Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Co-hosted by CPR Initiative and the City of Hayward, California
What’s New?
The American West, and Canada, Burning
Increasingly our wild lands are ablaze. On Thursday, I used a fire mapping tool from NASA and the US Forest Service to garner a current image of active North American…
City of Hayward & CPR Initiative to Host Public-Input Event, On The Question: What More Should The US Do On Climate?
Wednesday, August 7, 2024, 6pm to 8:30pm PDT: Hayward City Hall, Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, 777 B St., Hayward, CA 94541 – and remote by Zoom Webinar
California, Burning: Is it time to cool down?
Speaking from the Oval Office in the wake of Saturday’s attempted assassination of Donald Trump, a cogent Joe Biden made the case that violence has no legitimate place in America.…
Think Globally Act Locally
CPR Initiative’s Board Members are active on the state level as well as the national scene. Board President Donn Viviani wrote the below Op-ed in the Hawaii Star Advertiser a…
Agencies Can, and Must, Protect the Nation
Loss of Chevron Deference is No Excuse
Now a King, Above the Law
Former President Trump has promised repeatedly that, should he retake office, he will assume dictatorial powers, if only on Day One, in order to launch a massive expansion of oil and gas drilling, among other things…
On the Duty to Tell the Truth About Oil, Gas and Coal
Our unenviable predicament with respect to our planet’s climate system is the direct consequence of scores of critical decisions taken by government and industry. Can we expect to soon learn…
“A Key Assumption”
Mark. It. Down. April 25, 2024 On this day, oral argument was held before the Supreme Court, in Trump v. The United States. The critical question: whether former President Trump…
A Real Methane Fee (Not)
I had hoped that EPA’s proposed methane Waste Emissions Charge, intended to implement a part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act — and to complement the just-published oil and gas…
Supreme Illogic: Our High Court’s Tortured Ballot-Access Ruling, with Some Direct Implications
Several months ago, from Dubai, I offered an elementary observation in a talk to a number of climate activists: We simply cannot, and must not, depend on the US judicial…
CPR Initiative’s Third Public Hearing on Climate Action
We are pleased to announce publication of our Third Public Hearing on Climate Action. Please see here for the full archive. (The hearing index to it is still being completed).…