Emerging Framework for Environmental Governance

Emerging Framework for Environmental Governance

Author: ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources June 13, 2017 Duration: 20:19

Guests John Howes, Roger Feldman, and George Crabtree discuss how laws related to the overall process of making, consuming, and disposing of consumer goods need to be shaped and coordinated in order to avoid unintended environmental consequences. 

Specifically, the panel talks about the rare earth metals that comprise a wide range of consumer electronics, and how sustainable policies need to be implemented by the corporate and legislative sectors.

Our panelists include: 

  • Roger Feldman, OF Andrews Kurth Kenyon in Washington D.C., and chair of our Section's Infrastructure, Siting, and Reliability Committee
  • Dr. George Crabtree, Director of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research at Argonne National Laboratory and Distinguished Professor of Physics Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois in Chicago
  • John Howes, Principal of the Redland Energy Group in Washington, DC

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