Environment & Energy

Our planet faces unprecedented environmental challenges, threatening ecosystems, species, coastal communities, and all too often, human life itself. Heading the list of threats is climate change, with its promise of drastic environmental, economic, and cultural upheaval. But we also face persistent problems of air and water pollution, toxic wastes, cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay and other Great Waters, and protecting natural resources and wildlife.

Central to the environmental health of the nation and the planet is decreasing our dependence on energy derived from burning fossil fuels. Our continued reliance on these sources is literally endangering the planet's ability to sustain life as we know it. Yet many policymakers, with the financial and rhetorical support of energy companies bent on making a profit at the cost of the planet's health, continue to resist desperately needed reforms. Read about CPR’s work protecting the environment in reports, testimony, op-eds and more. Use the search box to narrow the list.

Congressional Review Act Targets

In the first few months of the Trump administration, Congress invoked a rarely used, little-known law called the Congressional Review Act to repeal a host of health, safety, and environmental regulations adopted during the Obama administration after years of consideration and public input. CPR tracked the congressional assault on our safeguards. See our chart from May 2017 detailing the damage.

Type: Reports (May 25, 2017)
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Author(s): Katie Tracy, James Goodwin
Without Public Protections, Florida Will Suffer

Without Public Protections, Florida Will Suffer, op-ed by Alyson Flournoy and Mary Jane Angelo

Type: Op-Eds (May 17, 2017)
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Author(s): Alyson Flournoy, Mary Jane Angelo
Time for a change of course by Trump on climate

Time for a change of course by Trump on climate, op-ed by Joel Mintz

Type: Op-Eds (May 10, 2017)
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Author(s): Joel Mintz
Reaching Higher Ground: Avenues to Secure and Manage New Land for Communities Displaced by Climate Change

Reaching Higher Ground: Avenues to Secure and Manage New Land for Communities Displaced by Climate Change, CPR Paper 1703, by CPR Member Scholars Maxine Burkett and Robert Verchick, and CPR Policy Analyst David Flores, May 2017.

Type: Reports (May 1, 2017)
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Author(s): Maxine Burkett, Robert Verchick, David Flores
Trump Can Order, But Federal Judges Will Decide on Climate Rules

Trump Can Order, But Federal Judges Will Decide on Climate Rules, op-ed by Victor Flatt

Type: Op-Eds (April 1, 2017)
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Author(s): Victor Flatt
Regulation Against Lead Under Attack

Regulation Against Lead Under Attack, op-ed by Rena Steinzor

Type: Op-Eds (March 21, 2017)
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor
California may have to fund climate modeling and renewable energy research

California may have to fund climate modeling and renewable energy research, op-ed by Dan Farber

Type: Op-Eds (Jan. 25, 2017)
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Author(s): Daniel Farber
For Our Health, Trump Administration Should Keep Clean Power Plan

For Our Health, Trump Administration Should Keep Clean Power Plan, op-ed by David Driesen and Charles Driscoll

Type: Op-Eds (Jan. 20, 2017)
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Author(s): David Driesen
Dismantling Climate Rules Isn't So Easy

Dismantling Climate Rules Isn't So Easy, op-ed by William Buzbee

Type: Op-Eds (Dec. 8, 2016)
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Author(s): William Buzbee
About that Octopus in the Parking Garage

About that Octopus in the Parking Garage, op-ed by Dan Farber and Rob Verchick

Type: Op-Eds (Dec. 7, 2016)
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Author(s): Daniel Farber, Robert Verchick

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