<p>Please join us for our first Distinguished Environmental Speaker Series event for 2022, entitled Greening Clean Energy.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/greening-clean-energy-tickets-261234037037" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Register today!</a><br /><br /><strong>One substantive CLE credit</strong> available in Pennsylvania (subject to approval). This program is open to the public and free of charge, but registration is required. Please contact&nbsp;<a href="mailto:CLEcwlaw@widener.edu">CLEcwlaw@widener.edu</a>&nbsp;for questions or additional information.<br /><br />As utility-scale solar booms to meet the growing demands for clean energy and carbon reduction, several communities have expressed concerns about the social and environmental impacts of this boom. Some &ldquo;climate fundamentalists&rdquo; claim we must exempt zero-carbon energy, like solar, from environmental regulation, and there is a growing trend to preempt municipal control over renewable energy development to speed up regulatory approvals.<br /><br />Professor Hannah Wiseman from Penn State Law will focus her presentation on taking more of a middle ground approach as it relates to the regulatory process, local control, and encouraging solar energy development with potentially fewer impacts.<br /><br /><strong>Professor Hannah Wiseman &ndash; Brief Biography</strong><br />Hannah Wiseman is a professor of law, professor and Wilson Faculty fellow in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, and Institutes of Energy and the Environment Co-funded faculty member at Penn State. She teaches and writes in the areas of energy law, oil and gas law, land use regulation, environmental law, and administrative law. Her work focuses on the mechanics and design of regulation and governance in these areas, including the challenges of determining appropriate governance levels, fostering effective experimentation, and addressing expansions in the scale of regulated activities.</p>