Why Energy and Environmental Law Have Nothing to Do With Each Other . . . And Why That Must Change

Lincoln Davies

Associate Professor

S.J. Quinney College of Law

The University of Utah

The historical disjoint between energy law and environmental law  is made evident by energy law's overriding focus on securing large fuel supplies at cheap costs and environmental law's quite unrelated objective of mitigating pollution and health risk.  This talk will discuss how this historical disjoint has been perpetuated, how it fails to make sense, and some ways in which we can begin to change it.  Energy and the environment are really flip sides of the same question.  We should treat them as such, not as though they don't affect each other.

Thursday October 22, 7:00pm. One hour lecture with presentation and Q & A. RSVP to cheri.daily@utah.edu.