15th Annual Business Law Fall Forum:
Taxation and the Environment

Date: Friday, October 8, 2010
Time: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Law School, Classroom 7 (Directions, Parking and Campus Map)

Forum Schedule

8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:50 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Dean Robert Klonoff and John A. Bogdanski

9:00 a.m. Session I - Introduction and History
Moderator: Samuel A. Donaldson, University of Washington School of Law

Mona L. Hymel , The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Environmental Tax Policy in the United States: A “Bit” of History

Janet E. Milne, Vermont Law School
Environmental Taxation in the United States:  The Long View

10:15 a.m. Morning Break

10:30 a.m. Session II - The Current Internal Revenue Code
Moderator:  Michelle Slater, Miller Nash LLP

John A. Bogdanski, Lewis & Clark Law School
Reflections on the Environmental Impacts of Federal Tax Subsidies for Oil, Gas, and Timber Production

Lawrence A. Zelenak, Duke University School of Law
A Loophole You Can Drive an SUV Through:  The SUV Deduction as Case Study in the Difficulty of Greening the Internal Revenue Code

12:00 p.m. Luncheon & Keynote Address:  Congressman Earl Blumenauer

1:30 p.m. Session III - Problems of Federalism
Moderator:  Jack K. Sterne 

Roberta Mann, University of Oregon School of Law
Federal, State, and Local Climate Change Tax Policies: Coordination or Cross-Purpose?

Walter Wang, University of San Diego School of Law
Challenging State Taxation of Renewable Energy: Will Wyoming Be The Battleground?

2:45 p.m. Afternoon Break

3:00 p.m. Session IV - Taxing Carbon
Moderator: Melissa Powers, Lewis & Clark Law School

Gilbert E. Metcalf, Tufts University
Paying for Greenhouse Gas Reductions: What Role for Fairness?

Roberton C. Williams III, University of Maryland
Choosing Among Environmental Policy Instruments: Tax, Cap and Trade, or Traditional Regulation

4:15 p.m. Session V - Inter-Generational Aspects of Environmental Protection
Neil H. Buchanan, The George Washington University Law School
What Kind of Environment Do We Owe Future Generations?

5:00 p.m. Closing of Conference and Reception

Questions?

Contact Shanelle Honda 503.768.6639 or shonda@lclark.edu