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</div><div>The Florida panther is under attack.Majestic panthers once roamed throughout the Southeastern U.S., but now they can be found in justthree Florida counties. What little remains of their habitat is constantly under siege from development, oil drilling and mining.And now the Florida Wildlife Commission is trying to persuade the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to remove the Florida panther from the endangered species list!<a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=c0df6decaa4adcf95b74a3dced5938da5d4968c8b8cf42396cd584a35af99da50f96859d337506ec" title="How bizarre that Florida wildlife officials won't protect Florida panthers?? That means you must! Tell the USFWS to maintain protections for the Florida panther now." id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436372230319_103116" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(25, 106, 212); outline: none; background: transparent;">How bizarre that Florida wildlife officials won't protect Florida panthers?? That means you must! Tell the USFWS to maintain protections for the Florida panther now.</a>On its own website, the USFWS states that fewer than 180 Florida panthers remain in the wild.1 There have already been 21 Florida panther deaths this year.2 And federal wildlife officials are currently moving forward with a proposal to remove the eastern cougar from the endangered species list-leaving the Florida panther as the only subspecies of these predators east of the Mississippi River.3The USFWS can stop efforts to undermine protection of the Florida panther. But they need to hear from you. Over 170,000 SierraRise activists have already sent messages in support of protecting Florida panthers and their habitat. Now it's your turn.</div><div>=</div><div>srcwtc 7/15</div><div>
</div><div>The Water Policy Institute is a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Think_tank" title="Think tank" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">think tank</a> project established in May 2008 by the law firm <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hunton%26_Williams" title="Hunton & Williams" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Hunton & Williams</a>. It describes itself as "a nonpartisan consortium bringing together industry leaders, including water suppliers, water users and nongovernmental organizations, to develop initiatives to address water supply, quality and use issues." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_note-PR-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a>The Institute is chaired by former <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="U.S. Environmental Protection Agency" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</a> chief turned PR consultant <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christine_Todd_Whitman" title="Christine Todd Whitman" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Christine Todd Whitman</a>. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_note-PR-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a> Whitman also co-chairs the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nuclear_Energy_Institute" title="Nuclear Energy Institute" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Nuclear Energy Institute</a>'s <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Clean_and_Safe_Energy_Coalition" title="Clean and Safe Energy Coalition" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Clean and Safe Energy Coalition</a>. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a>According to Congressional Quarterly, Whitman "is now helping to bring clients to the law firm of Hunton & Williams as chairwoman of its new Water Policy Institute. ... Whitman's firm will get an undisclosed fee for its work." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_note-CQ-3" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a>The Water Policy Institute's corporate members include <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/BP" title="BP" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">BP</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Central_Arizona_Project" title="Central Arizona Project" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Central Arizona Project</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/GE_Water" title="GE Water" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">GE Water</a>. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_note-PR-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a>Hunton & Williams "is extending membership invitations ... to about 15 other organizations, including local-government water agencies and multinational corporations," reported Congressional Quarterly in July 2008. "It will not charge membership dues" for the Institute, "but will ask each member to give something to support the institute, which plans to produce two white papers on water issues and hold monthly telephone conferences. The institute will also provide podcasts of conversations with people who are actively involved in water issues." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_note-CQ-3" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Michael_Campana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael Campana (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Michael Campana</a>, of Oregon State University's Institute for Water and Watersheds, wrote that the Institute "is sponsored by a Park Avenue law firm, has corporate members, and has an advisory panel with attorneys for 6 of its 8 members. Ask me why I'm not expecting anything but the SOS." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#Issues_and_publications" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">1 Issues and publications</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#Personnel" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2 Personnel</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#Advisory_panel" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.1 Advisory panel</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#Principals" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.2 Principals</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#Contact_details" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3 Contact details</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#Articles_and_resources" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">4 Articles and resources</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#Related_SourceWatch_articles" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">4.1 Related SourceWatch articles</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#References" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">4.2 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#External_resources" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">4.3 External resources</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#External_articles" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">4.4 External articles</a></li></ul></li></ul></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Issues and publications</h2>"<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Climate_change" title="Climate change" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Climate change</a> is likely to be a major topic" of the Water Policy Institute, according to a profile in the Clean Water Report. "Other topics will include the intersection of water quality and quantity; desalination; new technology; agriculture; allocation of water; and infrastructure." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a>In March 2009, the Water Policy Institute released its first white paper, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.huntonfiles.com/files/webupload/WPI_Water_Wars_White_Paper.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Water Wars: Conflicts Over Shared Waters (pdf)</a>." The paper "focuses on the long-running war over water among Georgia, Florida and Alabama in the wake of the Southeast drought and the challenges resulting from a growing water footprint and increased consumption." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a> The paper recommends that Alabama, Florida and Georgia work with a federal mediator to develop an interstate compact on water use, while pending lawsuits are put on hold. It also suggests that further studies be conducted, on water use and ecological needs in the region. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_note-SEwater-7" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a>The Water Policy Institute plans to publish its second white paper in spring 2009, on "the interplay of water and energy" issues. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_note-SEwater-7" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Personnel</h2>From the Hunton & Williams website: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Christine Todd Whitman, Chair</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb" title="Kathy Robb" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Kathy Robb</a>, Director - also a Hunton & Williams Partner on Resources, Regulatory & Environmental Law</li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Advisory panel</h3>From the Hunton & Williams website: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[9]</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Leslie_Carothers" title="Leslie Carothers" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Leslie Carothers</a> - president, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Environmental_Law_Institute" title="Environmental Law Institute" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Environmental Law Institute</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gabriel_Eckstein&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gabriel Eckstein (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Gabriel Eckstein</a> - professor at Texas Tech University School of Law</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Faeth" title="Paul Faeth" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Paul Faeth</a> - executive director, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Global_Water_Challenge" title="Global Water Challenge" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Global Water Challenge</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_Freestone&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Freestone (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">David Freestone</a> - senior adviser, office of the general counsel of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/World_Bank" title="World Bank" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">World Bank</a>  note different affil below</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=G.Tracy_Mehan_III&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="G. Tracy Mehan III (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">G. Tracy Mehan III</a> - principal with <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The_Cadmus_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Cadmus Group (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">The Cadmus Group</a>, an environmental consulting firm</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Hon. