
College of Law
1000 E. University Ave., Dept. 3035
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-6416
Fax: 307-766-6417
Email: lawadmis@uwyo.edu
Published November 20, 2023
Professor Tara Righetti delivered the annual Liskow Visiting Professor Lecture in Energy Law on November 14 at Louisiana State University Law Center. The lecture, titled “Land and Regulatory Consequences of Carbon Sequestration Well Classifications,” attracted an audience of LSU students, faculty, administrators, and members of the public. Staff attorneys and officials from Louisiana state government also attended.
Prior to joining the University of Wyoming College of Law in 2014, Righetti served in legal and executive roles in a privately owned upstream oil and gas company. She currently holds the Occidental Chair in Energy and Environmental Policy at the School of Energy Resources and the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources.
Righetti’s research focuses on subsurface property law and administrative regulation of energy development and industrial decarbonization technologies, including nuclear energy and carbon capture and storage. Righetti teaches oil and gas law, climate law, the governance and regulation of geoengineering, and advanced energy technologies.
College of Law
1000 E. University Ave., Dept. 3035
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-6416
Fax: 307-766-6417
Email: lawadmis@uwyo.edu