Seventh Annual Earth Day Climate Change Symposium
April 22, 2026 | 9 – 11am EST | Virtual
The Seventh Annual Earth Day Climate Change Symposium, presented by the New York State Bar Association, will consider multiple developments relating to climate change, including changing federal policies concerning renewable energy sources, the endangerment finding, and climate science; a sea change in NEPA requirements; and litigation against “Big Oil”.
Program Chair: Matthew J. Sinkman, Partner, FBT Gibbons LLP
Moderator: Carl R. Howard, Former Chair, NYSBA Environmental & Energy Law Section (EELS); Co-Chair, NYSBA EELS Global Climate Change Committee; Author, Global Climate Change Blog; Assistant Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2
Professor Michael Gerrard: Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice; Founder and Faculty Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School
Timothy J. Hagerty; Partner, FBT Gibbons LLP
Rachel Maman Kish: Assistant Attorney General, New York State Office of the Attorney General
Professor Katrina Fischer Kuh: Faculty Director of the Environmental Law Program, Pace University
Cullen Howe, Senior Advocate: Sustainable FERC Project, Natural Resources Defense Council
Lauren Kurtz: Executive Director, Climate Science Legal Defense Fund