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=H.Craig_Manson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="H. Craig Manson (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">H. Craig Manson</a> - lecturer in law at the University of the Pacific <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[10]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mark_Van_Putten" title="Mark Van Putten" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Mark Van Putten</a> - president, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ConservationStrategy" title="ConservationStrategy" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">ConservationStrategy</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_L.Sunding&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David L. Sunding (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">David L. Sunding</a> - professor of the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and Co-Director of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Berkeley_Water_Center&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Berkeley Water Center (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Berkeley Water Center</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Dr. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Robert_N.Stavins" title="Robert N. Stavins" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Robert N. Stavins</a> - director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program</li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Principals</h3>From the Hunton & Williams website; all principals are Hunton & Williams employees: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[11]</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Kathy Robb</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Virginia_S.Albrecht&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Virginia S. Albrecht (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Virginia S. Albrecht</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Catherine_D.Little&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Catherine D. Little (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Catherine D. Little</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Chris_M.Amantea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chris M. Amantea (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Chris M. Amantea</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=William_H.McBride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William H. McBride (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">William H. McBride</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Prof. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lucas_Bergkamp" title="Lucas Bergkamp" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Lucas Bergkamp</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_C.McGranahan,Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John C. McGranahan, Jr. (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">John C. McGranahan, Jr.</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_J.Beardsworth,Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John J. Beardsworth, Jr. (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">John J. Beardsworth, Jr.</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ann_Marie_Mortimer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ann Marie Mortimer (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Ann Marie Mortimer</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Craig_A.Bromby&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Craig A. Bromby (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Craig A. Bromby</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Stuart_A.Raphael&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stuart A. Raphael (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Stuart A. Raphael</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kristy_A.Niehaus_Bulleit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kristy A. Niehaus Bulleit (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Kristy A. Niehaus Bulleit</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Belynda_Reck&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Belynda Reck (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Belynda Reck</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Charles_D.Case&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles D. Case (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Charles D. Case</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_J.Rhodes_III&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John J. Rhodes III (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">John J. Rhodes III</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=James_N.Christman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James N. Christman (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">James N. Christman</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=James_W.Rubin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James W. Rubin (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">James W. Rubin</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Deidre_G.Duncan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deidre G. Duncan (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Deidre G. Duncan</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Anju_Sanehi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anju Sanehi (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Anju Sanehi</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=James_D.Elliott&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James D. Elliott (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">James D. Elliott</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_A.Sheehan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John A. Sheehan (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">John A. Sheehan</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Brent_A.Fewell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brent A. Fewell (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Brent A. Fewell</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rita_A.Sheffey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rita A. Sheffey (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Rita A. Sheffey</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kevin_J.Finto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kevin J. Finto (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Kevin J. Finto</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Brooks_M.Smith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brooks M. Smith (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Brooks M. Smith</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=William_M.Flynn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William M. Flynn (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">William M. Flynn</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_J.van_Hoogstraten&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David J. van Hoogstraten (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">David J. van Hoogstraten</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Timothy_G.Hayes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Timothy G. Hayes (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Timothy G. Hayes</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Malcolm_C.Weiss&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malcolm C. Weiss (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Malcolm C. Weiss</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_E.Hogfoss&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert E. Hogfoss (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Robert E. Hogfoss</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mark_G.Weisshaar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mark G. Weisshaar (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Mark G. Weisshaar</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_E.Holloway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John E. Holloway (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">John E. Holloway</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Paul_O.Wickes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paul O. Wickes (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Paul O. Wickes</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_H.Huey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert H. Huey (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Robert H. Huey</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Andrea_W.Wortzel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andrea W. Wortzel (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Andrea W. Wortzel</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_C.Lashway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David C. Lashway (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">David C. Lashway</a></li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Contact details</h2>Kathy Robb
Director, Water Policy Institute
Hunton & Williams LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166-0091
Phone: (212) 309-1128Kathleen Shea
Administrative Manager
Hunton & Williams LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166-0091
Phone: (212) 309-1081
Email: kshea AT hunton.comWeb: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.hunton.com/Resources/Sites/general.aspx?id=527" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">http://www.hunton.com/Resources/Sites/general.aspx?id=527</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Articles and resources</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Related SourceWatch articles</h3><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/BP" title="BP" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">BP</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Central_Arizona_Project" title="Central Arizona Project" style="text-decoration: none; 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background: none;">Whitman Strategy Group</a></li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">References</h3><ol class="references" style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li id="cite_note-PR-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-PR_1-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:1.