The Environmental & Energy Law Section’s mission is to bring together members of the New York State Bar Association interested in environmental, land use, energy, health and safety, and related issues and topics, to further the education of the legal community, the public, and governmental and elected officials on legal, administrative and policy matters.
The Section also works to facilitate the making of public policy, and to provide networking opportunities between and among attorneys in private practice, government, corporations and consulting firms.
SECTION BENEFITS
PROGRAMS DESIGNED FOR YOU We offer New York – and federal based MCLE and informational programs that address complex issues and timely topics in environmental and energy law. Each year the Section holds an in-person Annual Meeting, Fall Meeting, Oil Spill Symposium and Legislative Forum as well as virtual programs on relevant updates related to your practice.
EXCLUSIVE PUBLICATIONS AND ONLINE RESOURCES Benefit from an online subscription to the New York Environmental Lawyer featuring peer-written substantive articles relating to the practice of environmental law on various topics, including climate change, brownfields, pollution, air quality, wetlands, and superfunds.
ONLINE COMMUNITY Gain access to the Section’s online community where members can post queries and requests to their colleagues around the state and receive immediate responses. The community also provides access to the Section’s Global Climate Change blog.
PARTICIPATE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY LAW SECTION’S WORK Join any of the Section’s 20+ substantive Committees to gain additional knowledge in specific areas of interest and influence the laws that can directly impact your practice. We offer Committees on topics including: climate change, air quality, risk management, environmental justice, land use, hazardous site remediation, brownfields, water quality, and many more.
CONTACT US
To learn more about this Section, please contact Lori Randle lrandle@nysba.org
(518) 487-5582
The Environmental & Energy Law Section has been at the forefront of introducing, monitoring, and evaluating legal and policy developments at both federal and New York State levels. Section members have the opportunity to contribute to these efforts through the work of Section Committees.
Please do not contact the Section liaison with a request for legal advice or an attorney referral. You can instead visit our ‘Public Resources’ or ‘Lawyer Referral Service’ page for this type of request.
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Steven C. Russo
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Steven C. Russo co-chairs the Environmental Practice and chairs the firm’s New York Environmental Practice. He focuses his practice on environmental law and litigation, permitting, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) review, energy project siting, renewable energy, Brownfields redevelopment, toxic tort litigation, including emerging contaminants, environmental crimes, government law and policy, environmental due diligence and risk management, and the environmental components of land use and real estate law. Steven is equally experienced litigating in federal and state courts, as well as counseling his clients with regard to the development of major industrial, energy and residential development projects.
Prior to joining the firm, Steven was the Chief Legal Officer of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. There, he supervised approximately 90 attorneys in Albany, as well as the agency’s nine regional offices. He also supervised the agency’s legislative affairs department and Office of Environmental Justice. At the agency, Steven initiated a reform of the state’s environmental impact review regulations and assessment forms, completed the issuance of new power plant siting regulations pertaining to environmental justice and carbon emissions, and revised the agency’s environmental audit policy.
The New York Environmental Lawyer features peer-written substantive articles relating to the practice of environmental law on various topics including climate change, brownfields, pollution, air quality, wetlands, and superfund. Regular columns include recent administrative and judicial cases, ethics issues, EPA and DEC updates, and Section news. Edited by James L. Simpson, Esq. (Co-Editor-in-Chief), Margaret Barry, Esq. (Co-Editor-in-Chief), Alicia G. Artessa, Esq. (Issue Editor), Prof. Keith Hirokawa (Issue Editor), and Aaron Gershonowitz, Esq. (Issue Editor), The New York Environmental Lawyer is published by the Environmental & Energy Law Section and distributed to Section Members free of charge.
The New York Environmental Lawyer is published as a benefit for members of the Environmental & Energy Law Section and is copyrighted by the New York State Bar Association.
The New York Environmental Lawyer encourages article submissions on topics of interest to members of the Section. Writing an article for a NYSBA Section publication is a great way to get your name out to the legal community and advertise your knowledge. Our authors are respected state-wide for their legal expertise in such areas as climate change, brownfields, pollution, air quality, wetlands, and superfund.
