The Houston law firm of Connelly Baker & Wotring LLP provided initial capital to create the EENR Center, and we gratefully recognize them as a Founding Partner. The EENR Center would like to recognize and thank our current sponsors:
Grand Underwriters
Connelly Baker & Wotring LLP
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Benefactors
Porter & Hedges LLP
Sponsors
Blackburn Carter, P.C.
El Paso Corporation
Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
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The Environment, Energy & Natural Resource Center
The Environment, Energy & Natural Resource Center at the University of Houston Law Center links energy issues with impacts on environment and natural resources. Building on the academic excellence of the faculty in these areas and the complex and multi-faceted energy and environmental issues in Houston, the Center provides a forum for education and discussion of the most important issues of the day, such as climate change, air pollution, clean coal and renewable energy.
On Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, the Houston Bar Association Environmental Section's will hold its Monthly Luncheon with noted environmental attorney Jim Blackburn. He will discuss the various ethical issues associated with science and its usage in the legal process, including the responsibilities of counsel relative to science and truth. For more information, click here...
On Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, Lone Star Sierra Club's Houston chapter will hold its monthly meeting. The guest speaker will be Bob Stokes, President of the Galveston Bay Foundation. more...
The University of Houston Law Alumni Association and Trees for Houston are partnering to plant trees at the UH campus on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. more...
The Texas Association of Environmental Professionals' monthly luncheon on Thursday, February 16, 2012, will feature Matt Tejada from the Clean Air Alliance. more...
National symposium on environmental criminal liability. As part of its National Moot Court competition, UHLC held a symposium on Jan. 26 with a panel of top enivronmental criminal defense attorneys. The moot court competition concluded on Saturday, Jan. 28, with a finals argument before several Fifth Circuit and Texas Supreme Court justices on an enviromental criminal liability case. more...
TCEQ Chairman Shaw at the Law Center
View the webcast of EENR Center Lecture by Brian Shaw, Chairman of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on Sept. 23, 2011 more...
Mayor Parker's Environmental Address to the Houston Bar Association
Mayor Annise Parker gave her perspective on the environmental challenges facing Houston on Sept. 14. Review our summary of her comments here...
EENR Center Brief
Volume 1 Number 6
- Climate Change Public Nuisance Actions: A Curtain Falls, but the Road Show Begins
- The Dysfunctional Duo: EPA and TCEQ in a Time of “Vigorous Disagreement”
- Looking Back While Moving On: Parting Thoughts from John Cruden, DOJ's Senior Career Environmental Enforcement Attorney and Incoming ELI President more …
EENR Event: U.S. Supreme Court Moot Argument on Climate Change
On Jan. 19 at noon to 2:00 pm, the EENR Center hosted a mock U.S. Supreme Court oral argument on climate change tort liability. Our distinguished panel of judges included Ken Starr, John Cruden and former Texas Supreme Court Justice Tom Phillips. Our advocates were Rick Faulk (chair of Gardere Wynne's Litigation Section) and noted appellate attorney David Axelrad.
EENR Spotlight on Fall 2011 Lecturer: Professor Richard Lazarus
On Nov. 16th, Prof. Richard J. Lazarus at Harvard Law School presented the Fall 2011 EENR Center Lecture. You can view Prof. Lazarus' presentation here. He is one of the leading environmental scholars and advocates in the United States, and he served as the Executive Director of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Commission. more …
