Daytimers with David Uhlmann

Imperiling Our Future: The Trump Assault on the Environment
Professor David M. Uhlmann, Guest Speaker

Since January 2025, the Trump Administration has unleashed a breathtaking attack on environmental protection in the United States. EPA and the Justice Department are no longer doing anything to address climate change or promote environmental justice, and their efforts to hold polluters accountable are virtually non-existent, reversing decades of bipartisan support for environmental enforcement. Communities across America are less protected, and the long-term effects on the environment will be devastating.

As we assess the damage, including the elimination of EPA’s vaunted science office and the hollowing out of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, we face the moral imperative of charting a path forward that reclaims bipartisan support for environmental protection in the United States. We cannot combat climate change and promote a sustainable future only when Democrats hold power; we must find ways to come together once again to protect the environment for future generations.

Join the Temple Sinai DayTimers to hear Professor Uhlmann discuss possible futures for the Environmental Protection Agency and our national efforts to improve our environment. There will be ample opportunity for questions, comments and discussion following his presentation.

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David M. Uhlmann is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Visiting Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School, and a partner at Marten Law. He previously served as the EPA Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance from July 2023 until December 2024. Prior to his Senate-confirmed position at EPA, he served as the Jeffrey F. Liss Professor from Practice and the Director of the Environmental Law and Policy Program at the University of Michigan Law School and as the Chief of the Environmental Crimes Section at the United States Department of Justice.

Professor Uhlmann is an internationally recognized expert on environmental law and the leading authority on criminal enforcement of environmental laws in the United States. His research focuses on corporate accountability, climate disruption, and sustainability; his advocacy efforts emphasize the need to reclaim bipartisan support for environmental protection, climate action, and environmental justice. Professor Uhlmann has published in the Michigan Law Review, the Harvard Environmental Law Review, the Stanford Environmental Law Journal, the Maryland Law Review, the UC Davis Law Review, the Utah Law Review, and the Michigan Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law. He has written for The Atlantic and the American Constitution Society, and he has authored multiple op-eds for The New York Times on topics including the Gulf oil spill, the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster, and the Flint water crisis.