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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 is rapidly developing into the 4th largest wildfire in California recorded history. And indeed, by the time this short update is posted, the Park Fire may have……
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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 North American wildland fire. Fig. 1, below, indicates that these now pocket vast stretches of the American West, and nearly every Canadian province. The widespread severe wildfire……
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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 in America. Addressing “the need to lower the temperature in our politics,” he observed that the political arena “has gotten so heated. . . [i]t’s time to……
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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 Advertiser a week before Navahine vs. Hawaii Department of Transportation was to go to trial. Column: DOT, negotiate with youth climate activists | Honolulu Star-Advertiser Thirteen……
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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 of oil and gas drilling, among other things…
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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 soon learn more about how these key actors interact? In an important 2021 article, Benjamin Franta, then a Stanford University-based researcher, established that the disinformation campaign launched……
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Public Hearing on Climate Action: Hayward, CA
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Co-hosted by CPR Initiative and the City of Hayward, California
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“A Key Assumption”
Mark. It. Down. April 25, 2024 On this day, oral argument was held before the Supreme Court, in Trump v. The United States. The critical question: whether former President Trump was (and is) immune from prosecution under the criminal law. I predict this extraordinary argument will redound in history as a reflection point for our……
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A Real Methane Fee (Not)
I had hoped that EPA’s proposed methane Waste Emissions Charge, intended to implement a part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act — and to complement the just-published oil and gas rules — would be a step in the right direction. The new CH4 charge, after all, will amount to the first national fee imposed on……
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Supreme Illogic: Our High Court’s Tortured Ballot-Access Ruling, with Some Direct Implications
Several months ago, from Dubai, I offered an elementary observation in a talk to a number of climate activists: We simply cannot, and must not, depend on the US judicial system to rescue the nation from the present unprecedented threat to American Democracy. In particular, I stated that even a “very well-grounded effort” to invoke Section……
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CPR Initiative’s Third Public Hearing on Climate Action
We are pleased to announce publication of our Third Public Hearing on Climate Action. Please see here for the full archive. (The hearing index to it is still being completed). Held in Santa Barbara on January 25, the public hearing on climate was hosted by our local partner, the Community Environmental Council of Santa Barbara,……
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Not a King, and Not Immune:
the DC Circuit Court’s Clarion OrderOn Tuesday, in a closely reasoned and narrow ruling, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia unanimously rejected the most extravagant assertions of immunity from federal prosecution that I’ve ever heard. In particular, criminal defendant Donald Trump had argued to the lower district court that, as a former President, he enjoys “absolute……
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Regarding the Siege of Gaza
Our joint letter of January 15, 2024, Toward a New Year & Hope for Peace in the Middle East and Beyond, seeks an end to US support of Israel’s assault on Gaza. Please add your name to the signatories if you wish. On Tuesday, February 6, 2024, CPR Initiative General Counsel Dan Galpern conveyed a……
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Contending with Global Warming in the Pipeline,
and BeyondAt the outset of COP28, CPR Initiative’s Dan Galpern warned that the nations had “better not fail,” and specifically pointed to the recent study, “Global Warming in the Pipeline,” as relevant context for the hard negotiations to follow. Dan is CPR Initiative’s General Counsel and Executive Director. His December 3, 2023 remarks were taped at……
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COP28 ‘breakthrough’ elevates litigation as vital route to climate action
by Justin Catanoso on 13 December 2023 originally published on Mongabay Even as organizers of the UN climate summit in Dubai, known as COP28, cheered a “breakthrough” agreement “transitioning away from fossil fuels” by 2050, critics were quick to point out a “litany of loopholes” in the legally non-binding agreement that will likely impede the furious progress……
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Tipping Again
On December 6, 2023, smack dab in the middle of COP28, a powerful, clearly written, and rather comprehensive report, Global Tipping Points, was released by the University of Exeter and the Bezos Earth Fund. The team of some 200+ researchers clearly sought to call to the attention of world leaders, then meeting in Dubai, a……
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A Petrostate-Captured COP
In my last post, here, I raised what I considered a singularly-critical question arising from the recently-concluded COP28: Why did the recently-concluded 28th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC abjectly fail to agree to a global phase out of fossil fuels? Admittedly, a strong commitment by the nations would have been a heavy lift.……
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Was it the ‘Beginning of the End’? COP28 & the Phantom Fossil Fuel Phase Out
I fervently hoped to be proven wrong. In a blog post on Nov. 30, two days before my arrival in Dubai, I had predicted that the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (“Framework Convention,” or “UNFCCC”) would fail miserably. There was always the chance (as well……
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New and Young Voters: Do not Sit It Out
I direct myself to new and young eligible voters in the United States, though I speak today from Dubai—a city-state that is suffused right now with a toxic brew of empty rhetoric and particulate pollution. Both those features stem from an embrace of fossil fuels, including their continuous and even increased production. That deadly embrace……
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3rd CPR Initiative Hearing on Climate Action
CPR Initiative Public Hearing on Climate Action in Santa Barbara, California on January 25, 2024. Co-hosted by the Community Environmental Council.
