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…
Author: Dan Galpern
A Real Climate Breakthrough? Or,
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.
A Note From CPR Initiative’s Founder, General Counsel & Executive Director
On June 16, 2022, we will file with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) our Petition to Phase Out Greenhouse (GHG) Pollution to Restore a Stable and Secure Climate. The decarbonization demand is ambitious, but no more than is required to secure our children’s future.
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.…
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…
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…
Petition Seeking A Phaseout of New and Removal of Legacy Fossil Fuel Greenhouse Gas Emissions
CPR Initiative serves as the principal sponsor of the forthcoming Petition Seeking A Phaseout of New and Removal of Legacy Fossil Fuel Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Background concerning the petition is…
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,…
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…
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….
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…