2023 was the warmest year on record since documentation began in 1850, and the southeastern state of Florida is no exception. The Grist reports, it’s the hottest state. Despite its record breaking land and water temperatures, Florida’s legislation has proposed a bill banning offshore wind energy, relax regulations on natural gas pipelines, and delete the majority of mentions of climate change from existing state laws.
Faculty experts at the George Washington University are available to offer insight, analysis and commentary on climate change, and Florida’s plan to reverse climate change laws. To schedule an interview with an expert, please contact GW Media Relations at [email protected].
Law
Emily Hammond is the Glen Earl Weston Research Professor at the George Washington University Law School. Hammond is a nationally recognized expert in energy, environmental and administrative law. Prior to teaching, Hammond was an environmental engineer bringing fluency between the intersection of law, science and policy. Hammond has held a presidential appointment at the Department of Energy, where they served as Deputy General Counsel for Litigation, Regulation and Enforcement as well as Deputy General Counsel for Environment and Litigation. Hammond’s publications include legal analyses of CWA issues and peer-reviewed hydrological studies.
Robert Glicksman is the J.B. and Maurice C Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law at the George Washington University is a nationally and internationally recognized expert on environmental, natural resources, and administrative law issues. Glicksman’s areas of expertise include environmental and natural resources law, along with others. Glicksman has consulted on various environmental and natural resources law issues, including work for the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. Glicksman has been featured in and written for numerous publications, including his most recent highlight in The Green Clash Between Renewables and Conservations.
Public Health
Dan Goldberg, an assistant research professor at the GW Milken School of Public Health is an expert on climate change, environmental occupational health and global environmental health.
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