People Places Planet Podcast

Greta Swanson, a Visiting Attorney at ELI, offers insight on key international agreements that regulate the conservation and management of migratory sharks and rays.

Arielle King, ELI’s Environmental Justice Staff Attorney, discusses some of the tools the Environmental Law Institute is developing to help eliminate the harmful impacts of environmental injustice.

ELI’s Rebecca Kihslinger talks to four high school student organizers of the “Glasgow to Dane County” climate conference: Daphne Wu, Claire Neblett, Krishna Elwell, and Felicia Zheng.

Stacey Halliday of Beveridge & Diamond talks to two environmental justice leaders at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — Charles Lee, Senior Policy Advisor, and Matthew Tejada, the Director of the Office of Environmental Justice – to find out what’s in store for 2022. This episode is part of the Groundtruth series created in partnership with Beveridge & Diamond, one of the nation’s leading environmental law firms.

Land Use Law expert John Nolon describes how the local land use legal system can leverage state and federal assistance to reduce per capita carbon emissions as an important and now recognized component of global efforts to manage climate change. The podcast is being released in tandem with CNN’s Call to Earth Day.

Ranah Esmaili, a Partner at Sidley Austin LLP, and Kelly Gibson, Director of the SEC’s Philadelphia Regional Office, discuss the SEC’s Climate and ESG Task Force and other recent initiatives.

Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming, a partner at Van Ness Feldman, and Mustafa Santiago Ali, Vice President of Environmental Justice, Climate, and Community Revitalization for the National Wildlife Federation, discuss the Biden-Harris Administration’s Justice40 initiative. This episode is part of the Groundtruth podcast series created in partnership with Beveridge & Diamond.

Roy Prather, a Shareholder at Beveridge & Diamond who advises clients on corporate social responsibility and environmental justice, interviews Chonda Nwamu, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary for Ameren Corporation, and Roger Martella, Chief Sustainability Officer at General Electric. This episode is part of the Groundtruth series created in partnership with Beveridge & Diamond.

ELI’s Cynthia Harris talks to three climate law experts—Dr. Barrett Ristroph, Katie Spidalieri, and Jennifer Li—about climate adaptation at the federal, state, and local level.

ELI’s Caitlin McCarthy talks to Dr. Neha Pathak, a Medical Editor and writer with WebMD, about disproportionate exposure from toxic beauty products, environmental justice, and more.

EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division is tasked with investigating the most significant and egregious of those violations – ones that are negligent, knowing, or willful. In this episode, Justin Savage, a Partner at Sidley Austin LLP, talks with Jessica Taylor, the Director of EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division. Joining them is Doug Parker, who served as the Division’s Director from 2012-2016.

For more than a decade, ELI and Vanderbilt University Law School have featured some of the year’s best academic thinking on legal and policy solutions to pressing environmental problems via the Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (ELPAR). Learn about this year’s issue, which features articles and commentary on climate change litigation, corporate ESG, environmental justice, and energy regulation.

ELI’s Cynthia Harris talks to Scot Anderson and Julia La Manna, attorneys with Hogan Lovells in Denver, Colorado, to help us navigate the uncertain terrain of space mining.

Carl Bruch, ELI’s Director of International Programs, and Dr. Shanna McClain, Visiting Scientist at ELI and Global Partnerships Manager for NASA’s Earth Sciences Division, talk to ELI Staff Attorney Kristine Perry about a legal and policy framework they have been developing to help people migrate with dignity.

Hilary Jacobs, an attorney at Beveridge & Diamond, speaks with Dr. Karla Drenner, a State Representative from Georgia, and Rebecca Saldaña, a State Senator from Washington State, about pending EJ legislation in their states. This episode is part of the Groundtruth series created in partnership with Beveridge & Diamond.