Petition to Phase Out Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Pollution to Restore a Stable & Healthy Climate
Petitioners include James E. Hansen, Donn Viviani, John Birks, Richard Heede, Lise Van Susteren, Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions, and CPR Initiative.
We demand that the Environmental Protection Agency protect and restore the climate by exercising the full reach of its existing authority. How so? By compelling big oil, gas and coal to (1) phase out continuing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and (2) clean up their mess by removing, or paying to remove, residual and legacy GHGs pollution.
Under the Toxic Substances Control Act, the EPA is required, in response to our Petition, to determine if GHGs present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment. If so, then the Agency needs to take action “to the extent necessary” to ensure that these chemical substances no longer present such risks.
UpdateS on CPR Initiative’s Petition to EPA
June 28, 2023
Plaintiffs Regroup
In May, together with the United States Department of Justice, we filed a “Joint Stipulation of Dismissal” of our federal lawsuit.
We can summarize the proceedings to that point. In June 2022, our plaintiffs’ group filed our Petition to Phase Out Greenhouse Gas Pollution. In its September 14, 2022 response, EPA denied our petition, in part, on the ground that the Agency was working on a series of administrative rules that would meet President Biden’s decarbonization goals when implemented. . . .
November 14, 2022
CPR Initiative Sues EPA to Compel Climate Pollution Phase Out
On November 12, 2022, Petitioners sued EPA, seeking judicial action to compel EPA to commence rulemaking under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to phase out deadly climate pollution.
September 19, 2022
EPA Said “No.” Petitioners Respond.
Background: On June 16, 2022, on behalf of five expert Petitioners and two public interest groups, Dan filed our far-reaching Petition to Phase Out GHG Pollution to Restore and Stable and Healthy Climate. On September 14, EPA rejected the Petition.
September 16, 2022
EPA Takes a Pass, But We Will Not Take “No” for an Answer.
On September 13, 2022, on the South Lawn of the White House, following a month of political planning, in an event that reportedly “had all the markings of a pep rally,” President Biden led a celebration of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Sharing the stage with House Speaker Pelosi, Senate Leader Schumer, West Virginia Senator. . .
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