F.E.L.S.E.F. ® PROGRAM REPORTS

I. GENERAL OVERVIEW

UNIFYING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: IS NOW THE TIME FOR AN ORGANIC ACT FOR THE U.S. EPA? May 1, 1996 Environmental Law Committee lunch program. Panelists include: F. SCOTT BUSH, Director of Reinventing EPA / Environmental Policy at the National Environmental Policy Institute; TERRY DAVIES, Director of the Center for Risk Management at Resources for the Future; and ROBERT SUSSMAN, Partner at the D.C. law offices of Latham & Watkins and former Deputy Administrator at U.S. EPA.

VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE: ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, THE ECONOMICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND THE LAW, AND THE GREEN REENGINEERING OF U.S. INDUSTRY. September 12, 1996 F.E.L.S.E.F. lunch program. Panelists include: J. WILLIAM FUTRELL, President of the Environmental Law Institute; ROBERT WOLCOTT, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. EPA; DAVID HAWKINS, former Assistant Administrator for Air, Noise and Radiation at the U.S. EPA and presently Senior Attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council; and WILLIAM Y. BROWN, former V.P. for Environmental Planning & Programs with WMX and now Senior Fellow at the World Wildlife Fund.

FULL COST ACCOUNTING: A UNIFYING LANGUAGE FOR ALL ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS? May 28, 1997 F.E.L.S.E.F. lunch program. Panelists include SHEK JAIN, attorney with the law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue; JOHN A. DIXON, Chief of the Indicators & Environmental Valuation Unit at the World Bank; JOHN T. GANZI, President of Environment & Finance Enterprise, L.L.C.; and PETER GRIER, Senior Quality Management Specialist with the consulting firm of Science Applications International Corporation.

UPDATE ON THE CLIMATE TREATY: THE DECEMBER NEGOTIATIONS IN GENEVA AND A DISCUSSION OF STRATEGIES INCLUDING CAPS AND TRADES, TAXES, AND JOINT IMPLEMENTATION. January 16, 1997 F.E.L.S.E.F. lunch program. Panelists include: JOE GOFFMAN, ESQ., Senior Attorney with the Environmental Defense Fund; ROB WOLCOTT, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Policy, Planning and Evaluation at U.S. EPA; as well as MAUREEN KOETZ, ESQ., Counsel to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee; and DR. JEFFREY HUNKER, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce.

CLIMATE TREATY UPDATE # 2: PERSPECTIVES FROM CAPITOL HILL ON THE FRAMEWORK CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION. April 17, 1997 F.E.L.S.E.F. lunch program. Panelists include: MAUREEN T. KOETZ, Counsel (Majority), Committee on Energy & Natural Resources, U.S. Senate; MICHAEL RODEMEYER, Chief Democratic Counsel, Science Committee, U.S. House of Representatives; SUSAN SHERIDAN, Counsel (Minority), Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives; and JOHN BOND, Executive Director, Global Legislators Organized for a Balanced Environment ("GLOBE").

CLIMATE TREATY UPDATE # 3: CHINA'S PERSPECTIVES AND ROLES IN ANY FUTURE GREENHOUSE GAS TREATY, AND APPROPRIATE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGIES. October 14, 1997 F.E.L.S.E.F. lunch program. Panelists include: DR. JIAN XIE, consultant with the Environment Department at the World Bank; WILLIAM A. NITZE, Assistant Administrator, Office of International Activities, U.S. EPA; PAUL F. SCHWENGELS, Deputy Director, U.S. Country Studies and U.S. Initiative on Joint Implementation Programs; MICHAEL P. WALSH, Consultant and formerly, Director of U.S. EPA's Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Program; and BARBARA FINAMORE, Director of the China Clean Energy Initiative at the Natural Resources Defense Council. Special Guest Producer: POLLY N. SHAW.

