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Lower Colorado River Authority Tour
 The Executive Committee and Committee Chairs took a tour of the Lower Colorado River AuthorityWilkerson Redbud facility in November to learn about the implications of the drought to stakeholders. The facility is open to the public for educational tours.
http://www.lcra.org/about
/overview/redbud.html
Front row: Peter Gregg, Connie Westfall, Jimmy Alan Hall, Mike Gershon, Mike Nasi.
Back Row: Bob Renbarger, Walt Shelton, Allison Exall, Mary Koks, Roger Haseman, Gitanjali Yadav and Bayne Phillippi.
Law Students - ENRLS Announces Winners of Buck J. Wynne Scholarships:
Baylor University of Law
Timothy Williams
Jacob With
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
Meredith Vesledah
South Texas College of Law
Casey A. Armstrong
St. Mary's University School of Law
Laura Clark
Texas Tech University School of Law
Laura Pratt
Texas Wesleyan School of Law
Ryan Miller
Thurgood Marshall School of Law
David Stewart
University of Houston Law Center
Jonathon Miller
Zelda Howell
Andrea M. Marks
University of Texas School of Law
Brett Kaufman
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ENRLS Awards State Agency Internships: The Section awarded internships to five law students:
Courtney Hamilton- TCEQ
Laura Durbin -- OAG
Clay Kimbrough -General Land Office
Ryan Lammert - Texas Parks & Wildlife
Ross Geisinger -- Railroad Commission
Read More>>
Questions about the fee referral rule? Check out this article. Read More>> or for more background information click here
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The University of Houston Law Center and the Environmental & Energy Law & Policy Journal are pleased to announce a Symposium on Climate Change, Water, and Adaptive Law to be held on Friday, February 26, 2010, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Czech Center Museum, 4920 San Jacinto, Houston, Texas 77004. Leading experts from diverse universities, disciplines, professional backgrounds, and policy making roles will address how law and the legal system need to adapt to address the impacts of climate change on water resources and regimes, and the extent to which it can.
For more information or to register, please visit http://www.law.uh.edu/
eelpj/symposium.html, or contact Chief Symposium Editor
/Director - Lisa Baiocchi-Mooney, lcbaiocc@central.uh.edu. The Symposium will offer 8 hours of CLE credit for the State of Texas.
Highlights from the 21st Annual Environmental Superconference
Rolling into its 21st year, the theme for this year's Environmental
Superconference was "Viva Las Vegas." The premier Environmental Conference was held August 6-7, 2009 at the Austin Four Seasons Hotel.
Fitting this year's legislative
session, Elvis (Mike Nasi) presents Texas Senator Kirk Watson with a
six-pack of Chub Beer before Watson's presentation on legislative
highlights.
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The Legal and Regulatory Issues Facing Carbon Capture and Storage Projects: An
Overview of Property Rights Acquisition, Permitting, and Operational Liability, by Thomas A. Campbell, Robert A. James, and Julie Hutchings
Student Note: Massachusetts v. EPA: Standing Up for States’ Rights in the Battle over
Climate Change, by Cleve
Burke
Read More About the Journal>>
Donate to the Bar's Hurricane Relief Funds
Hurricanes Ike, Gustav and Dolly have devastated the Texas Gulf Coast's poor and greatly increased their need for legal services. You can help by making a donation to the Texas Access to Justice Foundation. Click here to make a donation>> The Foundation is the grantor of funding for legal aid and pro bono programs in Texas.
The Bar is also accepting donations to assist the attorneys whose practices were disrupted by these natural disasters. Please send these donations to the Texas Bar Foundation, P.O. Box 12487, Austin, Texas, 78711.
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