The Role of State Attorneys General in National Environmental Policy: Natural Resource Damages Panel

摘要

Thank you very much, Ellen. I just want to join others in thanking you [Ellen Chapnick] and Jim Tierney and Columbia Law School for putting this together. I think this has been an exceptional day. And I think that the order of these topics has been set up quite well. It's appropriate that we finish up with NRD or what is known as natural resource damages. These are situations where there is an intricate relationship between the state and the Federal governments. We do look for damages; they are suits for money. As the introductory notes indicate, there are oftentimes mixed results in terms of NRD. I assume we'll talk about that quite a bit and that Lisa [Heinzerling] will address that. A lot of these companies end up in bankruptcy, which poses significant problems as we move along.