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 as “the…
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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 change? We…
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 vote in…
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 walked the…
Towards Effective U.S. Action to Protect and Restore Our Climate System
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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…
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…
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.…
Agencies Can, and Must, Protect the Nation
Loss of Chevron Deference is No Excuse
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…
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…
“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…