In August, Associate Dean for Environmental Studies Lee Paddock, environmental law fellow Jennifer Bowmar, and six GW Law students launched the first International Student Energy Research Project in Groningen, The Netherlands. They were joined by six students from the University of Groningen and five students from the Fundação Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro. After four days of discussion and environmental site visits, the students formed research teams to examine legal and economic issues associated with bioenergy, carbon capture and storage, and linking emissions trading systems. This research work involving students from all three universities on each of the three teams will continue through April 2012 when participants will present their findings in Washington, DC.