Tracy Hester

Instructional professor at U Houston Law Center. Co-founder of UH Center for Carbon Mgt in Energy. Long-time environmental lawyer.

[Tracy Hester @tdhester]

Great to see Climate Engineering and the Law sitting front and center at the Cambridge U Press table. We’ve arrived! Thanks to co-editor @MichaelGerrard and our fantastic chapter authors @JesseLReynolds @ProfBurger Al Lin, Eli Kintisch, and Justin Gindlach. @EENRCenter

[Pace | Haub Environmental Law @HaubEnviroLaw]

At the @ABAEnvLaw Fall Conference in Washington D.C., Associate Dir. of @HaubEnviroLaw, @AchinthiV, received the 2022-2023 Chair’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Section, recognizing her efforts in establishing and Co-Chairing the #EnvironmentalLaw Societies Network.

[Ramanan @krishnamoorti]

Attending ⁦@uhoustonenergy⁩ symposium on materials circularity. Huge thanks to ⁦@tdhester⁩ and our panelists from ⁦@LanzaTech⁩ ,@dow and ⁦@BurnsMcDonnell⁩ #circularity, #sustainability #energytransition

[Tracy Hester @tdhester]

Hints of fall color! A pleasure as always to join the @VTLawSchool Environmental Law Colloquium to talk about my seat paper on advised emissions (aka lawyered emissions). Thanks to VLS and fellow panelists @gabriel_weil Steven Ferrey, Ed Richards and @RinkPaul

[Ramanan @krishnamoorti]

Aura Cuellar of ⁦@LanzaTech⁩ presenting ⁦⁦@uhoustonenergy⁩ symposium on circularity. Amazing conversation moderated by ⁦@tdhester⁩ with panelists from ⁦@BurnsMcDonnell⁩ and Dow. Exciting conversation ⁦⁦@UHouston⁩!!

[Aaron Bruhl @aaron_bruhl]

Valuable paper performing an empirical test of the “empirical turn” in originalism.
@kevin_tobia @vicnourse @NeelSukhatme

[Geoengineering Info @geoengineering1]

“Funded by a $250,000 grant from the US DOE, Rahimi & his team are working to create electrochemical tubes to remove dissolved inorganic C from synthetic seawater. Preliminary research on the project was financed by UH’s Center for C Management in Energy.”
https://t.co/MslAPaEQ1s

[Geoengineering Info @geoengineering1]

📕 In case you haven't read this book already ⬇️
“Climate Engineering and the Law: Regulation and Liability for #SolarRadiationManagement and #CarbonDioxideRemoval”

Read it here ⬇️
https://t.co/iiM2VGFT7R

[Oliver Morton @Eaterofsun]

Yesterday I wrote about the frightening level of some global climate indicators
https://t.co/P8DA4Ruczt

[Tracy Hester @tdhester]

@BrighamDaniels @sjquinney Congratulations, Brigham!

[Tracy Hester @tdhester]

Great panel on how lawyers respond to climate change at COP28 in Bonn. Got to talk about expanded ethical duties and - my favorite - new concepts of “advised emissions”.

Panel at https://t.co/3SMbFcqPez Next - Dubai in Dec!

@UHLAW @EENRCenter @CLGInitiative

[Tracy Hester @tdhester]

Great way to start your climate law day - an innovative outdoor session in Bonn with @CLGInitiative workshop on climate finance implementation and climate conscious lawyering. Participating on behalf of @ABAEnvLaw @EENRCenter @UHLAW @johndernbach

[Tracy Hester @tdhester]

Looking forward to speaking today at Cambridge University for its Climate Repair Centre’s workshop on Refreezing the Arctic and Albedo Enhancement. I’ll get to overview the governance and regulatory issues. @UHLAW @EENRCenter

[Aaron Bruhl @aaron_bruhl]

We need a name for the property-protecting clear-statement rule the Supreme Court used in Sackett, the recent Clean Water Act case, and I propose calling it the Sagebrush Canon.

The name is inspired, of course, by the Sagebrush Rebellion.

[Tracy Hester @tdhester]

Excited to join INC-2 plenary session for UN plastics treaty in Paris today. Observing as delegates on behalf of Global Council on Science and Environment.

[Tracy Hester @tdhester]

@RobertVPerciva1 Bob, I’m so sorry to hear - my deepest condolences.

[John Dernbach @johndernbach]

The American Bar Association has just published our short practical guide for lawyers who seek to build climate change and sustainable development work into their law practice, regardless of the practice area. https://t.co/k4AvWan4oa

[Ben Franta @BenFranta]

How can we prove public reliance on corporate climate deception in courts of law?

@jess_wentz and I explore how in this new research article in @EnvLawReporter, selected as its article of the month and available free here:
https://t.co/eHSe9qbVJ9

[Vanuatu UN @VanuatuUN]

Today, @VanuatuUN on behalf of a group of states, circulated to the broader @UN membership a draft #UNGA resolution to request an ICJ Advisory Opinion from the @CIJ_ICJ on climate change. Over the next few weeks consultation with member states will begin.

[Tracy Hester @tdhester]

Excited to hear about how to achieve NetZero Texas by 2050 w ⁦@uhoustonenergy⁩, including ⁦@UHLAW⁩ Prof. Gina Warren! ⁦@EENRCenter⁩

[Ben Rubin @BenDRubin]

What are the #CarbonRemoval takeaways from #COP27? Join us for a webinar on Dec 5 for a deep dive. Looking forward to this panel discussion with @neidl_c, @tdhester, and myself. Moderated by @wil_burns. Hosted by @CarbonRemovalAU.

Register: https://t.co/uepvZsdU2x