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Breathless in Dubai
The relevant authorities here declared yesterday to be “COP28 Health Day.” An explanation is warranted. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate (UNFCCC, or “Framework Convention”) was produced at the “Earth Summit” in Rio de Janeiro, in June 1992. Thereafter, on a roughly annual basis, its signatories meet at a Conference of the Parties (COP)……
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A Debacle Brewing in Dubai
We are sleepwalking towards catastrophe no longer. . . . Instead, we are now sprinting toward it, eyes wide open.
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Time to “sit up and take notice”
James Hansen warns of global warming in the pipeline The renowned climate scientist James E. Hansen, along with a slew of colleagues, have gone and done it again. Publication yesterday of their study, Global Warming in the Pipeline, will require responsible policymakers and the informed public to consider the threat presented by unarrested climate change……
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Watch the Recording: CPR Initiative’s Second Public Hearing on Climate Action
Held on September 29, 2023 in Honolulu, Hawai’i. Co-hosted by CPR Initiative, the Environmental Law Program at the University of Hawai’i William S. Richardson School of Law, and the Sierra Club of Hawai’i.
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“Let Us Bend the Arc of History”
Joe Biden, September 19, 2023 at the UN General Assembly
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University of Pennsylvania Public Lecture
September 20, 2023 | 12PM to 1PM
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Community Climate Action Meeting, Honolulu
September 26, 2023 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm Church of the Crossroads, Honolulu, Hawai’i
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People’s Hearing on Climate Action
CPR Initiative Public Hearing on Climate Action in Honolulu, Hawaii on September 29, 2023. Co-hosted by the Environmental Law Program at the University of Hawai’i William S. Richardson School of Law, and the Sierra Club of Hawai’i.
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Not…Nearly…Enough: EPA’s Proposed Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Rule
Without a corresponding constriction on US production of fossil fuels, their lessened use in the United States may result in an increase, perhaps a substantial increase, in the export of oil, gas and coal to nations without similar controls. Dan Galpern, General Counsel & Executive Director, CPR Initiative On Aug. 8, 2023, I submitted a……
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Our Planet, On Fire
Wildland fires in Canada were tamped down a bit last week, particularly in north-central Quebec where a large low-pressure system was “wandering around the Hudson Bay area,” delivering some rain. Nonetheless, a great swath of Canada’s wildland remains on fire, particularly in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and even in Quebec. We produced the arresting night……
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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……
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“Moments of Crushing Guilt”
A bench trial began on Monday in Helena before Judge Kathy Seeley of the Montana First Judicial District Court. In Held v. State of Montana, the question now is whether a statute barring state agencies from considering impacts to the climate system infringes on the inalienable rights established in the state constitution to “a clean……
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Major Questions on Climate & the Environment
Implicating the Supreme Court and the Nation
What is the United States Supreme Court up to, with respect to the climate and environmental crises? Is its conservative majority hell-bent on inserting itself as the nation’s chief environmental regulator, displacing the Environmental Protection Agency – indeed, stripping EPA of authority that Congress plainly sought to confer? Or is the current majority merely, in……
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CPR Initiative on The Radio with Ecotopia KZFR 90.1
Listen to KZFR 90.1 Chico, Ecotopia’s recording from Tuesday, March 21, 2023. General Counsel & Executive Director of CPR Initiative Dan Galpern spoke with Ecotopia hosts Susan and Stephen Tchudi about CPR Initiative’s Petition to EPA to Phase Out Greenhouse Gas Pollution, the latest on CPR Initiative’s Citizen’s Climate Lawsuit, and his upcoming event, Legal……
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Legal Action to Save the Nation (and Planet)
An opportunity to meet the climate crisis head on, with Dan GalpernGeneral Counsel to CPR Initiative, andLegal and Policy Adviser to Renowned Climate Scientist James E. Hansen Monday, March 27, 20237:00-8:30pm (Program below) South Chico Community Assistance Center 1805 Park Ave., Chico, CA 95928 This event is free and open to the public, but we……
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Towards the Return of First Principles, at Year’s End
By Dan Galpern, CPR Initiative General Council & Executive Director The rule of law, a prerequisite to justice and fairness, is also fundamental to the ability of governments to attend to their primary duty — “the care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction.” (Thomas Jefferson, March 31, 1809, To the Republicans of……
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CPR Initiative & Petitioners to EPA: Prove it!
