News Archive

The theme, “Protecting the Urban Environment,” took center stage at the ninth annual Environmental Energy and National Resources Law Program’s symposium. The event, the first since Professor Carlton Waterhouse became the program’s director, took place at IU McKinney on March 31.

The program got under way with a keynote address from Professor Dorceta E. Taylor, the James E. Crowfoot Collegiate Chair at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment (in the photo at left). Her talk was followed by a panel discussion on the topic, “Clean Drinking Water – Indianapolis Groundwater – The Riverside Cleanup.” IU McKinney 2L Zoe Hayes was the panel’s moderator. Discussants were Professor Yi Wang of the IU Department of Environmental Health; Steve Fleischli, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council Water Program; Peggy Dorsey, deputy assistant commissioner at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management; and Katherine Thomas, remedial project manager for the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5. (In the photo at right, from left, are Zoe Hayes, Professor Yi Wang, Katherine Thomas, Steve Fleischli, Peggy Dorsey, and Professor Carlton Waterhouse.)

The morning continued with a panel to discuss the topic, “Waiting to Inhale – Energy and Air in Evansville.” IU McKinney 2L Samuel Fife was the moderator for the panel. Discussants were Doug Aburano, attainment planning and maintenance section chief for the Environmental Protection Agency Region Five Air Program; John Blair, president of Valley Watch; Professor David Konisky of the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs; Tim Maloney, senior policy director for the Hoosier Environmental Council, and Janet McCabe, assistant administrator for the Office and Air and Radiation for the Environmental Protection Agency from 2013-2017. (In the photo at left, from left, are Professor David Konisky, Janet McCabe, John Blair, Doug Aburano, Tim Maloney, Samuel Fife, and Professor Carlton Waterhouse.)

The luncheon keynote address was presented by Marianne Engelman Lado (in the photo at right), Visiting Clinical Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

The program resumed with a panel discussion of the topic, “The Legacy of Lead in Indiana – East Chicago and Beyond.” Whitney Rogers, a 3L at IU McKinney, was the moderator for the discussion. Panelists were Denise Abdul-Rahman, environmental climate justice chair at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Professor Gabriel Filippelli, director of the Center for Urban Health at IUPUI; Elizabeth Gore, vice president of the Martindale Brightwood Community Development Corporation; Shelly Lam, on scene coordinator American lead site, for the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5; and Indiana Senator Lonnie Randolph, Jr. (In the photo at left, from left, are Whitney Rogers, Elizabeth Gore, Professor Gabriel Filippelli, Shelly Lam, Professor Carlton Waterhouse, and Denise Abdul-Rahman.

The event concluded with a panel discussion on the topic, “From Brownfields to Greenfields in Indiana. Stephanie Truchan, a 2L at IU McKinney, was the moderator. Discussants were Indra Frank, environmental health director at the Hoosier Environmental Council; Melissa Hamer-Bailey, ’16, of the law firm Norris Choplin Schroeder; Anne Slaughter Andrew, ’83, founder and chairman of TerViva; and Don Snemis of the law firm Ice Miller.