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-PR_1-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">1.1</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-PR_1-2" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">1.2</a> Press release, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hunton.com/news/news.aspx?tab=0003&gen_H4ID=15305" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">Water Industry Leaders Launch Water Policy Institute to Address Current Challenges: Christine Todd Whitman to serve as chair; Hunton & Williams lawyer as director</a>," Hunton & Williams, June 4, 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Diane Farsetta, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/node/6370" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgd2lkdGg9IjEwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwIj48ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtODI2LjQyOSAtNjk4Ljc5MSkiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI1Ljk4MiIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1Ljk4MiIgeD0iODI2LjkyOSIgeT0iNzAyLjMwOSIgZmlsbD0iI2ZmZiIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMDZjIi8+PGc+PHBhdGggZD0iTTgzMS4xOTQgNjk4Ljc5MWg1LjIzNHY1LjM5MWwtMS41NzEgMS41NDUtMS4zMS0xLjMxLTIuNzI1IDIuNzI1LTIuNjg5LTIuNjg5IDIuODA4LTIuODA4LTEuMzExLTEuMzExeiIgZmlsbD0iIzA2ZiIvPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik04MzUuNDI0IDY5OS43OTVsLjAyMiA0Ljg4NS0xLjgxNy0xLjgxNy0yLjg4MSAyLjg4MS0xLjIyOC0xLjIyOCAyLjg4MS0yLjg4MS0xLjg1MS0xLjg1MXoiIGZpbGw9IiNmZmYiLz48L2c+PC9nPjwvc3ZnPg) 100% 50%;">The Other Half of the Nuclear Industry's Power Couple: Christine Todd Whitman</a>," PR Watch, August 27, 2007.</li><li id="cite_note-CQ-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-CQ_3-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:3.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-CQ_3-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.1</a> Rebecca Adams, "Water Policy: Whitman Dives In," Congressional Quarterly Weekly, July 6, 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-4" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Michael E. Campana, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2008/06/another-water-institute.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">Wow! A Famous Person Starts A Water Institute!</a>," WaterWired blog, June 10, 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-5" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> "New water institute seeks to convene diverse voices," Clean Water Report, June 18, 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-6" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Press release, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/prnewswire/press_releases/national/Alabama/2009/03/31/PH92273" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">New Water Policy Institute White Paper Offers Blueprint for Resolving Southeastern Water Wars: Challenges and potential solutions in water consumption fight between states examined</a>," Water Policy Institute via PR Newswire, March 31, 2009.</li><li id="cite_note-SEwater-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-SEwater_7-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:7.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-SEwater_7-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">7.1</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.huntonfiles.com/files/webupload/WPI_Water_Wars_White_Paper.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Water Wars: Conflicts Over Shared Waters (pdf)</a>," Water Policy Institute, March 31, 2009.</li><li id="cite_note-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-8" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hunton.com/Resources/Sites/general.aspx?id=601" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">Water Policy Institute: Leadership</a>," Hunton & Williams website, accessed June 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-9" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hunton.com/Resources/Sites/general.aspx?id=603" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">Water Policy Institute: Advisory Panel</a>," Hunton & Williams website, accessed June 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-10" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Press release, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mcgeorge.edu/x3113.xml" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">Manson Named To Prestigious Water Policy Institute Panel</a>," University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, June 13, 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute#cite_ref-11" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hunton.com/Resources/Sites/general.aspx?id=604" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">Water Policy Institute: Institute Principals</a>," Hunton & Williams website, accessed June 2008.</li></ol><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">External resources</h3><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">External articles</h3><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Andy Peters, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=6/17/2008@24033" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">New water plan floats no one's boat: Flurry of filings likely as Georgia, Florida and others call Lanier plan unfair</a>," Daily Report(Georgia), June 17, 2008.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.whitmanstrategygroup.com/ctw-water-policy-institute-opening.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">Water Policy Institute Meeting: Opening Remarks by Christine Todd Whitman</a>," Washington, DC, June 18, 2008.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Carlos David Mogollon, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ww.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&PUBLICATION_ID=41&ARTICLE_ID=338891&C=ENVIR&dcmp=rss" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">An Interview with Water Policy Institute Co-Founder Kathy Robb</a>," Industrial WaterWorld/Water & Wastewater International, September 2008.</li></ul></div><div></div><div>srcwtch 7/15</div><div>
</div><div>Kathy Robb is a partner on resources, regulatory & environmental law at the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hunton%26_Williams" title="Hunton & Williams" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Hunton & Williams</a> firm in New York, and director of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Water_Policy_Institute" title="Water Policy Institute" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Water Policy Institute</a>, a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Think_tank" title="Think tank" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">think tank</a> housed at the law firm and chaired by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christine_Todd_Whitman" title="Christine Todd Whitman" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Christine Todd Whitman</a>. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#cite_note-PR-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a>According to her profile on the law firm's website, Robb "focuses exclusively on energy, environmental and administrative law." Her clients include "developers, electric utilities, investors, chemical manufacturers, and paper mills." She co-founded the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Women%27s_Network_for_a_Sustainable_Future&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Women's Network for a Sustainable Future (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Women's Network for a Sustainable Future</a> and is on the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Environmental_Law_Institute" title="Environmental Law Institute" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Environmental Law Institute</a>'s board of directors. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#On_the_Water_Policy_Institute" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">1 On the Water Policy Institute</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#Legal_work" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2 Legal work</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#Clean_Water_Act_and_Maine_dams" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.1 Clean Water Act and Maine dams</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#Canal_lining_and_environmental_protections" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.2 Canal lining and environmental protections</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#Other_legal_work" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.3 Other legal work</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#Articles_and_resources" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3 Articles and resources</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#Related_SourceWatch_articles" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.1 Related SourceWatch articles</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#References" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.2 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#External_resources" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.3 External resources</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#External_articles" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.4 External articles</a></li></ul></li></ul></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">On the Water Policy Institute</h2>In an interview, Robb said that "<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Climate_change" title="Climate change" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Climate change</a> is likely to be a major topic" of the Water Policy Institute. "Other topics will include the intersection of water quality and quantity; desalination; new technology; agriculture; allocation of water; and infrastructure." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a>"Founding members include <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/GE_Water" title="GE Water" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">GE Water</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/BP" title="BP" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">BP</a> and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Central_Arizona_Water_Conservation_District" title="Central Arizona Water Conservation District" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Central Arizona Water Conservation District</a>. Companies are likely to be among the chief members initially, but I am hopeful to attract a wide range of constituencies. The goal is to provide a forum for cross-pollination among various stakeholders." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a>In another interview, Robb said the Institute is interested in issues of water "scarcity and pricing and ... how you can encourage people to conserve," "recycling and reclamation," "the interconnection between energy and water," and "the intersection increasingly of water quality and water quantity issues." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Legal work</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Clean Water Act and Maine dams</h3>In 2005, Robb co-authored a "friend of the court" (amici curiae) brief, on behalf of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Home_Builders&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Association of Home Builders (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">National Association of Home Builders</a> and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Foundation_for_Environmental_and_Economic_Progress" title="Foundation for Environmental and Economic Progress" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Foundation for Environmental and Economic Progress</a>. The brief was filed in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.Supreme_Court" title="U.S. Supreme Court" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">U.S. Supreme Court</a> case of S. D. Warren Co. v. Maine Board of Environmental Protection (547 U.S. 370, 2006), in support of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=S.D.Warren_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="S. D. Warren Company (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">S. D. Warren Company</a>. The company, which operates hydroelectric dams in Maine, argued that the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Clean_Water_Act" title="Clean Water Act" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Clean Water Act</a> did not require it to seek water quality certifications from the state government, when renewing its federal licenses with the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Federal_Energy_Regulatory_Commission" title="Federal Energy Regulatory Commission" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Federal Energy Regulatory Commission</a>. The Supreme Court disagreed. Maine's Board of Environmental Protection had required the company to maintain a "minimum stream flow and to allow passage for certain fish and eels." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a>The brief co-authored by Robb supported S. D. Warren Company, arguing that requiring the company to obtain water quality certifications from the Maine government "improperly expands the CWA," or Clean Water Act. The brief compared water passing through a dam to water "stirred by a spoon, pushed by an oar, or splashed by a hand," arguing that "such movements of water" should not trigger application of the Clean Water Act. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Canal lining and environmental protections</h3>In 2005 and 2006, Robb co-authored friend of the court briefs, on behalf of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Central_Arizona_Water_Conservation_District" title="Central Arizona Water Conservation District" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Central Arizona Water Conservation District</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Imperial_Irrigation_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Imperial Irrigation District (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Imperial Irrigation District</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Water_District_of_Southern_California&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Metropolitan Water District of Southern California</a>, and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arizona_Power_Authority&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arizona Power Authority (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Arizona Power Authority</a>. The briefs were filed in cases before the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, related to Consejo de Desarrollo Economico de Mexicali, A.C. v. United States (No. 06-16345, 07 C.D.O.S. 3658). The briefs co-authored by Robb supported allowing a canal lining project along the U.S.-Mexico border to proceed, over the objections of community and environmental groups. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[9]</a>The court ruled "that the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tax_Relief_and_Health_Care_Act_of_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006</a> exempted a water canal improvement project from federal environmental laws," because the 2006 legislation directed the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to carry out, "without delay," a project to replace an unlined portion of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=All-American_Canal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="All-American Canal (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">All-American Canal</a> to avoid water seepage, "notwithstanding any other provision of law." California and surrounding U.S. states were eager to have the lining project proceed, so they could access the water seeping through the unlined canal. The Consejo de Desarrollo Economico de Mexicali, a Mexican community group, and environmental groups argued that "the project's environmental impact statement was inadequate," and that lining the canal "would dry up groundwater sources that serve farms and wetlands south of the border." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[10]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Other legal work</h3>"In Kathy's early years at [Hunton & Williams], she worked with another one of her mentors, the firm's then managing partner <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Taylor_Reveley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Taylor Reveley (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Taylor Reveley</a> ... on licensing a nuclear power plant on Long Island," according to a profile of Robb. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[11]</a> Presumably, this refers to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Long_Island_Lighting_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Long Island Lighting Company (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Long Island Lighting Company</a>'s <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Shoreham_Nuclear_Power_Plant&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant</a>. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[12]</a> "By the time Shoreham was fully decommissioned on Oct. 12, 1994, its $6 billion price tag -- about 85 times higher than the original estimate -- had nearly wrecked the regional economy by saddling Long Island with some of the highest electric rates in the nation," according to Newsday. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kathy_Robb#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[13]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Articles and resources</h2></div><div></div>In June 2008, Hunton & Williams established the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Water_Policy_Institute" title="Water Policy Institute" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Water Policy Institute</a> (WPI), a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Think_tank" title="Think tank" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">think tank</a> "bringing together industry leaders ... to address water supply, quality and use issues." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hunton%26_Williams#cite_note-PR-5" title="" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">[6]</a> WPI is chaired by former <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S.Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="U.S. Environmental Protection Agency" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</a> chief turned PR consultant <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Christine_Todd_Whitman" title="Christine Todd Whitman" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Christine Todd Whitman</a>, with Hunton & Williams partner <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kathy_Robb" title="Kathy Robb" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Kathy Robb</a> as its director. Its founding corporate members included <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=BP" title="BP" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">BP</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Central_Arizona_Project" title="Central Arizona Project" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Central Arizona Project</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=GE" title="GE" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">GE</a> Water. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hunton%26_Williams#cite_note-PR-5" title="" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">[6]</a> "<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Climate_change" title="Climate change" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Climate change</a> is likely to be a major topic" of the Water Policy Institute, according to a profile in the Clean Water Report. "Other topics will include the intersection of water quality and quantity; desalination; new technology; agriculture; allocation of water; and infrastructure." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hunton_%26_Williams#cite_note-6" title="" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">[7]</a>=victory lap on whooping cranes:
Under the US Supreme Court decision in Babbit v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a GreatOregon, regulators cannot be held liable for a “take” of an endangered species under the ESA unlesstheir actions are the proximate cause of actual harm to the species. But contrary to Sweet Home, thedistrict court concluded that the state agency officials are liable for a take under the ESA merely byissuing lawful water permits, even when their action indirectly authorizes an activity that does notinherently cause take.
While the ESA explicitly requires consultation under Section 7 by federal agencies in certaincircumstances, there is no consultation requirement for state agency action under the ESA. The districtcourt decision would essentially have imposed on the TCEQ, a state agency, a Section 7–type consultation process that is required under the ESA explicitly only for certain federal agency action. Thelitigation had cast a shadow on financing options and the ability to proceed with much-needed waterprojects in its high-growth river basin.
Reviewing the district court decision under an abuse of discretion standard, the Fifth Circuit rejected thedetermination of causation at trial, stating that “[t]he lack of foreseeability or direct connection betweenTCEQ permitting and crane deaths is also highlighted by the number of contingencies affecting the chainof causation from licensing to crane deaths. The contingencies are all outside the state's control and oftenoutside human control.” Those unpredictable contingencies included not only water use by and availabilityfrom other sources, but “even more unpredictable and uncontrollable” forces of nature, including“weather, tides and temperature conditions,” which “dramatically affect” conditions in the bay.“Contingencies concerning permittees’ and others’ water use, the forces of nature, and the availability ofparticular foods to whooping cranes demonstrate that only a fortuitous confluence of adverse factorscaused the unexpected 2008–2009 die-off found by the district court. This is the essence ofunforeseeability.”
so climate change, which the firm accelerates, could be a reason that taking water from wildlife is OK?!
<a href="https://www.hunton.com/files/News/dfd879ba-f748-46bb-9002-81f0f4b1bb25/Presentation/NewsAttachment/e13eb3c5-4907-41b4-8801-844bda8f51da/Fifth_Circuit_Rules_that_Texas_Regulators_Permitting_of_Water_is_Too_Attenuated.pdf">https://www.hunton.com/files/News/dfd879ba-f748-46bb-9002-81f0f4b1bb25/Presentation/NewsAttachment/e13eb3c5-4907-41b4-8801-844bda8f51da/Fifth_Circuit_Rules_that_Texas_Regulators_Permitting_of_Water_is_Too_Attenuated.pdf</a>=Kathy’s practice focuses on environmental litigation before Federal and administrative courts, regulation, counseling, and transactions.