CPR Initiative Submits Freedom of Information Act Request to EPA
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Watch the Recording: CPR Initiative’s First Public Hearing on Climate Action
The Boulder Climate Action Hearing held on November 1, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. Co-hosted by the City of Boulder and CPR Initiative.
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EPA Invited to Boulder Climate Action Hearing
Indeed, EPA Is Invited! Even with new federal investments contained in the IRA and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, alongside existing and proposed EPA rules to control GHG emissions from various sectors, CPR Initiative and the City of Boulder believe that additional federal action is needed on climate. Accordingly, by letter of October 21, 2022, we invited EPA to attend……
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Boulder Climate Action Hearing Agenda
November 1, 2022 | 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. MDT Boulder City Council Chambers
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Bolder Climate Action Hearing
CPR Initiative Public Hearing on Climate Action in Boulder, Colorado on November 1, 2022. Co-hosted by the City of Boulder.
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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, and West Virginia……
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The Environmental Statute
That Can Save the WorldIt’s not as well-known as the Clean Air Act but the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act can and must be used to control greenhouse gases. That’s why we’re petitioning EPA. Sept. 13, 2022 Op-Ed by CPR Initiative Executive Director and General Counsel Dan Galpern. Reprinted by Permission of the Washington Monthly.
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Our Meeting With EPA
Frank Talk: Necessary, But Not Sufficient On August 31, and again on September 7, every individual Petitioner and I met with key Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials. We aimed to discern if the Agency retained any substantial question or concern with respect to our Petition to Phase Out Greenhouse Gas Pollution to Restore a Stable……
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9/8/2022 Virtual Rally: Allied Organizations in Support of Petition to Phase Out GHG Pollution
Petition to EPA to Phase Out GHG Pollution: Is it still needed after the Schumer/Manchin “Inflation Reduction Act”? Is it still possible after the Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia v EPA? Thursday September 8, 2022 4:30-5PM PDT7:30-8PM EDT A special event for allied organizations and Citizens’ Climate Lobby Chapters in support of CPR Initiative……
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9/1/2022 Special Presentation for Endorsers and Sponsors of Petition to EPA to Phase Out GHG Pollution
A special event for CPR Initiative supporters who have endorsed the Petition to Phase Out GHG Pollution and sponsored the Campaign to Restore Our Climate. Thursday September 1, 2022 @ 3PM PST / 6PM ET
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A Special Presentation For CPR Initiative Supporters and EPN
WednesdayAugust 10, 20221PM PST / 4PM ET Petition to EPA to Phase Out GHG Pollution: Is it still necessary after Schumer/Manchin? Is it still possible after West Virginia v EPA? A special event for CPR Initiative supporters and the Environmental Protection Network (EPN). Registration for this event is strongly encouraged, but completely FREE. Note: The……
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A Real Climate Breakthrough? Or,
Kicking the Can Down the Road – HardThe climate-related investments in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, as agreed to Wednesday by Senators Manchin and Schumer, simply do not transform it into a climate bill. Does the Act amount to “the greatest pro-climate legislation that has ever been passed by Congress,” as Senator Majority Leader Chuck Schumer proclaimed? Or else, is it……
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Undaunted
To encourage more public engagement, I now commit to ride my recumbent trike (with an electric assist) one mile for each endorsement received, another mile for each campaign sponsorship, and yet another for each public comment submitted through our portal, in support of our Petition. One mile for each, totaling at least 2,857 miles by…
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July 20, 2022: A Special Zoom Event for The Maine Climate Community
July 20, 2022: A special presentation and discussion with the Climate Community of Maine regarding CPR Initiative’s Petition & Campaign to Restore a Stable & Healthy Climate.
