What: "Protecting the Environment: What Next?"
When: Tuesday, Feb. 7, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Wolf Law Building, Wittemyer Courtroom
RSVP:
Join on Tuesday, Feb. 7,听for a discussion with environmental leaders and law faculty about the challenges and opportunities facing environmental organizations under the Trump administration.听
Opening remarks will be given by professors Charles Wilkinson and Sarah Krakoff at 5:30 p.m.,听followed by the event speakers noted below. The event will be held听in the Wittemyer Courtroom with a reception to follow in Boettcher Hall.
Event speakers
Daniel McCarl, Staff Attorney, Western Energy Project
Dan McCarl is a staff attorney for the non-profit . Most of his work focuses on the federal onshore oil and gas program and BLM (Bureau of Land Management)听land-use planning decisions. He graduated from the University of Colorado Law School in 2014.
Scott Miller, Senior Regional Director, The Wilderness Society
Scott Miller is the senior regional director for 听southwest region, which includes Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. He has focused on federal public land, natural resources, water, energy and Indian law and policy during his career, including areas such as wildfire, land exchanges, biomass energy, forest restoration and wilderness protection.听
Suzanne O'Neill, Executive Director, Colorado Wildlife Federation
Suzanne O'Neill serves as the executive director of the , the state鈥檚 oldest wildlife conservation organization. CWF promotes sound wildlife-management policy through advocacy and education and is an affiliate of the National Wildlife Federation. O'Neill manages the advocacy work of CWF. She regularly has given testimony before legislative committees and regulatory agencies听and has served on governors鈥� advisory councils, addressing a mix of complex wildlife policy issues. O'Neill听is a former practicing lawyer and a consultant to professional service firms. Her law degree is from University of Texas School of Law, and she holds a master's degree in environmental policy and management from University of Denver, as well as a master's听in taxation from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.
Peter Zalzal,听Lead Attorney, Environmental Defense Fund
As a member of the 听domestic climate and air legal team, Peter Zalzal works to secure clean air and support climate-change mitigation through policy initiatives and strategic litigation, focusing on the power sector, transportation sector听and听sources of short-lived climate forcers. Zalzal works with businesses, public health groups, states, environmental groups and other allies to advocate and defend efficient policies to curb emissions that are destabilizing the climate and harming human health. He received his law degree from Boston University and undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at听Chapel Hill.听
Ted Zukoski, Staff Attorney, Earthjustice
Ted Zukoski was a junior staff member for a U.S. senator before attending Yale Law School, from which he graduated in 1992. He has spent his legal career at environmental law firms representing conservation groups pro bono, first in Washington D.C.听and then听in Colorado, since 1995. Zukoski has worked as a staff attorney at in Denver since 2003. He currently litigates cases involving public lands, wildlife听and climate change.
The event听is open to 抖阴旅行射 Boulder graduate and undergraduate students, faculty听and staff only. Registration is appreciated but not required for this event. For more information and to register, .
