WHAT:

Panel Discussion - Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster

WHEN:

Friday, September 9, 2005, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m .

WHERE:

Georgetown University Law Center
McDonough Hall, Room 200
600 New Jersey Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

MODERATOR:

John Echeverria, Executive Director, Georgetown Law & Policy Institute

Vicki Arroyo, Director of Policy Analysis, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Mark Davis, Executive Director, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
Lisa Heinzerling, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center and Member Scholar, Center for Progressive Reform
John Tripp, General Counsel, Environmental Defense
Robert R.M. Verchick, Professor & Gauthier-St. Martin Eminent Scholar Chair in Environmental Law, Loyola University, New Orleans and Member Scholar, Center for Progressive Reform.

Did human decisions make Katrina's effects worse? This program will look at the environmental management decisions that led up to this catastrophe, the environmental implications and response, as well as what can be done to avoid similar disasters in the future.

Sponsored by the Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute and the Center for Progressive Reform.