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  • Our Endangered Climate and The Rule of Law

    A Special presentation at the University of Puget Sound on Thursday, April 3, 2025, at 12:00PM with CPR Initiative’s General Counsel & Executive Director Dan Galpern.

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  • Tacoma Green Drinks, April 2025

    The Whole World is Watching: A special presentation on Thursday, April 3, 2025, at 6:00PM at The Parkway Tavern in Tacoma, WA.

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  • Climate Change & the Rule of Law

    Trump-Musk orders and firings thrash the public interest (Note: An earlier version was published in the Feb. 27, 2025 issue of the Eugene Weekly. Reprinted here with permission.)…

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  • Endangered Protections

    Readers here well understand the view of CPR Initiative and expert allies that current federal rules aiming to restrict greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions amount to an insufficient response…

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  • Out Of The Ordinary: Understanding Future Climate Change By Studying Natural Climate Cycles

    Attend The Live Talk by CPR Initiative Advisor Dr. Eelco Rohling

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  • Global Warming Acceleration

    On February 3, 2025, renowned climate scientist (and CPR Initiative Board Advisor) Dr. James E. Hansen and 17 colleagues published a remarkable study entitled “Global Warming Has Accelerated:…

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  • Climate Fingerprints in the LA Burn

    We need to understand more about the inordinately destructive Los Angeles firestorms. Better understanding, for instance, could induce rational changes in local, state and federal policy and planning,…

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  • Los Angeles, Burning

    [Editor’s note: The following post is intended as a public service for readers in the Los Angeles region — and for CPR Initiative supporters who may be in…

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  • Four Critical Questions at Year’s End

    On Saturday, December 14, 2024, in further reporting from The Hague, I was interviewed by Myanna Dellinger about the just-concluded oral proceedings before the International Court of Justice…

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  • CPR Initiative Reports From the Hague!

    A Special Zoom Event for CPR Initiative Supporters:Saturday, December 14, at 12pm PST / 3pm EST

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  • James Hansen et. al on ICJ Climate Proceeding

    Watch the Press Event December 9, 2024, at 7:30pmNieuwspoort, Bezuidenhoutseweg 67, 2594 AC Den Haag Presentation Slides

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  • A Small Flame, Burning Bright

    The international Court of Justice (ICJ), also known as the World Court, is housed at the Peace Palace in The Hague. Here I will just refer to it…

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  • What’s International Law Got to Do With It?

    The World Court Takes On the Climate Crisis What difference would an Order from the World Court make to the domestic and international struggle to arrest dangerous climate…

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  • Walking Philadelphia

    I flew to Philadelphia last Friday to walk precincts in that key city in an important swing state. It was necessary to urge people to get out and…

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  • The American Way

    On a cold, clear night in Washington D.C., some three years ago, I ended our first nation-wide speaking tour on the climate crisis. To mark the moment, I…

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  • Towards Effective U.S. Action to Protect and Restore Our Climate System

    We Seek Your Considered Feedback

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  • Watch the Recording: CPR Initiative’s 4th Public Hearing on Climate Action

    Held on August 7, 2024 at the Hayward City Council Chambers, California. Co-hosted by CPR Initiative and the City of Hayward.

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  • Across a Hot, Bone-Dry Landscape

    Update on my previous post, in which I mentioned the exploding Park Fire of Northern California: Earlier this week the New York Times reported that the Park Fire…

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  • The American West, and Canada, Burning

    Increasingly our wild lands are ablaze. On Thursday, I used a fire mapping tool from NASA and the US Forest Service to garner a current image of active…

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  • California, Burning: Is it time to cool down?

    Speaking from the Oval Office in the wake of Saturday’s attempted assassination of Donald Trump, a cogent Joe Biden made the case that violence has no legitimate place…

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  • Think Globally Act Locally

    CPR Initiative’s Board Members are active on the state level as well as the national scene. Board President Donn Viviani wrote the below Op-ed in the Hawaii Star…

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  • Agencies Can, and Must, Protect the Nation

    Loss of Chevron Deference is No Excuse

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  • Now a King, Above the Law

    Former President Trump has promised repeatedly that, should he retake office, he will assume dictatorial powers, if only on Day One, in order to launch a massive expansion…

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  • On the Duty to Tell the Truth About Oil, Gas and Coal

    Our unenviable predicament with respect to our planet’s climate system is the direct consequence of scores of critical decisions taken by government and industry. Can we expect to…

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