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Keynote I - Clifford Villa
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Cliff Villa currently advises the U.S. EPA Office of Land and Emergency Management, helping to carry out priorities of the Biden Administration including environmental justice and climate change. At EPA, Cliff helps ensure that new federal funding for recycling and cleanup of contaminated sites reaches communities that have been historically underserved. Cliff is also currently a Visiting Professor at Columbia Law School, where he is teaching a seminar this spring on Environmental Justice. Previously, Cliff served as tenured faculty at the University of New Mexico School of Law, where he teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional rights, environmental law, and environmental justice. Before joining the UNM law faculty in 2015, Cliff spent more than 20 years as an EPA attorney in Washington, D.C.; Denver, Colorado; and Seattle, Washington. Among other publications, Cliff is the lead author of Environmental Justice: Law, Policy & Regulation (3rd ed. 2020), and author of continuing legal scholarship on environmental justice including Remaking Environmental Justice, 66 Loyola L. Rev. 469 (2020); and Don't Blame the Flint River, 52 Envtl. L. 341 (2022). Cliff was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with local roots tracing back over three hundred years.
Note: No food or drinks are allowed in the auditorium.
Where
Sterling Law Building, Auditorium
127 Wall Street, New Haven 06511, United States
Speakers
Clifford Villa
Professor / Deputy Assistant Administrator
University of New Mexico / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Cliff Villa currently serves as Deputy Assistant Administrator for the U.S. EPA Office of Land and Emergency Management, where he provides policy direction for programs including Superfund cleanup, Brownfields funding, hazardous waste management, and emergency response. At EPA, Cliff carries out priorities of the Biden Administration centered on environmental justice and climate change, drawing upon new resources provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This spring, at Columbia Law School, Cliff is also teaching a seminar on Environmental Justice. Previously, Cliff served as tenured faculty at the University of New Mexico School of Law, where he teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional rights, environmental law, and environmental justice. Before joining the UNM law faculty in 2015, Cliff spent more than 20 years as an EPA attorney in Washington, D.C.; Denver, Colorado; and Seattle, Washington. Among other publications, Cliff is the lead author of ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: LAW, POLICY & REGULATION (3rd ed. 2020), and author of continuing legal scholarship on environmental justice including Remaking Environmental Justice, 66 LOYOLA L. REV. 469 (2020); and Don’t Blame the Flint River, 52 ENVTL. L. 341 (2022). Cliff was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with local roots tracing back over three hundred years.