Recent Events
Center for Interagency Environmental Cooperation Examines Legislative Mechanisms to promote efficient CO2 sequestration
The Center for Interagency Environmental Cooperation, a part of the EENR Center that examines Interagency Procedural
Conflicts and proposes solutions through focused faculty research and student interaction inside and outside of an
Interagency Environmental Cooperation class, will be posting a white paper within the next two weeks concerning possible
legislative solutions to multi-jurisdictional barriers to CO2 sequestration. The Center spoke with members of and
examined work prepared by the EPA advanced coal work group on CO2 sequestration
www.epa.gov/air/caaac/coaltech.
That group proposed a regulatory mechanism for the EPA to permit CO2 sequestration. With interest from Congress and
the EPA, the Center for Interagency Environmental Cooperation decided to try and go further and examine many of the
difficult issues around sequestration and propose legislative solutions. Check back for the finished product after
April 30.
Media tunes into EENR Center's plan to offer a course in
Carbon Dioxide trading.
The National Center for Atmospheric Research, one of the world's most important research centers on climate change,
published a story concerning the University of Houston Law Center's EENR sponsored EELPJ symposium on climate change
legislation. The article can be read
here.
The EENR Center is proud to welcome Brigham Daniels who will be
joining us as an assistant professor beginning in the fall.
Brigham graduated from Stanford Law School ('03) where he was
a member of the Stanford Law Review and an active participant in the
environmental law society. He is currently a PhD candidate in
Environmental Sciences and Policy at Duke University's Nicholas School
of the Environment and Earth Sciences.
He also earned a Masters of Public Administration (2000) and an
Honors Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude (1998), from the University
of Utah in Salt Lake City.
His academic research has focused mainly on environmental policy and
environmental political economy.
Brigham is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (2006-08)
and recipient of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship (1997).
Professor Marcilynn Burke has been selected for the Executive Committee of the Natural Resources Section of the
American Association of Law Schools. This is one of her and other EENR faculty's national memberships and leadership
positions is organizations associated with Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources.
Professor Jacqueline Weaver, A.A. White Professor of Law, will be speaking on Peak Oil at the
New Zealand Petroleum Conference
in March. Over 700 people are expected to attend.
Professor Victor Flatt will be a guest teacher as a part of Seattle University’s summer program in
Alaska Natives and Environmental Law
in Anchorage Alaska. Students in good standing at ABA accredited schools are eligible to
participate.
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It’s a perfect time to launch the EENR Center at the University of Houston Law Center.
The Center for Environment, Energy and Natural Resources at the University of Houston
is the first law program in the country to link energy issues with impacts
on environment and natural resources. Building on the academic excellence of the
EENR Center has ambitious plans – and equally
ambitious fundraising goals. The Houston law
firm of Connelly Baker & Wotring LLP
has provided initial capital to create the EENR Center
and is recognized as a Founding Partner.
Additional partners are now needed, and the
Law Center intends to fully acknowledge the firms and individuals who step
forward to help make EENR center a success. 