Keystone XL Pipeline: A Legal & Regulatory Labyrinth

The Keystone XL Pipeline has been and continues to be a highly controversial project. Environmentalists have bitterly opposed it as contributing to global warming and proponents have supported it as bolstering the U.S. economy and energy security. Both sides have used a large number of legal tools and processes to press their cases. Nevertheless, the project has not yet been approved and is still the subject of much legal wrangling.  

In this program, Professor Sheldon L Trubatch, Esq. applies his knowledge and experience teaching about energy law and environmental issues to guide you through the legal and regulatory labyrinth as an illustration of how you can assist a client with a similarly strong desire to either support or oppose an environmentally sensitive project.

Learning Objectives:

I.    Grasp the scope of legal and regulatory tools and processes available for supporting a client’s goals in an environmental dispute

II.   Recognize how all branches of the federal and state governments can be activated to support your client’s position

III.  Gain familiarity with the intricate federal-state interfaces involved with many legal aspects of environmental issues