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
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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.
The U.S. chapter of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators will meet in Houston on May 16, 2012. Their meeting will focus on "Host Country Agreements -- Trends and Types by Region" at the Houston Country Club. more...
On May 17, 2012, the Texas Association of Environmental Professional's monthly lunch will feature Dr. Atul Salhotra's presentation on "To Remediate or Not to Remediate? Sustainable Remediation at Contaminated Sites." more...
Also on May 17, the Houston chapter of the Gulf Coast Power Association will hold its monthly luncheon. This month's topic is "Demand Response in ERCOT: Can DR Help Mitigate Adequacy Angst?" more...
The Houston Bar Association's Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Section will meet on May 22, 2012 for a lunch presentation by Barclay Nicholson of Fulbright & Jaworski on "Current Issues with Hydraulic Fracturing." more...
TCEQ Commissioner Carlos Rubenstein will discuss "TCEQ: A View From The Top" at the Houston Bar Association's Environmental Section's monthly luncheon on June 20, 2012. more... 
Local PBC affiliate KUHF recently profiled the EENR Center for its series on UH Moments. You can review the video broadcast here.
Justice Swatanter Kumar, Supreme Court of India, at the Law Center
Justice Swatanter Kumar of the Supreme Court of India visited our Climate Change Law class on March 5, 2012. You can view a webcast of his guest lecture on Indian constitutional law and environmental issues 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: Symposium on Energy and the Environment
The University of Houston and the Texas Tribune Festival presented On the Road: A Symposium on Energy and the Environment on April 13, 2012. Prof. Tracy Hester, the EENR Center's Director, moderated a panel on shale gas environmental issues. more...
EENR Event: Annual EEPLJ Symposium on Energy and Environmental Law
On March 30, 2012, the Environmental & Energy Law & Policy Journal hosted its annual Symposium. This year's topic was "American Energy Independence: An 'All of the Above' Strategy for Our Energy Policy", and it featured top national practitioners, regulators and scholars on both energy and environmental law. 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.