CLIMATE TREATY UPDATE # 4: THE RESULTS OF THE KYOTO SUMMIT: AN IMMEDIATE ASSESSMENT WITH THE KEY PLAYERS. December 16, 1997 F.E.L.S.E.F. lunch program. Panelists include: DIRK FORRISTER, Chairman of the White House Climate Change Task Force; GAIL McDONALD, President of the Global Climate Coalition, a lobbying group affiliated with the National Association of Manufacturers; JOHN TOPPING, ESQ., President of the Climate Institute; and MAUREEN KOETZ, Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Projects at the Nuclear Energy Institute. Special presentation by JEFFREY HUNKER, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary, Office of Policy & Strategic Planning, U.S. Department of Commerce.

CLIMATE TREATY UPDATE # 5: THE IMPACTS OF THE KYOTO PROTOCOL ON THE AEROSPACE AND AIRLINE INDUSTRIES. February 10, 1998 F.E.L.S.E.F. lunch program. Panelists include: JOEL M. LEVY, PH.D., Program Officer for Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols in the Office of Global Programs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the U.S. Department of Commerce; JAMES D. ERICKSON, Director of the Office of Environment & Energy at the Federal Aviation Administration in the U.S. Department of Transportation; HOWARD G. AYLESWORTH, JR., Director of Customer Support and Aircraft Noise and Emissions at the Aerospace Industries Association of America; STEPHEN O. ANDERSEN, PH.D., Director of Strategic Climate Projects in the Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Division at U.S. EPA; WARREN L. DEAN, JR., ESQ., with the law firm of Dyer, Ellis & Joseph and Professor of International Transportation Law at Georgetown University and an adviser to the Air Transport Association on the Kyoto Protocol; and SHARI F. NATOVITZ, Vice President and Marketing Director, as well as Senior Adviser to the Airport Team, with the insurance firm of J & H Marsh & McLennan.

CLIMATE TREATY UPDATE # 6: CARBON TRADING: OPPORTUNITIES AND HURDLES IN THE POST-KYOTO ENVIRONMENT. April 14, 1998 F.E.L.S.E.F. lunch program. Panelists include: DAVID W. SOUTH, Vice President, Technology and Markets Group, Energy Resources International, Inc.; JOHN PALMISANO, Director, Regulatory Affairs, ENRON International; VICTORIA GREENFIELD, Chief Economist, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State; MICHAEL J. WALSH, Senior Vice President, Environmental Financial Products, Ltd. (formerly Centre Financial Products, Ltd.); and ROBERT FRIEDMAN, Senior Fellow and Vice President for Research, H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment. Special Guest Producer: DAVID W. SOUTH.

CLIMATE TREATY UPDATE # 7: THE LATEST SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE LATEST ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSES ABOUT KYOTO. October 13, 1998 F.E.L.S.E.F. lunch program. Panelists include: DR. KEVIN E. TRENBERTH, Head of the Climate Analysis Section of the Climate & Global Dynamics Division at the National Center for Atmospheric Research; DR. S. FRED SINGER, President of the Science and Environmental Policy Project; DR. JEFFREY FRANKEL, Senior Economist with the President's Council of Economic Advisers; and DR. PAUL BERNSTEIN, a Senior Associate with Charles River Associates.

CLIMATE TREATY UPDATE # 8: THE RESULTS OF THE BUENOS AIRES SUMMIT: AN IMMEDIATE ASSESSMENT WITH ALL THE KEY PLAYERS. December 15, 1998 F.E.L.S.E.F. lunch program. Panelists include: DIRK FORRISTER, Chairman of the White House Task Force on Global Climate Change; CONSTANCE "CONNIE" HOLMES, Chairman of the Global Climate Coalition; MAUREEN T. KOETZ, Director of Environmental Policy for the Nuclear Energy Institute; MICHAEL L. MARVIN, Executive Director of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy; and JOHN TOPPING, President of the Climate Institute.

CLIMATE TREATY # 9: THE EXAMPLE OF LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES IN DEALING WITH THE CHALLENGES POSED BY THE KYOTO PROTOCOL. February 16, 1999 F.E.L.S.E.F. lunch. Panelists include: CHRISTIANA FIGUERES, Co- Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Development in the Americas; LUIS NINO, Venezuelan Delegation, Organization of American States; DON GOLDBERG, Center for International Environmental Law ( DC ); ESTEBAN BRENES, Environment Specialist, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development, Latin America and the Caribbean, The World Bank.

