C-PREE Seminar with James Salzman: "Is it Safe to Drink the Water? The Past and Future of Drinking Water”

Date & Time Apr 22 2019 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Speaker(s)
James Salzman, Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law, UCLA School of Law and Bren School of the Environment, UC Santa Barbara
Audience Open to the Public, Registration Required
At C-PREE's David Bradford Energy and Environmental Seminar Series, scholars from various fields, mostly from outside of the University, present recent work or lead a discussion about a C-PREE-related topic. Attendance by Princeton students, faculty and staff is encouraged.
 
All seminars are open to the public on a limited basis with approved RSVP to ccrosby@princeton.edu
 
Speaker Bio:
James Salzman is the Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law with joint appointments at the UCLA School of Law and at the Bren School of the Environment at UC Santa Barbara. His broad-ranging scholarship has addressed topics spanning drinking water, trade and environment conflicts, policy instrument design, and the legal and institutional issues in creating markets for ecosystem services. There have been over 100,000 downloads of his articles. A dedicated classroom teacher and colleague, Salzman was twice selected as Professor of the Year by Duke students. He frequently appears as a media commentator and has lectured on environmental policy on every continent except Antarctica. His most recent book, Drinking Water: A History, was praised as a “Recommended Read” by Scientific American and reviewed in the New York Times and Washington Post. It is now in paperback in its second edition.