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Impact of West Virginia v. EPA
July 8, 2022 WebinarCPR Initiative’s Petition to Phase Out GHG Pollution: What’s the Supreme Court’s Recent Decision Got to Do With It?
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First Public Event Since CPR Initiative’s Filing With EPA
CLIMATE ON TAP! What we can do, right now, to protect and restore our climate WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22ND, 2022, 6:00PM TO 8:00PM,AT THE FINNRIVER FARM AND CIDERY At the first public event since CPR Initiative’s filing with EPA of its Petition to Phase Out GHG Pollution to Restore a Stable & Healthy Climate, CPR Initiative’s……
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Beyond West Virginia v. EPA
Beyond West Virginia v. EPA:The President Needs to Act, Without Further Delay, to Arrest Dangerous Climate Change The right to privacy is on the Supreme Court’s chopping block this month. To judge by its leaked draft, the Court, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, is preparing a “maximalist assault on progressive constitutionalism” – to appropriate……
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Climate on Tap!
Climate on Tap! June 22, 2022. 6pm. CPR Initiative’s Dan Galpern presents to the Port Townsend Community. CPR Climate Emergency Tour: What we can do right now to phaseout fossil fuels & GHG emissions! Support the tour and register below to see…
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A View from Glasgow
The 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) The 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held for the first time in Glasgow, Scotland, spanned the fortnight October 31 through November 13. About it, the piercing British columnist George Monbiot (2021) opined that “it is too late……
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Event: For a Redress of Grievances
Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the right of the people . . . to Petition the government for a redress of grievances. — United States Constitution, First Amendment Our Petitions to Restore and Protect the Climate A Special Presentation for CPR Initiative Supporters and Friends CPR Initiative — invoking key federal……
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What’s Biden’s Next Move on Climate?
Written by E. DONALD ELLIOTT Republished by permission of The American Spectator on December 28, 2021. Banner Image: Joe Biden speaks at UN climate change conference, November 1, 2021 (ABC News/YouTube) Democrats are apoplectic about Joe Manchin’s announcement last week that he will not support Biden’s latest spending spree, the so-called “Build Back Better” bill that would cost $5……
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Second Major Initiative: Phaseout and Removal of Legacy Fossil Fuel GHG Emissions
I am pleased to announce that, on Thursday, December 23, 2021, we submitted a draft petition with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S Regan demanding EPA action to halt additional fossil fuel greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removal of legacy emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). We provided the Petition Seeking A Phaseout……
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Promises Vague and Elusive*
Introduction Admittedly I was a wee bit surly when I made it, at last, to my Heathrow hotel. It was late on Nov. 15. I’d been traveling first by train, and then, the last 10 hours, by foot, laden with a 60-pound pack, scurrying from one meeting to the next, over several London bridges. It……
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Report: Road to the White House No Excuses Tour & COP26
Zoom Webinar Event Hear from CPR Initiative Executive Director & General Counsel Dan Galpern report back on what has been achieved through the recent Road to the White House No Excuses Tour, the subsequent events in Glasgow, and what comes next. The Webinar will be open to all CPR Initiative supporters and Petition signatories. (If……
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What Climate Levers are Left to Pull? An Idea From Out of Center Field
This Glasgow climate summit is at full pitch now—the world leaders have mercifully packed up their boilerplate and left, and now more serious business is underway. Well, somewhat more serious business: there’s a big fight going about whether it’s appropriate for the COP dining hall to be serving haggis (which is to say, diced sheep lung cooked……
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COP26: Are climate declarations and emission reduction pledges legally binding?
