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….
Author: Dan Galpern
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…
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…
In Appreciation for Your Support
Certain states of affairs are beyond our control. Sartre impressively labeled the category “coefficients of adversity.” But many challenges that seem insurmountable are really capable of resolution, if we tackle them…
Road to The White House No-Excuses Tour
At CPR Initiative we have been pressing hard for a rising fee on big oil, gas and coal (Sign the Petition). But now, with broad swaths of western states afflicted…
Road to the White House No-Excuses Tour Route
No-Excuses TourLeg 1 Waypoints Please note that this route is subject to change. Starting Point: Eugene & Florence, OR(September 14) Bend, OR Boise & Twin Falls, ID Ogden, Salt Lake…
Averting the Cambo Catastrophe
In a joint letter, Dr. James E. Hansen and Dan Galpern, today, called on a key UK official, the Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng, to cancel a huge offshore oil and…
What Can Be Done Now? Climate action under existing U.S. law
Publication
Eugene Weekly
Date
February 28, 2013
Authors
Dan Galpern
Preserve States’ Rights to Fight Climate Change
Publication
Gist
Date
September 24, 2009
Authors
Dan Galpern