The Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Center at the University of Houston Law Center links energy issues with impacts on environment and natural resources. Building on the academic excellence of the faculty in these areas and the complex and multi-faceted energy and environmental issues in Houston, the Center provides a forum for education and discussion of the most important issues of the day, such as climate change, air pollution, clean coal and renewable energy.
ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED
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May 25, 2021
May 11, 2021
November 21, 2019
BLB 109
12:00-12:50 pm
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November 7, 2019
October 28, 2019
Monday
12:00-12:55PM
BLB 144
October 23, 2019
Wednesday
12:00-12:50PM
BLB 109
September 2019
26
Thursday
12:00-12:50PM
BLB 109
April 2019
25 - 26
Thursday - Friday
3rd Annual North American Environment, Energy, & Natural Resources Conference
North American Energy & Environmental Policy and the World: Diverging Approaches and Synergistic Opportunities
February 2019
25
Monday
Noon
EENR Speaker Series
12:00-12:50PM in BLB 109
Jennifer Ronk
Marine Debris: Where it is coming from and
what is being done to fix it
November 2018
13
Tuesday
Noon
EENR Speaker Series
BLB-109, Law Center
Panel: Outlook on Africa's Energy Issues
Co-sponsored by the University of Houston Law Center International Law Society
October 2018
3
Wednesday
6:00 PM
Bob Inglis of the Center for Climate Change Communication will present, "Solving Climate Change with Courage and Conservative Principles", EENR Speaker Series, UH Hilton Ballroom.
September 2018
27
Thursday
6:00 PM
"Future of the Electric Grid: Renewed or Gridlocked?", UH Energy Symposium Series, Critical Issues in Energy, UH Student Center South, Houston Room.
September 2018
19
Wednesday
Noon
Debra Baker, Managing Partner at Baker Wotring LLP, will present "The Evolution of Environmental Law and Ethical Implications," EENR Speaker Series, University of Houston Law Center, Room BLB-3.
2nd annual North American Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Conference
North American Energy and Environmental Policy in Transition
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Agenda
Speakers
Registration
CLE Materials
8:00 - 5:00 pm
Second Inter-American Hydrocarbons Regulators Dialogue
A nexus between government agencies,
academia and the private sector
Young Energy Attorneys Conference – Gina Warren, Hosted by EENR Center
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Energy, artificial Intelligence & Robotics: The Future of People in Energy, UH Energy Symposium Series, Critical Issues in Energy, UH Student Center South
EENR, the Duke Energy Institute, the UH Energy Institute, and the Duke University Nicholas Institute present Day 2 of Federal Pricing of Carbon, featuring a keynote by Ambassador C. Boyden Gray, and a presentation of the Climate Leadership Council tax proposal by Pam Giblin, CLC Senior Policy Advisor. The afternoon will feature a workshop with academics and policy makers analyzing carbon pricing options. (By Invitation Only)
Sponsored by Kelley Drye & Warren
3:45-5:30 pm
International Fiscal Association (IFA), EENR, the Duke Energy Institute, the UH Energy Institute, and the Duke University Nicholas Institute present Federal Pricing of Carbon: "Tax v. cap and trade," The Houstonian, featuring Brian Murray, Michael Wara, Reuven Avi-Yonah, Bret Wells, Tracey Roberts, Lawrence Zelenak, Billy Pizer, Victor B. Flatt (By Invitation Only)
Sponsored by Kelley Drye & Warren
5:30 - 7:00 pm
Renewable Energy and Government Subsidies, UH Energy Symposium Series, Critical Issues in Energy, UH Student Center South.
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
EENR and UH Health Law Symposium, "Is Climate Change Making Us Sick?: The Changing Climate and Public Health," Academic Symposia
Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP
JPMorgan Chase Tower
600 Travis Street, Suite 4200
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
EENR and UH Health Law Symposium, "Is Climate Change Making Us Sick?: The Changing Climate and Public Health," LUNCHTIME KEYNOTE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP
JPMorgan Chase Tower
600 Travis Street, Suite 4200
Please RSVP to healthlaw@uh.edu.
Mexican Regulatory Energy Commission. Workshops on Energy Regulation in Mexico by Mexican government officials on refined products, electricity and LNG. Co-sponsored with the U.S. Mexican Law Center
Second Inter-American Hydrocarbon Regulators Dialogue "New Technology and Regulatory Challenges for Offshore Oil and Gas Regulation" The focus of the conference will be oil and gas offshore regulation. Two panels will discuss offshore technology and two panels will discuss regulatory and safety issues, all day, UHLC, location TBD
5:30 - 7:00 pm
"Permian & Peak Demand: Death of OPEC?, "UH Energy Symposium Series, Critical Issues in Energy, UH Student Center South
12pm
Prof. Tade Oyewunmi, Researcher at the Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law (CCEEL) from the University of Eastern Finland Discussing "Regulatory Stability for International Gas Commercialisation and LNG Projects-Recent developments in Nigeria". Registration is Free.
12-1pm
Guest lecture w Brant Johnson, 3 BLB
12-1pm
Guest lecture on UK Climate Policy w Cynthia Conner, Deputy Head of British Embassy Energy & Environmental team, 144 BLB
1-3pm
Disaster Handbook Workshop, Albertus Room
"The Energy World is Flat: Opportunities from the End of Peak Oil" By Daniel Lacalle
Where: 144 BLB
EPA NOW, Roger Martella, Vice-President for Global EHS, General Electric Corp.; previously General Counsel of EPA, and national head of Sidley & Austin's environmental practice group, noon, UHLC, location TBD
EPA NOW, Roger Martella, Vice-President for Global EHS, General Electric Corp.; previously General Counsel of EPA, and national head of Sidley & Austin's environmental practice group, noon, UHLC, location TBD
EENR Speaker Series presents
Minister Carlos Pérez
Minister of Hydrocarbons of Ecuador
"New Investment Opportunities in the Oil and Gas Sector in Ecuador"
Where: 111 TUII
University of Houston Law Center
Registration: https://lnkd.in/gWYt_Sj
Managing JOAs: Evoling challenges within developing
markets.
By Dr. Eduardo G. Pereira
Research Fellow, University of Oslo
Where: Hendricks Heritage Room
University of Houston Law Center
Registration: lawhite@central.uh.edu
"Going Off the Grid," William Berger, Joseph Mickey, Heather
Payne, and Victor Flatt, UH Student Center South
North American Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Symposium