PRACTICESEnvironmentalWaterNatural ResourcesEnvironmental Issues In Business TransactionsEnergyRenewable Energy and Clean PowerInternational Renewable Energy and Clean PowerEnergy and Environmental Litigation
ExperienceNewsAlertsPublicationsEventsHer representative clients include water districts, developers, electric utilities, investors, chemical manufacturers, and paper companies.
Chambers 2010 says “she has an excellent reputation for her water law [experience]” and “excels in ‘taking the lead—she’s great at setting the agenda, and pulling everybody together.’” Kathy is frequently quoted in business and trade publications, including the Clean Water Report, Congressional Quarterly, American Lawyer, BNA’s Environmental Compliance, the Christian Science Monitor, and BNA's Environmental Due Diligence Guide, among others.
Kathy served as a law clerk to the Hon. Glen M. Williams, US District Court, Western District of Virginia. She is admitted to practice in the US Supreme Court, US Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Tenth Circuits, and the US District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and of New Jersey. She is the founder and director of the Firm’s Water Policy Institute, seeking innovative sustainable solutions to water supply and quality issues. She serves as Adjunct Professor at Pace Law School, where she co-teaches “International Environmental Law and Human Rights.”
Relevant Experience
Representing intervenors in 9th Circuit, 10th Circuit, and federal district court cases in several states regarding water issues and the Endangered Species Act, NEPA, and related statutes, including cases involving the All-American Canal, Glen Canyon Dam, the silvery minnow, and the whooping crane. Advising developer on wetlands and Endangered Species Act issues on over 6,000-acre development in Florida involving the Florida panther. Filed amici briefs in S.D. Warren v. Maine BEP and Nat’l Ass’n. of Homebuilders v. Defenders of Wildlife, et al. before the US Supreme Court regarding issues under the Clean Water Act. Advised real estate developer on wetlands permitting issues on redevelopment of the Meadowlands in New Jersey. 
Representing individual clients at NPL-listed Superfund site involving 100 miles of river in Michigan with PCB-contaminated sediment, on regulatory issues and in litigation. Represented individual clients at 250 square mile NPL-listed Superfund site in California on contaminated groundwater issues. Litigated Superfund contribution claims in federal district court on several contaminated groundwater sites in various states. Developed the structure for and filed with FERC the market design and rules for a resource adequacy market for an independent system operator, now serving as a template for resource adequacy markets nationwide. 
Advising investors, sellers and buyers on environmental risks in business transactions involving electric generating facilities, chemical plants, and manufacturing facilities from the bid process through closing, including corporate restructuring to manage risks. Advising individual clients on regulatory matters including permitting, waste storage, waste disposal, internal auditing and reporting requirements. Advised electric utility on CWA 316(a) and (b) issues in negotiating permit conditions related to cooling water intake structures. Litigated licensing of a nuclear power plant in New York.
JD, University of Virginia School of Law, 1980BA, The University of Texas, Plan II Interdisciplinary Honors Program, 1976
BAR ADMISSIONSNew YorkVirginia
LANGUAGESFrench
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Leader in Environmental Law, New York, Chambers USA, 2008-2015Leading Lawyer, Environmental Law, International Who's Who Legal, 2008-2011Selected for inclusion as a “Super Lawyer,” Environmental Law, New York Super Lawyers, 2008-2014Fellow, American Bar Foundation, elected 1997
MEMBERSHIPS
Chair, Association of the City Bar of New York, Environmental Law Committee, 2008-2011 Member, Board of Directors, Environmental Law Institute (ELI), Executive Committee, CEO Search Committee, 2007-2011 Member, Board of Governors, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance (MWA), Executive Committee; Co-Chair, Governance Committee, 2011 Member, Board of Directors and co-founder, 2001, Women’s Network for a Sustainable Future (WNSF), Chair of Board 2006-2011Member, Advisory Board, BNA’s Environmental Due Diligence Guide, 2004-2011Member, Legal Advisory Committee, Mayor Bloomberg’s “PlaNYC: A Greener, Greater New York,” 2008-2009
=EventOceans and the Law: Emerging IssuesCONTACTmediarelations@hunton.com   PRACTICESWaterNews|Alerts|Publications|Events |Client ResourcesOctober 19, 2011Oceans and the Law: Emerging Issues Law of the Sea, Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Acidification, Fisheries, Resilience and Marine Protection
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
George Washington University Law School 2000 H Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20052
Keynote Speaker: Lois J. Schiffer, General Counsel, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Chairs: Christine Todd Whitman, Whitman Strategy Group Kathy Robb, Hunton & Williams
Moderated by: David Freestone, Executive Director,  [WORLD BANK]Sargasso Sea Alliance and Visiting Scholar, the George Washington University Law School
Panelists: Chuck Fox, Program Director, Oceans Five Michael Gerrard, Director, Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School Andreas Andersson, Assistant Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego Elizabeth Kim, Foreign Affairs Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, U.S. Department of State
The presentation slides are available: 
Ocean Acidification: The Other CO2 Problem High Seas Protected Areas: A Pragmatic Approach The Last Ocean---Environmental Regulation 2015: Hot Topics, Regulatory Developments, and Practical Guidance for Corporate Compliance

OVERVIEWSCHEDULEFACULTYLOCATION AND TRAVELCREDIT INFO
Why You Should Attend
The 2015 program will review recent activities in environmental regulation affecting compliance obligations for a range of businesses and organizations.  Taking a comprehensive look at how new developments in environmental regulations and recent case law will affect deal negotiations, daily operations and corporate compliance efforts, our expert faculty will lead practical and timely discussions on new and recurring legal challenges that lawyers practicing environmental law and peripheral areas face daily. 
Starting with a discussion on recent changes in air and climate change regulation then moving on to Clean Water Act issues, including new NEPA guidance, the program will deliver useful insights on now to navigate these issues.  The faculty will then review compliance and due diligence concerns arising out of real estate and corporate deals, toxic tort issues and conclude with a session on legal ethics, which will address concerns arising out of  multijurisdictional practice, conflicts of interest and client confidentiality.   
Join your fellow colleagues and our expert faculty for an insightful look into the current environmental law landscape and for many helpful takeaways to support your practice.    
