SPRingBoard Environmental Law Podcast

SPRingBoard Environmental Law Podcast

Hosted by Sive, Paget & Riesel, New York's preeminent environmental law firm for over 60 years, SPRingBoard Environmental Law Podcast is a conversational and interview-based show focusing on a wide spectrum of environmental law-based topics. Guests will include SPR attorneys, topic experts, consultants, activists, professors, environmental lawyers and more.

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SPRingBoard Environmental Law Podcast Episode 5: “Unlocking the Ocean Sink: Permitting and Deployment of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies”

November 13, 2025

In the latest episode of the SPRingBoard Environmental Law Podcast, host Michael Hannaman explores one of the most promising and complex frontiers in climate innovation: Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR). As global emissions continue to rise and the path to limiting warming to 1.5°C narrows, mCDR technologies are emerging as a key mitigation tool. These…

SPRingBoard Environmental Law Podcast Episode 4: “AI’s Double-Edged Sword: Navigating Environmental Impact and Opportunity”

October 22, 2025

In the fourth episode of the SPRingBoard Environmental Law Podcast, host Ahlia Bethea dives into the urgent and complex intersection of artificial intelligence and environmental sustainability with guests Shaolei Ren (Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Riverside) and Will Kletter (COO at ClimateAi). Together, they explore the environmental costs…

SPRingBoard Environmental Law Podcast Episode 3: “Building a Sustainable Future: The Role of Construction”

June 2, 2025

In this episode of Springboard, host Ahlia Bethea discusses the evolving intersection of construction and sustainability with guests Amanda Kaminsky (Director of Sustainability at Consigli Construction Co., Inc) and Alexis Saba (Associate at SPR). They explore local action like NYC’s Local Law 97, the changing definitions of sustainability in construction, and the roles of public…

SPRingBoard Environmental Law Podcast Episode 2: “Climate Justice in NYC: Strategies for Equitable Climate Adaptation”

April 21, 2025

In the second episode of SPRingBoard Environmental Law Podcast, SPR associate Michael Hannaman and Professor Sheila R. Foster of Columbia University’s Climate School discuss climate resiliency and adaptation efforts in New York City, with an emphasis on climate justice and community engagement efforts. The conversation explores the dimensions of climate justice, and the roles of…

SPRingBoard Environmental Law Podcast Episode 1:”Reflecting & Looking Ahead: The Biden Presidency and Incoming Trump Administration’s Impact on Environmental Law”

January 20, 2025

In this inaugural episode of SPRingBoard Environmental Law Podcast, SPR Attorney Ahlia Bethea hosts Columbia Law Professor Michael Gerrard and Conservation Law Foundation Senior Vice President Kate Sinding Daly to discuss the anticipated changes in environmental law and policy under Donald Trump’s second presidency. The conversation explores the differences between the Trump and Biden administrations,…