CLIMATE TREATY UPDATE # 10: SATELLITES AND OTHER MEANS OF REMOTE SENSING FROM ABOVE: A STRATEGY FOR IMPLEMENTING KYOTO AND ENSURING COMPLIANCE? April 13, 1999 F.E.L.S.E.F. lunch. Panelists include: STEVEN MIRMINA, Director of the International Environmental Law Program for the Institute for Global Environmental Issues; JASON O'NEIL, Consultant with International Commercial Satellite Sales and Marketing; DR. KEN HAWKER, Mitre Corporation analyst and author of a recently declassified report on the Kyoto Protocol and its enforcement mechanisms; and ROY KIME, Attorney Advisor and Special Assistant to the Deputy Director in the Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics, and Training, in the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance at U.S. EPA. Produced by F.E.L.S.E.F. Senior Steering Committee Member DR. ANN MEAD HOOKER.

COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE EXPORT OF U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY TO THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA. May 29, 1996 Environmental Law Committee lunch program. Panelists include: DANA J. DU RAND, Minister (Economics) at the South African Embassy; NIELS C. HAUFFE, Chairman of New World Ventures, L.L.C., and former South African Counselor for Science and Technology to Iran, the U.K. and the U.S.; JULIA PHILPOTT, Program Manager for the U.S. Department of Energy-funded U.S.-South Africa Transport Technology Project at the International Institute for Energy Conservation; EDWARD BADOLOTO, Washington Representative and Senior Energy Adviser to Bogart Environmental Services, with offices in Johannesburg; BERT ROSICA, Principal, HB Capital, Inc., representing Toronto-based William Perrin, Ltd. in its sales to South Africa; and WALTER C. JONES, Manager, Business Development, Africa and the Middle East, with the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: AN UPDATE UPON THE OCCASION OF THE WTO CONFERENCE IN SINGAPORE. December 19, 1996 F.E.L.S.E.F. lunch program. Panelists include: JAMES L. CONNAUGHTON, ESQ., with the law firm of Sidley & Austin; DAVID J. VAN HOOGSTRATEN, ESQ., U.S. EPA; and J. THOMAS WOLFE, ESQ., Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries. Moderated by GARY N. HORLICK, ESQ., with the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers.

INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM # 2: THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. March 20, 1997 F.E.L.S.E.F. lunch program. Panelists include: ROBERT F. LAWRENCE, of Counsel to the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; FRANCES SEYMOUR, Director of International Development Policy with the World Wildlife Fund; and CHARLES E. DI LEVA, Senior Counsel in the Environment Unit in the Legal Department at the World Bank.

NATIONAL SECURITY, DIPLOMACY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. October 17, 1996 F.E.L.S.E.F. lunch program. Panelists include DR. ALAN D. HECHT, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Office of International Activities at the U.S. EPA; AMBASSADOR MARK G. HAMBLEY, U.S. Special Negotiator on Climate Change, U.S. Special Representative to the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development, and former Ambassador to Qatar and Lebanon; GARY D. VEST, Principal Deputy Assistant Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental Security; and RICHARD J. SMITH, Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Global and Multilateral Issues on the National Intelligence Council.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, PAST AND PRESENT, IN UKRAINE. November 20, 1996 F.E.L.S.E.F. lunch program. Panelists include: the HONORABLE YURI M. SHCHERBAK, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States; DR. BRUCE L.R. SMITH, Senior Fellow Emeritus, Brookings Institution; and RUTH GREENSPAN BELL, ESQ., private international environmental consultant, formerly with International Activities Division of OGC at U.S. EPA.

RIO PLUS FIVE: A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE 92 RIO CONVENTION IN ANTICIPATION OF THE SPECIAL U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING IN JUNE. May 15, 1997 F.E.L.S.E.F. lunch program. Panelists include: DAVID SANDALOW, Associate Director for Global Environment at the Council on Environmental Quality and Director of Environmental Affairs at the National Security Council; LARISA DOBRIANSKY, Senior Counsel to the Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs in the U.S. House of Representatives; KATY MORAN, Executive Director of the Healing Forest Conservancy, associated with Shaman Pharmaceuticals; and TOM BOMBELLES, Assistant Vice President for International at PHRMA, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association of America.