What You Will Learn
The 2015 program will cover the following issues among other topics:
Recent changes in air and climate regulation with practical suggestions for compliance and annual Title V certificationsExamination of new and proposed air and climate change regulatory standards for existing sourcesInternational environmental regulation issues including chemical regulation, waste disposal and transboundary pollutionClean Water Act issues, New NEPA guidance and EIS analysis issuesHazardous waste sites and toxic tort issues and recent CERCLA case lawEnvironmental due diligence and negotiating real estate and corporate dealsLegal ethics in the environmental context
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Attorneys and compliance professionals invested in operations affected by environmental law and regulation.<div></div><div><div class="entry-date" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-transform: uppercase;">MAY 1-3, 2009</div><div class="subheadlinestyle" style="margin: 6px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;">Corporate Think Tanks Muddy the Waters</div><h1 class="article-title" style="margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 36px;">Life, Death and Water Policy</h1><div class="mainauthorstyle" style="margin: 9px 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1px;">by DIANE FARSETTA</div><div class="main-text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; position: relative;">In May 2008, the major law firm Hunton & Williams launched the Water Policy Institute (WPI), a think tank-esque, industry-supported consortium formed "to address water supply, quality and use issues," according to its website.After the initial flurry of press releases, WPI appeared to languish. Then, ten months after its formation, WPI issued its first white paper. "Water Wars: Conflicts Over Shared Waters" focuses on two river basins in the Southeastern United States. The paper urges the states involved — Georgia, Florida and Alabama — to put aside litigation and work with federal mediators to reach an agreement on water allocation. It also supports further study of seasonal water use, ecological issues and efficiency measures.The white paper’s conclusions seem reasonable, even obvious. So much so that it’s unclear why Hunton & Williams felt the need to recruit major public relations and corporate powerhouses when forming WPI — and what they, and the law firm, get out of the effort.What is clear is that WPI, Hunton & Williams and their corporate allies have a long history of siding with (or being) polluters and attempting to undermine water quality safeguards. It seems reasonable, therefore, to worry that whatever WPI is up to, it’s likely to do more harm than good.WPI’s usual suspectsThe Water Policy Institute’s chair is former New Jersey governor and Environmental Protection Agency head Christine Todd Whitman. After leaving the EPA, Whitman founded her own public relations firm. The Whitman Strategy Group’s clients include FMC Corporation, a chemical and pesticide manufacturer; the oil company Chevron’s Environmental Management Company; and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), an industry lobby group. Since 2006, Whitman has co-chaired the NEI-funded and Hill & Knowlton-managed Clean and Safe Energy Coalition, a pro-nuclear front group."I have, for many years now, believed that water is the greatest environmental challenge facing the world in the 21st century," Whitman stated, in a speech at WPI’s inaugural meeting. Since first being elected to public office 25 years ago, she said, "I have been wrestling with water issues." WPI "will help policymakers in every sector better understand — and more effectively communicate and advance — the need for action," she added.There are also financial incentives for Whitman’s involvement with WPI. Whitman "is now helping to bring clients to the law firm of Hunton & Williams as chairwoman of its new Water Policy Institute," reported Congressional Quarterly in June 2008. "Whitman’s firm will get an undisclosed fee for its work."In addition to Whitman’s political star power, WPI presumably benefits from the connections and resources of its founding corporate members:BP, GE Water and the Central Arizona Project. As a multinational oil, gas and fuels company, BP’s interests in water issues are significant. For example, the company is invested in Alberta’s tar sands, where oil development requires — and pollutes — large volumes of water. Last year, BP was party to a $423 million settlement compensating U.S. public water systems for contamination from the gas additive MTBE.GE Water describes itself as "a leading global supplier of water treatment, wastewater treatment and process systems solutions." In an August 2006 press release, the company enthused, "Globally, the water market is $365 billion and offers a high growth potential." Its products range from water treatment chemicals, filters and membranes; to industrial water management systems; to "mobile water" emergency back-ups. GE Water boasts "the world’s largest base of desalination systems," which use an energy-intensive process to produce fresh water from seawater or salty water. GE Water is also involved with Canada’s tar sands, as part of a $15 million effort "to improve water usage" during oil extraction.The Central Arizona Project is a "336-mile long system of aqueducts, tunnels, pumping plants and pipelines" that directs Colorado River water to three Arizona counties. The "quasi-governmental entity" that runs the project has hired the Hunton & Williams firm to weigh in on several water-related legal cases. Due to growing population, drought and climate change, the Central Arizona Project is likely to face increased competition for water resources. It’s also nervous about possible carbon tax or cap-and-trade policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as it relies on the coal-fired Navajo Generating Station for its substantial power needs.Hunton for RobbThe Water Policy Institute’s home, Hunton & Williams, isn’t the most environmentally-friendly law firm. In a landmark 2007 case before the U.S. Supreme Court, the firm argued that the EPA shouldn’t be allowed to regulate carbon dioxide. By the time the court ruled against them, Hunton & Williams "had built up a team of energy lobbyists who could … work to minimize the potential damage to their clients through legislation," reported The Hill.Hunton & Williams’ lobbying clients include the oil giant ConocoPhillips, the electric industry’s Edison Electric Institute, infamous polluter Koch Industries and the powerful National Association of Manufacturers lobby group. Also on the list is "Americans for Affordable Climate Policy," a front group formed by coal interests to ensure that any cap-and-trade system gives free emissions credits to industry. Hunton & Williams’ non-lobbying clients include Altria (formerly known as Philip Morris), military contractor General Dynamics, drugmaker Pfizer and Texas energy company Luminant (formerly known as TXU).On water issues, Hunton & Williams lobbies for the Waters Advocacy Coalition, another industry front group whose members include the National Mining Association, the anti-regulatory and industry-funded Western Business Roundtable, the pesticide industry group CropLife America and the American Forest & Paper Association, which represents the "forest products industry."WPI’s director is Kathy Robb, a Hunton & Williams partner focused on resources, regulatory and environmental law. In a 2005 filing with the U.S. Supreme Court, Robb argued that hydroelectric dam operators shouldn’t be regulated under the Clean Water Act. In 2005 and 2006, Robb filed briefs on behalf of the Central Arizona Water Conservation District, which operates the Central Arizona Project. The briefs supported a canal lining project that environmentalists and local groups feared would dry up wetlands and harm rural communities. Robb’s clients include "developers, electric utilities, investors, chemical manufacturers, and paper mills," according to Hunton & Williams’ website.Robb has said that WPI is interested in issues of water "scarcity and pricing and … how you can encourage people to conserve," "recycling and reclamation," "the interconnection between energy and water," and "the intersection increasingly of water quality and water quantity issues." How do those laudable goals square with Robb’s legal work to restrict the application of the Clean Water Act, with the interests of WPI’s corporate members, or with Hunton & Williams’ clients?I called Robb’s office to request an interview. Her assistant quickly identified a time, several days later, when I could speak with her. Then, just before the interview was supposed to take place, the assistant called back to cancel it. I repeatedly contacted the office to reschedule. At one point, a nervous-sounding woman asked me where the interview would appear and what questions I would ask Robb. More than two weeks, several phone calls and emails later, it seems safe to conclude that Kathy Robb doesn’t want to talk with me.Life, death and water policyKathy Robb’s silence doesn’t bode well for WPI. Serious policy groups realize that, in order to have any credibility, they must either scrupulously avoid or fully disclose potential conflicts of interest. If WPI has any such policies, they’re not public. WPI’s website doesn’t even include a list of its members.In 2003, former United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros Ghali stated, "Water will be more important than oil this century." Today, an estimated one billion people don’t have access to clean drinking water. In 2025, the UN predicts that 1.8 billion people will live in areas with "absolute water scarcity." According to a June 2008 technical paper for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, there is "very high confidence" that "adverse effects of climate change on freshwater systems [will] aggravate the impacts of other stresses, such as population growth, changing economic activity, land-use change and urbanisation."These are serious, complex and urgent issues. The last thing we need is another corporate front group muddying the waters.DIANE FARSETTA is the <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(207, 16, 40);">Center for Media and Democracy’s</a> senior researcher. She can be reached at: <a href="mailto:diane@prwatch.org" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(207, 16, 40);">diane@prwatch.org</a></div></div>
ROBB
Voice of Experience: Kathy Robb, Partner, Hunton & Williams
by Erin Abrams (New York City)
Kathy Robb, a partner in the New York office of the law firm Hunton & Williams, credits her success as an attorney in part to a willingness to embrace change and a passion for environmental issues.
The Glass Hammer recently sat down with Kathy, whose practice focuses on energy, environmental and administrative law, to talk about her background, her accomplishments and her advice for young women in law.

Kathy’s Path to the Law
Kathy grew up in Texas, and often took trips with her family to national parks throughout the western United States. “I fell in love with the west from our baby blue station wagon,” she laughed. From a young age, she knew that she wanted to be a lawyer, and she developed an interest in environmental law and water rights issues through these family trips.In college, Kathy pursued this interest by participating in a unique program called Plan II at University of Texas at Austin, a program that allowed students to design their own majors by taking a wide range of liberal arts courses and individualized paths of studies. After graduating, she headed east to University of Virginia for law school.
Kathy had a wonderful experience at UVA law school, and often heads back now, years later, to interview for her firm or meet up with fellow alumni. Kathy explained that a group of women in her law school class stayed in touch after graduation, convening for annual weekends at the beach.
After law school, Kathy served as a law clerk to the Hon. Glen M. Williams, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia. The Judge was one of Kathy’s early mentors and he shaped her views about social justice and using the law as a tool to empower people. Kathy explained that the judge had been passionate about working with illiterate miners in Virginia when he was a young lawyer, helping them register to vote. Underscoring the importance of building a lifelong network, Kathy notes that she still attends reunions with the judge and his other clerks when they are held.
Building a Career at Hunton & Williams
When her clerkship ended, Kathy accepted a job at the law firm of Hunton & Williams in Richmond, Virginia. When asked about how she chose her firm initially, Kathy said, “I was thinking I wanted to go to a big firm initially, but wasn’t sure if I was going to stay in Virginia long term or move. I chose a large, well-respected firm that people had heard of outside of Virginia,” in order to keep options open in other geographic areas, or in the event that she pursued a career in government. As it turned out, Kathy rose through the ranks at Hunton and decided to build her career there. Said Kathy about her long-term affiliation with the firm, “I love the work and the people I work with.”
She began in the field of environmental law right away at Hunton. Kathy explained that she loves environmental law because “the law changes constantly and is new. You have to make choices about policy arguments as part of your legal arguments. It is also varied— In the environmental practice area, you advise and counsel clients on the status of the law, do regulatory work, and litigate.” In Kathy’s book, this adds up to an intellectually stimulating and fulfilling practice area.
In Kathy’s early years at the firm, she worked with another one of her mentors, the firm’s then managing partner Taylor Reveley (now President of The College of William & Mary), on licensing a nuclear power plant on Long Island. Kathy particularly enjoyed working as a team on this large, long-term effort. “It was an immersion course and a fantastic experience for a new lawyer,” said Kathy. “It was like having a couple of years’ of experience condensed into each single year.”
Kathy worked on the case for several years and learned about the benefits and strengths of working on a team. After seven years at the firm, Kathy made partner.
Meanwhile, Hunton had opened a New York office, and Kathy was interested in doing something new. The firm asked her to move to begin the environmental practice in New York. The move was a great experience for her, personally and professionally. Indeed, this transplanted Southerner fell in love with the energy and vibrancy of life in New York. Her practice also changed. “Some of my work in New York became more transaction-driven, as you would expect,” explained Kathy. “Litigation and regulatory work have a longer time-frame. Transactions have a beginning, middle and end date. It’s a different way of practicing, and I enjoy both.”
New Challenges
As a person who is always looking for the next new challenge, Kathy is involved in several leadership initiatives on environmental law, both through her firm and outside of it. This year, she rolled out the Water Policy Institute. Kathy explained that she formed the organization to provide a forum for companies, government entities, and other parties interested in water scarcity, quality, and regulation to convene to discuss sustainable solutions, both domestically and internationally
Kathy is passionate about water issues; a subject she says is “global and local at the same time. Everyone has views about water. People experience it every day and it’s a requirement for life. In the US, we take access to it for granted, but that is not so in many places around the world–and is changing here, even in places where water was previously abundant.”
