generation is a classic example of a locally undesirable land use (LULU). Everyone needs energy, but many
- Charting a Better Course for the Colorado River: Identifying the Data and Concepts to Shape the Interim Guidelines RenegotiationThursday, June 6th and Friday, June 7th, 2019On June 6-7, 1869, John Wesley Powell’s expedition down the Colorado was
- Climate and Energy Law in the Trump AdministrationThursday, January 24, 2019Jody Freeman Harvard Law School, Archibald Cox Professor of Law Director, Environmental and Energy Law ProgramProfessor Freeman discusses the major policy reversals on
- Cost-Nothing Analysis: Environmental Economics in the Age of TrumpProfessor Lisa Heinzerling, Georgetown Law[video:https://youtu.be/17HPDMO8IOw]The annual Distinguished Lecture Series is a cooperative venture between the Getches-Wilkinson Center (
- This conference brought together women in electricity law and regulation to discuss the most pressing questions facing legislators and regulators today. Each of the panel topics was selected for its relevance in ongoing debates about the right way
- The State of U.S. Energy Policy Following the Paris Agreement: Who is Leading?Colette Honorable, Former FERC Commissioner, Partner Reed Smith LLPThe 2017 Schultz Lecture focused on the evolution of energy policy in the U.S. and beyond following the