One of the remarkable aspects of the International Court of Justice’s far-reaching and erudite 2025 opinion on State obligations in respect of climate change was that the Court’s 15 judges…
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The Nations United Stand Up
In the end there were “141 votes in favour, eight against and 28 abstentions,” according to a UN News account. By that strong, if curious, margin the United Nations General…
Jim Hansen Signs Citizen Petition
Joins Call on Congress to Halt Trump II Unilateral Withdrawal from Framework Convention We are pleased to report here that Dr. James E. Hansen has signed our citizens’ petition to…
CPR Initiative Demands Answers
Why did the State Department Formally Withdraw the Nation from the Framework Convention? Marco Rubio serves the Trump II Administration as Secretary of State, acting National Security Advisor, and, increasingly,…
Our Most Poisoned Power
In Re Coal: Part I of VI The normally astute Paul Krugman recently proffered a large, if common, error of metaphor at his Substack site. The writer was arguing, in…
Are Sea Levels Rising?
For the Answer, Do Not Consult the April 29, 2026 United States Senate Properly impatient with the current majority party’s intransigence on climate change, Senator Whitehouse (D-RI) on Thursday sought…
On this Earthday +1 . . . .
The Trump II administration’s disavowal of the U.S. commitment on climate takes many forms. There is, of course: But none of the many Trump II depredations on climate matches its…
A Moral Question
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…
‘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…
‘Protest and Survive’: observations on the war, climate change and the rule of law
(Note: Reprinted with the kind permission of the Eugene Weekly.) Until recently, most citizens scarcely imagined that a Trump II assault on the rule of law would extend much beyond…
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…