Navigating the Future of Environmental Policy

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The frenetic pace of change in environmental policy can be dizzying and it leaves many environmental professionals searching for updates and coping strategies. This webinar will review the substantive changes to date during President Trump’s second term, with attendees learning about the policy, legislative, and regulatory changes along with judicial decisions that inform how we “do” environmental review and permitting for infrastructure projects. Presenters will also opine on legislative and regulatory reforms we may see and further developments in the changes already underway.

About the Speakers

Eric Beightel 
Federal Strategy Director
ESA

Eric Beightel is a nationally recognized expert on environmental policy, NEPA, and the federal permitting process. He has played a leading role in driving the national effort to streamline the environmental permitting process for major infrastructure projects. Eric currently serves as the Federal Strategy Director for Environmental Science Associates, monitoring and analyzing federal policy and providing clients with actional advice on navigating the dynamic policy landscape. He previously served as the Presidentially appointed Executive Director at the Permitting Council, where he was responsible for overseeing a portfolio of more than $75 billion in large-scale infrastructure projects, supporting federal agencies and project sponsors through expedited federal environmental review and permitting that advanced dozens of critical projects to completion, realizing their economic and environmental benefits for the nation.

Ted Boling
Partner
Perkins Coie

Ted Boling served as the country’s top National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) attorney as an associate director at the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) in the Executive Office of the President. He also served at CEQ, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in Democratic and Republican administrations. Ted currently advises leaders on transportation and energy development projects, agencies that must hire outside counsel, and the environmental professionals that support them on the development of renewable energy, resource development, transportation, and infrastructure. He has drafted NEPA guidance on mitigation and monitoring, cumulative impacts analysis, and the development categorical exclusions from detailed NEPA documentation. He advised the White House on the establishment of numerous national monuments, including the first marine national monuments in the United States and the largest marine protected areas in the world. He also assisted in briefing three U.S. Supreme Court cases. Ted has handled matters involving energy development on the outer continental shelf, including offshore wind power development, and the fast track for solar and wind energy projects on public lands. 

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