Republished with permission of Mongabay. Written by Justin Catanoso on 11 November 2021. The 2015 Paris Agreement is not a treaty between nations, but rather a voluntary accord between 194 nations signed by their legal representatives. As such, it is not deemed legally binding — preventing nations and corporations from being sued to force them to……
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Atmospheric Recovery Litigation: Making the Fossil Fuel Industry Pay to Restore a Viable Climate System
Written By Mary Christina Wood & Daniel M Galpern Originally Published in Environmental Law Review (Journal of Lewis & Clark School of Law) (2015) Abstract: At its core, the public trust principle encompasses the reserved and inalienable rights of citizens to a healthy environment. The principle imposes a sovereign duty on government to protect crucial……
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Climate Change 101: Urgency and Response
We have only just begun to awaken to the unfolding calamity inherent in human-induced global climate change. . . [B]inding international measures adequate to counter GHG emission trends do not yet exist. That failure is largely a function of the United States’ refusal to accept any legally binding limit on GHG emissions….
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Afoot in DC, at Night
It was by foot that I drew an intermediate end to this Road to the White House No-Excuses Tour. Soon enough I will post a few considerations about what we have achieved, and what we have begun. But here, in a break from pattern, I simply share that, to judge from the evening of October……
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Community Event: Boston, MA
ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE NO-EXCUSES TOUR Boston, MA. Friday, October 8th. Join us for this Road to the White House No-Excuses Tour community event. CPR Initiative General Counsel Dan Galpern will give a free public address from Northeastern University, Boston, one of dozens of waypoints along his month-long, 4,705 mile journey across the continent.……
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The Home Stretch
Join us on October 13th at 12:00PM (ET) From The Road to the White House No Excuses Tour A Special Presentation by Dan Galpern, CPR Initiative General Counsel & Executive Director for The John Muir Project, Divest Princeton&CPR Initiative Supporters Event Registration (FREE) Registration for this event is closed.
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Community Event: Washington, DC
ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE NO-EXCUSES TOUR Washington, DC. Thursday, October 14th. Join us for this Road to the White House No-Excuses Tour community event. CPR Initiative General Counsel Dan Galpern will give a free public address from the Georgetown University School of Law, in Washington, DC, the last stop on his month-long, 4,705 mile……
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Impasse Without A Cause
The dye is nearly cast, or so it is said. A couple of Senate holdouts – Senators Joe Manchin (West-Virginia) and Krystin Sinema (Arizona) – are posturing aggressively and, at times, dismissively, to distinguish themselves from progressive Democrats. In the process, they appear set to derail the entire legislative package that House and Senate Democratic……
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Road to the White House No-Excuses Tour Continues
Talks over the last 10 days — at the University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Missouri at Kansas City and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor – have been notable for the discussion they provoked. And for a circle that, in my mind, was drawn. As to that circle, I recalled that, as……
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Mapping Air Pollutants With 2BTechnologies Personal Air Monitor
Along the Road to the White House No-Excuses Tour, CPR Initiative General Counsel & Executive Director Dan Galpern is using the Personal Air Monitor or PAM developed by 2BTechnologies for mapping air pollutants encountered en-route. According to 2BTech, “PAM is designed to measure only the air pollutants for which sensors are highly reliable, which includes……
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Community Event: Boulder, CO
ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE NO-EXCUSES TOUR Boulder, CO Thursday, September 23rd. Join us at this No-Excuses Tour Event. CPR Initiative General Counsel Dan Galpern will give a free public address at the University of Colorado School of Law, in Boulder, one of dozens of waypoints along his month-long, 4,705 mile journey across the continent……
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Community Event: Kansas City
ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE NO-EXCUSES TOUR Kansas City. Monday, September 27th. Stopping Irreversible Climate Change, and What’s Love Got to Do With It? A Road to the White House No-Excuses Tour community event. CPR Initiative General Counsel Dan Galpern will give a free public address from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, one of……
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A Mistake, Not An Excuse
In case I did not mention this before, this Road to the White House No-Excuses Tour is not fundamentally about me making a bike trip. It is about galvanizing the public to urge the White House to take real action on climate without further delay. Having said that: I write at 5am from Boise, Capital……
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Justice Breyer Is Just Plain Wrong
Yesterday’s kick-off event for the Road to the White House No-Excuses Tour went well. Professor Mary Wood was amazingly eloquent, though too generous in her introductory remarks. Atmospheric scientist Jennifer Francis was equally amazing by her clear explanation of how global warming-induced disturbances in an already chaotic jet-stream produced the extreme heat and fires afflicting the……
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Community Event: Ann Arbor, MI
ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE NO-EXCUSES TOUR Ann Arbor, MI What We Can Do Right Now to Arrest Dangerous Climate Change Friday, October 1, 2021. Join us for this No-Excuses Tour Event. CPR Initiative General Counsel Dan Galpern will give a free public address from the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor, MI,……
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Community Event: Burlington, VT
ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE NO-EXCUSES TOUR Burlington, VT. Tuesday, October 5th. Join us at this Road to the White House No-Excuses Tour Event. CPR Initiative General Counsel Dan Galpern will give a free public address at the University of Vermont, Burlington one of dozens of waypoints along his month-long, 4,705 mile journey across the continent.……
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What Can We Do to Arrest Dangerous Climate Change?
