People Places Planet Podcast

The winners of the 2021 National Wetlands Awards share their perspectives and insight on a variety of wetlands-related matters.

We talk to Franklin L. Kury, who served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1966 to 1972 and the Pennsylvania Senate from 1972 to 1980, about his new book, The Constitutional Question to Save the Planet: The Peoples' Right to a Healthy Environment.

There are many benefits to offshore wind, but what about its impacts on birds, bats, and other wildlife? In this episode, we "engage the experts” and listen in on a conversation between Brooke Marcus Wahlberg and Ed Roggenkamp of Nossaman LLP.

Heather Palmer, a Partner at Sidley Austin LLP, talks with Toby Baker, Executive Director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, on a wide range of issues, including COVID-19, severe weather and power outages, and the Biden Administration.

Julius M. Redd, an attorney at Beveridge & Diamond, speaks with New Jersey Senator Troy Singleton and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Acting Commissioner Shawn LaTourette, about New Jersey’s landmark 2020 environmental justice law. This episode is the first of a series, Groundtruth, created in partnership with Beveridge & Diamond.

ELI’s Linda Breggin talks to Nigel Barrella, a regulatory attorney and consultant for The Good Food Institute, about plant-based proteins.

We talk to three members of ELI’s Research and Policy Department to hear about their working-from-home experiences and the challenges and unexpected opportunities of this new era of work.

Justin Savage, a Partner at Sidley Austin LLP, speaks with Earthjustice’s Sam Sankar, the Senior Vice President for Programs, and Stacey Geis, Managing Attorney for Earthjustice’s California Regional Office, on a wide range of topics including environmental justice, the future of climate change litigation, and prioritization of environmental enforcement in the new administration.

Jay Benforado, Chief Innovation Officer at EPA’s Office of Research and Development, Graeme Carvlin, an official at Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, and Meghan Smart, an official at the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, discuss ”citizen science” and what it means for environmental enforcement.

We talk to Matthew Metz and Janelle London, co-executive directors at Coltura, about a recent article they wrote for ELR. In it, they posit that state and local governments should regulate gas stations to advance their climate goals, reduce pollution, improve public health, and save taxpayers money.

In the latest episode of People Places Planet Podcast, Justin Savage, a Partner at Sidley Austin LLP who co-leads the firm’ global environmental practice, talks to NJ DEP Commissioner Catherine McCabe. The two discuss a wide range of issues, including the incoming Biden Administration, PFAS, and environmental justice.

Prof. Michael Livermore (University of Virginia School of Law) and Prof. Richard Revesz (New York University School of Law) discuss their new book, Reviving Rationality: Saving Cost-Benefit Analysis for the Sake of the Environment and Our Health, which offers analysis on critical aspects of the regulatory process and calls for the reinstatement of expertise, sound cost-benefit analysis, and the rule of law in public administration.

Tune in to hear Prof. Warren G. Lavey discuss his article, Toolkit for Integrating Climate Change into Ten High-Enrollment Law School Courses (2019), and learn why an understanding of climate change needs to be integrated into the law school curriculum and how we might overcome the climate competency shortfall in legal education.

The United States has created an intricate system of laws, regulations, policies, and programs to respond to environmental and public health concerns. Enforcement is vital to the system’s effectiveness. In this episode, Justin Savage, a Partner at Sidley Austin LLP, talks to Todd Sax, Section Chief of CARB’s Enforcement Division.

The United States has created an intricate system of laws, regulations, policies, and programs to respond to environmental and public health concerns. Enforcement is vital to the system’s effectiveness. In this episode, Justin Savage, a Partner at Sidley Austin LLP, talks to Susan Bodine, the Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.