On the latest episode of Hothouse Earth, a podcast produced by the Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law and Graduate School (VLGS), Pat Parenteau, professor of law emeritus and senior fellow for Climate Policy, joins Rachel Westrate and Terrence Neal, Parenteau Climate Action Fellows, to discuss EPA’s international role, past and present. Both Rachel and Terrence come to VLGS from EPA, where they worked on international law and policy issues during the Biden Administration and the early days of the second Trump Administration.
Listen as they discuss the EPA’s longtime role in international environmental cooperation, the current Administration’s unprecedented disengagement from international agreements and forums, and the prospects for law students to launch careers in international environmental law.
On this topic, Rachel recently published, “Withdrawing from the UN Climate Negotiations: Cascading Mistakes from the Trump Administration,” in the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law (VJEL) blog, EcoPerspectives, explaining the legal context for the recent U.S. withdrawal from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the implications for Trump’s international and domestic priorities.
Find this episode, “Breaking Down EPA’s International Role in the Trump Era,” at the link below.