Earlier today, a twice-elected U.S. President declared that “[a] whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” The declaration was consistent with the same president’s message…
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‘Crying through the bloody mist’
No Kings Rallies, March 28, 2026 Americans — battered, aggrieved, outraged, and determined — arose as millions, gathering and marching today in “No Kings” events held from coast to coast.…
Members of Congress: Terminate This War
By unanimous vote, the CPR Initiative Board of Directors calls on Congress to “impose a moratorium on any further prosecution of, and otherwise terminate the present war against Iran.” The…
Beyond Indecision: E.P. Thompson, Daniel Ellsberg, and Martin Luther King
The Eugene Weekly kindly ran my piece today, ‘Protest and Survive’: Observations on the War, Climate Change, and the Rule of Law. In it, I draw connections that seem to…
Illegality All Around: Whither the U.N. Climate Treaty?
On February 27, the Trump II Administration undertook two actions that strike at the heart of the rules-based international order — or what is left of it. One of these…
The Global Fallout From America’s Climate Retreat
Guest opinion by Robert Sussman. Originally published as part of the Environmental Policy Institute’s Environmental Forum. Reprinted here with the kind permission of EPI and the author. ——— 2025 was…
EPA Versus the World
One news report after another states that, by its repeal of the Endangerment Finding, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has terminated its own authority to restrict climate pollution. But that…
On Unilateral Withdrawal
Remain II An open question — one not squarely addressed in my last entry here, Remain in the Climate Treaty — is whether the President may unilaterally lawfully withdraw the…
Remain in the Climate Treaty
The caption’s wallpaper depicts the demolition of the East Wing, clearing space for a privately-funded, gilded ballroom. It is an instance of a central theme: short-sighted or chaotic despoliation of…
When the Law Returns
One astoundingly bright development stands out, upon review of the international scene during 2025. If nurtured and utilized in the new year, moreover, it could help turn the tide with…
A Clarion Warning on Migration and Climate
Note: Dr. Eelco J. Rohling is editor-in-chief of Oxford Open Climate Change, Professor at the Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, NL, and a Member of the Board of Advisors…
A Failure Nearly Complete: COP 30
From beginning to end, the recently-completed UN climate conference, in Belém, Brazil, failed to deliver. It is an open question, however, whether that failure is better characterized as nearly complete,…