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The Kheel Center on the Resolution of Environmental Interest Disputes was created in April of 2008 with the support of a generous grant by the well-known labor arbitrator and mediator Theodore W. Kheel. The Center’s work focuses on environmental interest disputes of critical importance to communities, states, and regions that require innovative resolution strategies and forums. Its mission is to train law students and lawyers in the skills that practicing attorneys need to address conflicts arising from climate change and other critical environmental and land use issues that may not be amenable to resolution by traditional means of adjudication. Kheel Center Works with Masters Students at Yale to Develop Climate Change Tools
Working with masters students at Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, the Kheel Center is compiling information on cutting edge tools and techniques used by state and local governments to manage climate change. As part of the Land Use Planning Practice course, taught by Professor John R. Nolon, Director of the Kheel Center, the students’ research projects cover nearly two dozen topics, including adaptation to sea level rise, building communities that are resilient to natural disasters, enhanced transit oriented development zoning, energy efficient buildings, developing sustainable buildings on sustainable sites, and green infrastructure. New resource:
Click here for a List of Helpful Links to EDR Related Organizations, Publications, and Mediators. More to come! Kheel Center Attorney Featured on ACResolution Teleconference
Tiffany Zezula, Senior Managing Attorney for the Kheel Center, presented for the ACResolution Teleconference on Climate Change on January 14, 2010 to discuss her article and the work of the Kheel Center. The teleconference focused on themes from the publication’s recent issue in which Tiffany co-authored a piece with the Kheel Center’s Jessica A. Bacher entitled “Managing Climate Change Through Land Use: Creating the Human Infrastructure for Collaborative Decision-Making at the Local Level.” Kheel Center Cover Story in Alumni Magazine |
