Elisabeth Haub School of Law Professor Jason Czarnezki and Alumnus Basil Seggos Rank Among the 2023 Energy & Environment Power 100
Professor Jason J. Czarnezki, Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law and Associate Dean of Environmental Law Programs and Strategic Initiatives at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½, was named to the ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½2023 Energy & Environment Power 100ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ list published by City & State New York magazine. Professor Czarnezki was ranked #85 on this yearΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½s list, noting the impact that he has had since joining Haub Law and the environmentally forward initiatives he has helped launch in that time, including most recently, the Sustainable Business Law Hub. This yearΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½s prestigious Power 100 list includes public officials, energy executives, environmentalists, activists, academics and others who are ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½the key players shaping New YorkΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½s energy future.ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½
Distinguished Haub Law alumnus Basil Seggos ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½01, Commissioner, State Department of Environmental Conservation, received the #3 ranking, in part for his leadership in New York StateΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½s ambitious climate agenda to cut carbon emissions 40% by 2030. Additionally, former Haub Law Visiting Scholar Judith Enck, Founder and President of Beyond Plastics and former EPA Region 2 Administrator, ranked #36, along with Fred Zalcman at #25, who served as Pace Energy & Climate CenterΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½s Executive Director from 2001 ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ 2007.
ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½I am honored to be recognized among the top energy and environmental leaders in New York, all of whom are making positive strides each day towards combating climate change,ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ said Czarnezki. ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½Haub Law is home to the top ranked environmental law program in the country. Our innovative programs are continuously geared towards creating a sustainable and climate friendly future, and I am proud to lead these initiatives.ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½
85. Jason J. Czarnezki
Associate Dean and Executive Director, Environmental Law Programs, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½
In the 10 years that Jason Czarnezki has taught at ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½s environmental law program, the department has been among the top-rated programs in the country according to the U.S. News & World Report. Czarnezki helped the farmers market operator GrowNYC formalize its relationship with the schoolΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½s food and beverage law clinic in 2021. The following year, he became the faculty director for PaceΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½s sustainable business law hub, which is devoted to addressing sustainability challenges through research and public policy.
3. Basil Seggos
Commissioner, State Department of Environmental Conservation
One of the few Cuomo-era commissioners to stay on in Gov. Kathy HochulΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½s administration, Basil Seggos is part of the team steering the stateΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½s ambitious climate agenda to cut carbon emissions 40% by 2030. Under SeggosΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½s leadership, the state Department of Environmental Conservation launched an air pollution monitoring system and encouraged drought-affected counties to conserve water. Seggos, who took a leave to assist with the Ukraine humanitarian effort last fall, was instrumental in ensuring the state barred permits for cryptocurrency mining. Now, heΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½s monitoring air and water quality in Western New York after a train derailment in Ohio contaminated the surrounding area.
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