The 21^st Annual Texas Environmental Superconference will be held on August 6-7, 2009 in Austin at the Four Seasons Hotel. Registration begins May 15th at http://www.texenrls.org/

Upcoming ELS meetings:

May 28, 2009:  Federal Securities Disclosure Requirements and Climate Change (John Slavich, Guida, Slavich & Flores)

Past programs:

     April 23, 2009:  Criminal Enforcement of Environmental Laws (William Miller, EPA Region 6)

     March 26, 2009: Developments in Carbon Capture and Sequestration in the U.S. (Franz Hiebert, ERM)

     February 26, 2009: Nanotechnology: The Very Big Fuss Over Very Small Things (Nathan Block, B.P.) 

January 22, 2009: Innovative Remediation of the Former Empire Refinery, Gainseville, Texas (Doc Heath, Ph.D., P.E., Oxychem)

December 11, 2008: EPA Enforcement (Scott McDonald, USEPA

October 23, 2008:  Politics of Energy/Environment (Jeff Ball, Wall Street Journal)

September 25, 2008:  Policy of Climate Change (Ken Cohen, ExxonMobil)

July 24, 2008:  Environmental Justice (Jeff Gaba, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law)

June 26, 2008:  Science of Climate Change (Daniel Cohan, Rice University)

May 22, 2008:  Public Nuisance Litigation (Rick Faulk, Gardere Wynne Sewell)

April 24, 2008:  New Source Review Air Permitting (J. Clary, K. Zimmerman (JCA))

March 27, 2008:  Green Dallas Initiative (Laura Fiffick, City of Dallas OEQ)

February 28, 2008:     Vapor Intrusion (Susan Litherland, Weston)    

       January 24, 2008:         TCEQ Enforcement (Justin Lannen, TCEQ)

      December 13, 2007: Caselaw Update (Carrick-Brooke Davidson, Andrews Kurth, LLP)

           September 27, 2007: Stormwater Issues (Cindy Hooper, TCEQ)

           August 23, 2007: Legislative Session Roundup (Christina Wisdom, Texas Chemical Council

      July 26, 2007: Property Valuation (Thomas O. Jackson, Real Analytics, Inc.)

June 28, 2007: Criminal Enforcement of Environmental Laws (Charles Blau, Meadows Collier)

May 24, 2007: EPA's Resource Conservation Challenge (Lisa Price)

April 26, 2007: Texas Power Plant Development (Wendi Hammond, Blue Sky Alliance)

March 22, 2007: Regulation of the Barnett Shale and Protection of Environmental Resources (Peter D. McKone, Dunaway Associates LP & John Herron, Nature Conservance)

February 22, 2007: Municipal Setting Designations (Brendan Lowrey, Thompson & Knight)

January 25, 2007: The ABCs of SPCC (Diane Perkins, Cirrus Associates)

December 14, 2006: The Environmental Appeals Board (EPA Chief Administrative Judge Susan Biro)

October 26, 2006: The Intersection of Land Use and Environmental Law (Nathan Block, McGlinchey Stafford PLLC)

September 28, 2006: Texas Instruments RFAB:  Green Buildings and Blue Skies (Paul Westbrook, Sustainable Design Manager, Texas Instruments)

August 24, 2006: Client Auditing: What types of audits are being conducted today? (Michael Byington, Byington & Genuise, LLC)

July 27, 2006: Litigating Justice: Legal Responses to Environmental Justice Claims (Professor Jeff Gaba, SMU Law School) (ethics)

June 22, 2006: Katrina, NEPA, and the New Orleans Levees (Professor Thomas McGarity, University of Texas School of Law)

May 25, 2006: Changes in the City's Environmental Approach (Laura Fiffick, Director, City of Dallas - Office of Environmental Quality)

April 27, 2006: All Appropriate Inquiry in Real Estate Transactions (Brendan Lowrey, Thompson & Knight)

March 23, 2006: Environmental Insurance Issues (Jeffrey Hanneman, AON Environmental)

February 23, 2006: EPA law and policy update (EPA Regional Counsel Chuck Sheehan)

January 26, 2006: Notification to water well owners and other reporting issues (Chet Clarke, TCEQ)

Dec. 9, 2005: Advanced Internet Legal Research (Tom Mighell, Cowles & Thompson)

Oct. 27, 2005: Texas Regional Water Planning (Ron Lemons, Freese & Nichols)

September 22, 2005: Judge Roberts and the Hapless Toad (Professor John Nagle, Notre Dame Law School)

August 25, 2005: Valuation Issues for Contaminated Properties (Professor Thomas O. Jackson, Texas A & M University)

July 28, 2005: The Texas Dry Cleaner Remediation Program (Bob Patton, TCEQ)

June 23, 2005: Regional Enforcement Priorities for EPA Region 6 (Suzanne Murray, Deputy Regional Counsel for Enforcement, EPA Region 6)

May 26, 2005: Smart Growth and Urban Planning  (David Crossley, President, Gulf Coast Institute, Houston, TX)

April 28, 2005: Environmental Financial Reporting Under SOX (Greg Rogers, Guida, Slavich & Flores)

March 24, 2005: The Inside Skinny on Aviall (Cindy Bishop, Gardere Wynne Sewell)

February 24, 2005: An Update on the TCEQ (TCEQ Commissioner Ralph Marquez)

January 27, 2005: Legal Mechanisms to Address Climate Change - Coming Soon to a Regulator Near You (Laura Whiting, Hunton & Williams)

December 9, 2004: Environmental Case Law Update (Carrick Brooke-Davidson, Andrews & Kurth)

October 28, 2004: Brownfields Update (Jay Carsten, TCEQ; Jon Weisberg, EPA)

September 23, 2004: Environmental Crimes panel (Cheryl Seager, EPA; Amy Rickers, Dallas City Attorney's Office; Roger Garcia, TCEQ; Rachel Parker Jones, Dallas County)

August 26, 2004: Municipal Settings Designations (James C. Morriss III and Matthew J.  Knifton, Thompson & Knight LLP)

July 29, 2004: Recent Environmental Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court (Professor Richard Lazarus, Georgetown Law School)

June 24, 2004: Texas Dry Cleaner Environmental Response/H.B. 1366 (Caroline Sweeney, TCEQ)

May 27, 20004: TCEQ Update (Commissioner Larry Soward)

April 22, 2004: The Integrated Stormwater Management Program (Kenny Calhoun, Senior  Environment and Development Planner, NCTCOG)

March 25, 2004: Wetlands Update (Presley Hatcher, US Army Corps of Engineers)

February 26, 2004: Texas Railroad Commission Environmental Programs (Commissioner Michael Williams)

January 22, 2004: Environmental Ethics (Professor Baird Callecott, University of North Texas) (ethics credit)