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…
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Community Event: Kick-off of the Road to the White House No-Excuses Tour
An all-out Climate Protection and Restoration Initiative effort to galvanize the nation to protect and restore our climate system.
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…
Bibliography: Greenhouse Gas Removal / Negative Emissions Technologies
Prepared by Wil Burns, Co-Director, Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy, American University, School of International Service.
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
Letter to the Justices of the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court
On Tuesday, March 30, Dan Galpern, CPR Initiative General Counsel and Executive Director, transmitted to the Justices of the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court a letter (see below) taking exception to a…
President Biden Should Impose a Carbon Fee Immediately
Under the Independent Offices Appropriations Act, the president retains authority to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to impose a fee on greenhouse gas emissions. By Dr. James Hansen and Dan…
Letter to President Biden: Call for Carbon Drawdown
An Executive Order Expediting Research and Development Of Active Removal of Greenhouse Gases from the Atmosphere Released just ahead of President Biden’s April 22-23 Leaders Climate Summit, CPR Initiative joined…
Letter to President Biden: Impose Carbon Fees Without Delay
In January 2021, Dr. James E. Hansen, director of the program in Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions, and Dan Galpern, legal and policy adviser to Dr. Hansen and also General…
It’s Time: Remove Trump Now
President Donald Trump’s drive to overturn the 2020 election and maintain power, abetted at critical junctures by people who damn well know better, must be stopped. . . .Moreover, if we are to remain a nation of laws, then Trump must be prosecuted for his manifest crimes.