GWC Distinguished Lecture – 2016

April 29, 2016

GWC Distinguished Lecture – 2016 In Love with the Wild: Thoughts About Public Lands in the 1st Century Bill Hedden, Executive Director, Grand Canyon Trust Bill Hedden provided a report from the field, a description from an activist and stakeholder of what it’s like to live surrounded by deep, wild...

Martz Winter Symposium 2016

Feb. 16, 2016

A Celebration of the Work of Charles Wilkinson: Served with Tasty Stories and Some Slices of Roast We celebrated the work of Distinguished Professor Charles Wilkinson, a prolific and passionate writer, teacher, and advocate for the people and places of the West. Charles’s influence extends beyond place, yet his work...

Schultz Lectureship in Energy 2015

Nov. 14, 2015

Energy: Threats and Opportunities, An Entrepreneur's Perspective with Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper Governor John Hickenlooper outlined his vision for a path to cleaner, more efficient forms and systems of energy at the University of Colorado Law School on November 12. In the 8 th annual John H. and Cynthia H...

Science for Security

Sept. 20, 2015

On August 31 st , 2015, Dr. Ernest Moniz, United States Secretary of Energy visited Colorado Law to deliver his definitive remarks on the Iran nuclear deal, in a lecture titled Science for Security: The Role of the Department of Energy in Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation .

Martz Summer Conference 2015

June 15, 2015

Innovations in Managing Western Water: New Approaches for Balancing Environmental, Social, and Economic Outcomes Innovations in Managing Western Water: New Approaches for Balancing Environmental, Social, and Economic Outcomes June 11th and 12th, 2015 Many aspects of western water allocation and management are the product of independent and uncoordinated actions, several...

GWC Distinguished Lecture 2015

March 15, 2015

Expanding the Watershed: Certainty and Sustainability in 21st Century Water Resources Management with Mike Connor, Deputy Secretary, United States Department of the Interior The Distinguished Lecture Series was designed as a cooperative venture between the Getches-Wilkinson Center and the Colorado Natural Resources, Energy, & Environmental Law Review, to bring to...

State-Local Conflict Over Fracking

March 8, 2015

The law is frequently called upon to resolve regulatory conflicts that arise when a majority mildly prefers policy X, and minority strongly prefers policy not X. Two emerging bodies of case law present this problem, both associated with the growing number of challenges to local restrictions on the use of...

Martz Winter Symposium 2015

Feb. 14, 2015

Seeds of Change: Responding to Global Change in a Bottom-up World Many believe that global institutions and frameworks are failing to generate necessary progress on issues such as climate change, water scarcity, biodiversity, food security, and poverty eradication; and that state, tribal and local governments, and communities, innovative companies, social...

Schultz Lectureship in Energy 2014

Nov. 2, 2014

The Oil-Water Nexus: Where Development Meets the Environment This year, the lecture was delivered by James Burke, President of NGL Energy Partners. NGL Energy Partners is a leading gatherer, transporter, and marketer of crude oil and NGLs (Natural Gas Liquids) and a growing provider of oilfield water and wastewater handling...

Celebrating the Great Law

Sept. 7, 2014

The Wilderness Act at 50 On September 3, 2014, the National Wilderness Preservation System—established and protected by the Wilderness Act of 1964—celebrates its 50th anniversary. We are gathering on September 4th and 5th to celebrate Wilderness—“ornery old wilderness, scratchy, sweaty, and distant, but sacred every step of the way”—and to...

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