More information on our next Environmental Breakfast Club coming soon...
Recent Webinars:
12/8/11 California GHG Cap and Trade Rule Webinar
This webinar, led by Procopio Partner and Clean Tech Practice Group leader, John Lormon, and President of BlueScape Environmental, James Westbrook, delivers an initial overview of the California GHG rule applicability and requirements. The second part of the series (to occur in early 2012) will address more specific compliance strategies by sector. Check back here for more event details regarding the second part of the series.
About the Environmental Breakfast Club
For over 20 years, Procopio’s Environmental Breakfast Club (“EBC”) has offered the San Diego community a series of seminars addressing today’s key environmental issues.
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Featuring Nobel Laureate scientists, state and federal regulators, and elected officials recent EBC speakers have included:
- Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the Interior
- William Reilly, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Thomas Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice
- Raymond Ludwiszewski, General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Dr. Jorge Barroso-Aranda, Director, Environmental Protection Agency, State of Baja California, Mexico
- Christine Kehoe, California State Senate
- Fred Keeley, Speaker Pro-Tem, California State Assembly
- Howard Wayne, California State Assembly
- James Strock, Secretary California Environmental Protection Agency
- Terry Tamminen, Secretary California Environmental Protection Agency
- Linda Adams, Secretary California Environmental Protection Agency
- Mike Chrisman, Secretary California Resources Agency
- Undersecretary Cindy Tuck, California Environmental Protection Agency
- Peter S. Silva, State Water Resources Control Board
- Gary Carlton, State Water Resources Control Board
- Sara Wan, Chair, California Coastal Commission
- Peter Douglas, Executive Director, California Coastal Commission
- Sam Schuchat, Executive Officer, California Coastal Conservancy
- Ellen Peter, Chief Counsel, California Air Resources Board
- Craig Wilson, Chief Counsel, State Water Resources Control Board
- Philip Wyels, Assistant Chief Counsel, State Water Resources Control Board
- Timothy Brick, Chairman, Metropolitan Water District
- Patrick Wright, Director, CalFed Bay-Delta Program
- Mayor Dick Murphy, City of San Diego
- Councilmember Scott Peters, San Diego City Council
- Richard Somerville, Nobel Laureate, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Climate Science, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
- David Pierce, Program Analyst, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Climate Research
- Stephen Bennett, J.D., Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Maureen Stapleton, General Manager, San Diego County Water Authority
- John Minan, Professor, USD School of Law; Member, Regional Water Quality Control Boar
Past topics have included:
- Live From Copenhagen - UN Summit on Climate Change: An Update from California's Climate Action Team
- Linda Adams, Secretary for Environmental Protection
- Mike Chrisman, Secretary for Natural Resources
- A.G. Kawamura, Secretary of California Department of Food and Agriculture
- Mary Nichols, Chairman of the California Air Resources Board
- Climate Conversations - Climate Science, Climate Contrarian Views, Latest Research Issues, and Climate Policy Issues
- How Climate Change Policies Will Affect California Businesses
- Exploring Alternative Energy Sources
- California Energy: State & Local Perspectives - The Latest Legislative and Regulatory Proposals and What they Mean to San Diego
- Our Region's Water Supply? Scripps Scientific Forecast & Metropolitan Water District's Response Plans
- AB32 and California Carbon Management Options
- Business Opportunities in the Clean Tech Sector
- How Economic Impact and the Separation of Agency Powers Can Assist Clients Facing Environmental and Land Use Permit and Enforcement Actions
- Governor Schwarzenegger's New Directions for Resources and Environment
- The San Diego River Park - The Project and Opportunities
- Update by Head of U.S. Department of Justice
- Improving Relationships with the State and Regional Boards
- Identifying and Managing Risk under OSHA and the Clean Air Act
- Environmental Legislation and Case Law: Year in Review and Forecast
- Water Supply: California's Continuing Challenge
- The Future of the California Coastal Commission - The Challenge to the Constitutionality of the Commission, Issues of Ocean Governance, Coastal Development, Habitat Conservation and Beach Erosion
- Environmental Legislation and Case Law
- Statewide Water Quality Enforcement Policy Update
EBC attendees represent a broad cross section of business leaders from the, investment, clean tech, biotech, real estate, and education community as well as regulators from several state and local agencies, elected officials, and non-governmental organizations.
EBC start times and location vary depending on the preference of our speakers.
