UO forum to address high court gas ruling.Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard A panel of University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. professors will lead a public forum Monday on the recent Supreme Court decision giving the federal government the authority to regulate greenhouse gases greenhouse gas n. Any of the atmospheric gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect. greenhouse gas . The forum is free and open to the public. It will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Room 110 of the Knight Law Center on campus. The high court's April 2 decision was seen as one of its most important environmental decisions in years. In a suit filed by a coalition of states, cities and environmental groups, the justices ruled 5-4 that the Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles. Moreover, the court said that if the agency chooses not to exercise its authority, it must provide a scientific basis for the decision that goes beyond the list it has used in the past. The UO forum will feature law professors John Bonine, Svitlana Kravchenko, Hari Osofsky and Mary Wood. All have expertise in areas of the law that touch on the decision. Bonine formerly was an associate general counsel for air quality for the EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. , and Kravchenko is an expert in climate change issues who also teaches a course on global environmental challenges. Osofsky, who specializes in climate change litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , assisted with a petition from the Inuit people to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (the IACHR or, in the three other official languages – Spanish, French, and Portuguese – CIDH) is an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (OAS). claiming global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. violates Inuit human rights. Wood has experience with the politicizing of agency regulation and the viability of judicial review. She is exploring common law claims brought by states and tribes against the federal government for its failure to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. The UO School of Law's Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program and the International Law Society are sponsoring the forum. The Supreme Court decision is available at www.supremecourtus.gov/ opinions/06pdf/05-1120.pdf. |
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