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…
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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. Does the…
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 the September 14 deadline.
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.…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…