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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…

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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…

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  • The Environmental Statute
    That Can Save the World

    It’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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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  • A Real Climate Breakthrough? Or,
    Kicking the Can Down the Road – Hard

    The 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.…

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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…

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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 Webinar 

    CPR 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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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