New York City Bar Association Podcasts -NYC Bar

Michael Gerrard of Arnold and Porter discusses the basics of climate change and what can be done to combat it. This is the first of this year's series of interviews on climate change issues. Recorded November 1, 2007. More at http://www2.nycbar.org/mp3/CleanDevelopmentMechanisminAct.pdf and http://www2.nycbar.org/mp3/ClimateChangeLitigationNew_Y.pdf.

Russell Unger, the Exec Dir of the US Green Building Council's NY chapter, explains what green buildings are, and the NYC law that requires certain buildings to meet green building, or LEED, standards. Recorded July 17, 2007.

Scott Schwarz, an attorney at Mattioni, Ltd in Philadelphia, gives insights into a tort litigation involving vapor intrusion and explains how vapors from contaminated land can move, in this Environmental Law Interview recorded June 7, 2007.

Riverkeeper and others successfully challenged the EPA's rules on power plants' use of cooling water. Reed Super, counsel in the case, discusses the decision and its impact in this May 3, 2007 podcast.

This episode focuses on the results to date of the South Bronx Environmental Health and Policy Study. Researchers from NYU address the relationships between air quality, transportation, waste transfer activity and public health in the South Bronx.

Access to the web by everyone regardless of disability is its essential aspect. The Web is increasingly a prime marketplace of ideas, goods and services, and people with disabilities may not be excluded from it. Some courts and commentators, however, suggest that private sector Websites (Websites of entities designated “public accommodations” in Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act) need to be accessible only if they have a “bricks and mortar” connection. A recent City Bar report demonstrated that accessibility is required regardless of “bricks and mortar”: “Website Accessibility for People with Disabilities,” available at http://www.nycbar.org/pdf/report/Website_Accessibility.pdf. The City Bar May 3rd program featured a real-time demonstration of Website accessibility and examples of good and not-so-good accessibility features on selected Websites.