Mark Fogelman to Moderate Climate Change Panel at Environmental Summit.

Friedman Dumas & Springwater partner Mark Fogelman will serve as moderator on a panel of experts addressing climate change issues at the National Environmental Partnership Summit in San Francisco on May 7, 2009 from 8:30am to 10:00am at the Hyatt Regency, San Francisco.

This year's Sixth Annual National Environmental Partnership Summit, “Harnessing the Power of Collaboration,” will take place at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco from May 4 through May 7, 2009.  The Summit is sponsored by numerous private parties and public agencies, including the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the California Academy of Sciences, the San Francisco Department of Public Works and the Presidio Trust.

Mr. Fogelman will moderate a panel entitled, “Policy and Practice in the Federal Cap and Trade System to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions.”  The session will focus on RGGI, WCI and state experiences in the context of the Obama Administration's proposals for a cap-and-trade system.  Key topics will be the context for cap-and-trade, the various approaches to verification; raising the level of awareness about how various cap-and-trade approaches affect climate change and greenhouse gas reduction, creating and maintaining a viable Federal system, and the pros and cons of the current approaches. The presentations will address the present status of cap-and-trade initiatives and how they fit with greenhouse gas policy.  Additional material will be offered on how these issues are currently being addressed.

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