Federal Role in Understanding Changing Climate, Weather, Oceans, and Coasts

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An ELI Public Webinar

There are hundreds of agencies and commissions across the U.S. government, playing a wide variety of roles that affect both our professional and personal lives. In our cooperative federalist government structure, federal laws and institutions form the backbone of much of our system for addressing environmental challenges. Agencies play the leading role in this structure, administering and enforcing federal laws by spending congressionally appropriated funds, promulgating rules, and adjudicating specific cases. The purposes, history, and structure of these agencies can be complicated, and their importance is often not fully understood. Join the Environmental Law Institute for a new series of webinars examining federal agencies, their structures, and the services they provide.

Our second installment of this series will focus on the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Established within the Department of Commerce in 1970, NOAA has a mission to “understand and predict changes in climate, weather, ocean, and coasts, to share that knowledge and information with others, and to conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems and resources.” It offers a variety of environmental services, including weather forecasts and severe storm warnings, climate monitoring, coastal conservation and restoration, fisheries management, and more. This panel will discuss NOAA, its history, and its role in environmental law and policy.

Panelists:
John M. Doherty, Science and Policy Analyst, Environmental Law Institute, Moderator
Bernadette Woods Placky, Chief Meteorologist, Climate Matters Director, VP of Engagement, Climate Central
Marshall Shepherd, Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences; Director, Atmospheric Sciences Program, University of Georgia
Renee Stone, Former Chief of Staff, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

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