Join us For A Special Presentation by Dan Galpern,General Counsel & Executive Director of CPR Initiative For the Family, Friends & Community ofClimate Activist & Author Hilary Salk Event Details Where is it? Live via Zoom(Registration is optional) When is it? Saturday, October 2nd, 2021 7:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Contact us Info@CPRclimate.org……
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Community Event: Royalton, VT
ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE NO-EXCUSES TOUR Royalton, VT. Wednesday, October 6th. Join us at this Road to the White House No-Excuses Tour Event. CPR Initiative General Counsel Dan Galpern will give a free public address at Vermont Law School, in South Royalton, Vermont, one of dozens of waypoints along his month-long, 4,705 mile journey……
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In Appreciation for Your Support
Certain states of affairs are beyond our control. Sartre impressively labeled the category “coefficients of adversity.” But many challenges that seem insurmountable are really capable of resolution, if we tackle them with courage and determination. That is true even of big things, like global warming – unless, that is, we delay past major tipping points of no……
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Road to The White House No-Excuses Tour
At CPR Initiative we have been pressing hard for a rising fee on big oil, gas and coal (Sign the Petition). But now, with broad swaths of western states afflicted with wildfire, and with two hurricanes bearing down on the gulf states, it is time, high time, to #StepItUpOnClimate. Accordingly, in sixteen days, and counting,……
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Community Event: Kick-off of the Road to the White House No-Excuses Tour
An all-out Climate Protection and Restoration Initiative effort to galvanize the nation to protect and restore our climate system.
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Road to the White House No-Excuses Tour Route
No-Excuses TourLeg 1 Waypoints Please note that this route is subject to change. Starting Point: Eugene & Florence, OR(September 14) Bend, OR Boise & Twin Falls, ID Ogden, Salt Lake City & Sundance, UT Steamboat Springs, CO Boulder, CO (September 23) No-Excuses TourLeg 2 Waypoints Please note that this route is subject to change. Boulder……
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Averting the Cambo Catastrophe
In a joint letter, Dr. James E. Hansen and Dan Galpern, today, called on a key UK official, the Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng, to cancel a huge offshore oil and gas project in the North Sea. Citing to analysis by Friends of the Earth, Uplift, ClientEarth, and other environmental groups, we noted that emissions from……
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What Can Be Done Now? Climate action under existing U.S. law
PublicationEugene Weekly DateFebruary 28, 2013 AuthorsDan Galpern
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Preserve States’ Rights to Fight Climate Change
PublicationGist DateSeptember 24, 2009 AuthorsDan Galpern
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Letter to the Justices of the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court
On Tuesday, March 30, Dan Galpern, CPR Initiative General Counsel and Executive Director, transmitted to the Justices of the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court a letter (see below) taking exception to a recent decision of that Court. The case formally concerned a planned expansion of the Heathrow Airport, but on principle went much further. The Court reversed……
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President Biden Should Impose a Carbon Fee Immediately
Under the Independent Offices Appropriations Act, the president retains authority to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to impose a fee on greenhouse gas emissions. By Dr. James Hansen and Dan Galpern Originally published in the Boston Globe on June 1, 2021, 3:00 a.m. President Biden has inherited a welter of urgent challenges, which he and……
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It’s Time: Remove Trump Now
President Donald Trump’s drive to overturn the 2020 election and maintain power, abetted at critical junctures by people who damn well know better, must be stopped. . . .Moreover, if we are to remain a nation of laws, then Trump must be prosecuted for his manifest crimes.
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UN Climate Change Conference: Madrid 2019
Dan Galpern representing CPR Initiative at COP25
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UN Climate Change Conference: Poland 2018
Dan Galpern representing CPR Initiative at COP24