Georgia (and Environmental Justice) on My Mind Panel

Panel discussion on environmental justice issues in Georgia. Moderator Professor Christian Turner – Associate Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law Panelists Ms. April Lipscomb – Senior Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center Dr. Cassandra Johnson Gaither – Research Social Scientist,U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Ms. MaKara Rumley – Founder and CEO, Hummingbird Fir

Choosing Our Energy Future: Town Hall Discussion of Georgia’s Options for Implementing the Clean Power Plan

Presented on September 28, 2015 in the Tech Square Research Building (TSRB), Banquet Hall at 1:00 p.m.Daniel Rochberg is an Instructor in Emory's Department of Environmental Sciences and in the Department of Environmental Health of the Rollins School of Public Health. His primary area of focus is climate change and sustainable development policy and practice.Marilyn A. Brown is a professor in the School of Public Policy. Her current research addresses the development and deployment of sustainable energy technologies and the design of policy options to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.Kevin Kelly assists the Southface Energy Institute with energy policy development, with a special focus on promoting clean energy solutions to meet environmental regulations.Karen Hays in the Branch Chief of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Air Protection Branch.Michael Elliot is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech. His research interests are environmental policy, public policy dispute resolution, risk management, and urban design policy.Costas Simoglou is the Director of Energy Technology at the Georgia Department of Economic Development.Matt Strickland is an Associate Professor in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.MaKara Rumley is a Senior Advisor in Region IV with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and an Environmental Justice Attorney at GreenLaw.Dan Matisoff is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech. He teaches and conducts research in the areas of public policy, energy policy, and corporate sustainability. His research focuses on the effectiveness and efficiency of comparative approaches to addressing environmental problems.Katie Southworth is a consultant at the Natural Resources Defense Council.Runtime: 73:13 minutesIn August 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released the Clean Power Plan, which aims to reduce carbon pollution from the U.S. power sector to 32% below 2005 levels by 2030. Georgia must submit its initial state plan for implementing the Clean Power Plan by September 2016. Georgia Tech and Climate@Emory are co-hosting a Town Hall meeting to explore the key decisions Georgia must make in developing its state plan and the potential impacts these decisions will have on our environment, our economy, our pocketbooks and our health. This event is intended to engage a broad range of stakeholders, including policymakers, practitioners, students, and the general public