Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Special Institute on Climate Change

The Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation is presenting a Special Institute on Resources Development and Climate Change on April 10-11, 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona.  The Program Chair for this Special Institute is Holland & Hart attorney James Holtkamp, who will speak on the relevance of climate change to resources professionals. 

Also speaking from Holland & Hart are attorneys Murray Feldman and Sandi Snodgrass, who will presenting a session entitled "Consideration of Climate Change in NEPA and ESA Processes." Other speakers are nationally known experts, many of whom are leaders of climate change practice groups at major U.S. law firms, former senior federal agency officials, and senior academics.  Program topics include liability issues, federal, state, and non-governmental responses to climate change, international climate change programs, coal plant challenges, carbon trading, power generation, and more.   The program materials will consist of substantive papers which will serve as useful reference materials.