Additionally, Kathy co-founded a non-profit called the Women’s Network for a Sustainable Future about 6 years ago. Kathy explained that the organization got started when she and Ann Goodman, now the Executive Director, put their heads together to brainstorm about how to help executives put sustainability on their radar screens. The Women’s Network was soon born, and incorporated as a 501(c)3 .
If that wasn’t enough involvement for this woman on the go, Kathy also serves on the board of the Environmental Law Institute is the Chair of the Environmental Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association.
“Much of what I do outside of work has turned out to be related to environmental law in some way,” said Kathy.
Advice for Young Women Attorneys
When asked for her advice to young women attorneys who aspire to make partner, Kathy said, “Make sure that’s what you want. If it is, then go for it. Do excellent, high quality, meticulous work. Work hard. Practice in an area that really interests you so that you can wholeheartedly throw yourself into it and enjoy it.”
Kathy also has a few pointers on work-life balance for career women striving to balance competing demands at home. As Kathy noted, “attorneys are a self-selecting group of energized, driven people. So work-life balance will naturally sometimes be difficult in a field full of goal oriented, career driven people, regardless of their gender.”
The key, Kathy said, is to try to set realistic goals. “The thing about the balance issue,” she said, “is that it sets you up. The idea that there is this perfect state you will reach, where your home life and work life will be in equipoise, and everything will be the way you want it, is unrealistic. It is more likely that some days, your priority is going to be work, and work will need your complete undivided attention. Other days, it may not.”
Kathy’s work-life balance priorities shifted over the years as well. She noted that, when she was first starting out, she didn’t have the happy tug of a family that she wanted to be with and do things for. When she was a first year, she “was there to work and learn.” These days, as a wife and the mother of a 13-year old daughter, her days of “being able to just throw caution to the wind and work for 24 hours” are few. That means that Kathy has to think of new and creative ways to be more efficient and prioritize her time.
For her, living in the city and not having a commute makes work-life balance easier. But, Kathy stated, “The most important thing is to find your own way. For some people, a commute works great. For me, it was better if I came home early, and came back to work after putting my daughter to bed, if necessary. It’s best to do it your own way, rather than search for a perfect formula that may not work for you and your family.”
One of the best things about working in a law firm in this day and age, according to Kathy, is the flexibility that both men and women have in structuring their careers. Kathy observed that Hunton was ranked as one of the top law firms for working moms and one of the best law firms for women. As with many big firms these days, the focus is more on supporting attorneys to achieve their career development goals, and giving lawyers the flexible options to make that happen.
When asked about mentoring relationships in the course of her career, Kathy says that she has been lucky. In addition to being mentored by Judge Williams and Mr. Reveley, Kathy said that her dad, who recently passed away, served as a lifelong role model for her. “He set the example of hard work, taught me about setting big goals, not just small ones, and the value of not letting anyone tell you that you can’t do things.”
Kathy noted the importance of looking for mentors in unlikely places. She explained that “a mentor is not a particular kind of person. Lots of people can come out of woodwork as mentors and you can learn from them.” Though many firms try to do more formal mentoring, Kathy believes that the best mentors are the ones you find on your own. While a woman attorney starting out might like to have a woman mentor, Kathy’s advice is not to limit yourself to only women. She noted that the current managing partner of her firm, Wally Martinez, has been a terrific mentor in support of her efforts on the Water Policy Institute.
Finally, Kathy emphasized the value of “being your own mentor.” Kathy concluded, “It’s important to set your goals and pursue them, self-propelling to execute your plans and pursue your interests. Of course it is so satisfying when someone validates the work that you have been doing and encourages you to do more. Mentors are so important, and seeking them out can make a big difference.”
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BOARD MEMBERSKathy Robb Photo 2Kathy RobbBoard Chair, WNSF; Partner; Founding Director, Water Policy Institute, Hunton & WilliamsMarlys Appleton photo 2Marlys M. AppletonPresident and Founder of Avtaar America, Inc.R.D2Rachel E. DemingProfessor and Clinic Director, University of Michigan Law SchoolKMS_7057closeup2Brandi ColanderDeputy General Counsel for the White House Council for Environmental Quality (CEQ)Dianne Dillon-Ridgely photo 2Dianne Dillon RidgleyBoard of Directors, Interface Inc.Shelly Esque photo 2Shelly M. EsqueVice President, Corporate Affairs, Intel Corporation; President, Intel FoundationKaren Flanders photo 3-111-125Karen FlandersSustainability Practice Leader, Wisdom WorksJoanne Fox-Przeworski photo 1Joanne Fox-Przeworski. Ph.DChair, Board of Distinguished Advisors, Environmental and Public Health Network for Chinese Students and Scholars; Former UNEP Director, North AmericaHelle-Bank-Jorgensen
CEO, B. Accountability CorpMichelle KahaneMichele KahaneProfessor of Professional Practice, Milano, the New School for Management and Urban PolicyWIL_0175Alison LazerwitzExecutive Vice President, General Counsel, Daniel Swarovski Corporation AGlouise-r-raymondLouise R. RaymondVice President, Corporate Responsibility, McGraw Hill Financial Emeritus Board MembersJoyce LaValleSenior Vice President of Human Resources, Interface Inc.Linda DescanoCOO, Women & Co., CitiGroupMuni Figueresformerly of the Costa Rican Foundation for Sustainable DevelopmentAnn GoodmanPresident, Telesis ConsultingNoreen HarringtonFormer Managing Director, Goldman SachsSarah HowellDirector, Corporate Communications, BPClair KrizovExecutive Director of Environmental and Social Responsibility, AT&TAnita RoperDirector of Sustainability, Alcoa Corp.Deborah SliterVice President of Programs, National Environmental Education & Training Foundation(Titles reflect their positions at the time of their WNSF Board service) Advisory CouncilRay AndersonFounder and Chairman, Interface Inc.Jo Ivey BouffordProfessor and Former Dean, Wagner School of Public Service, New York University.Paula Di PernaFormer President, Joyce Foundation.Eileen FisherFounder, Eileen Fisher Co.Joyce HabouchaDirector, Social Investment, Rockefeller.Noreen HarringtonFormer Managing Director, Goldman Sachs.Stuart HartDirector, Sustainable Enterprise Institute, Cornell University.Terri LudwigPresident, Merrill Lynch Community Development Company. <div>
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