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.

Why Cities Are Putting Big Oil on Trial for Climate Change

Why Cities Are Putting Big Oil on Trial for Climate Change, op-ed by Lisa Heinzerling

Type: Op-Eds (May 22, 2018)
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Author(s): Lisa Heinzerling
Decline in EPA Enforcement Won't Keep Climate Bill from Coming

Decline in EPA Enforcement Won't Keep Climate Bill from Coming, op-ed by Joel Mintz in The Hill

Type: Op-Eds (April 24, 2018)
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Author(s): Joel Mintz
Joint Letter from more than 100 scholars to the House Committee on Natural Resources on the National Environmental Policy Act. April 24, 2018.
Joint Letter from more than 100 scholars to the House Committee on Natural Resources on the National Environmental Policy Act. April 24, 2018.
Type: Legislative Testimony (April 24, 2018)
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Congress Just Gave Big Agriculture the Pollution Green Light

Congress Just Gave Big Agriculture the Pollution Green Light, op-ed by Laurie Ristino

Type: Op-Eds (March 27, 2018)
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Author(s): Laurie Ristino
Coalition letter to Bay Jurisdictions Principals Staff Committee re accounting for climate change in Chesapeake Bay cleanup planning

Coalition letter to Bay Jurisdictions Principals Staff Committee re accounting for climate change in Chesapeake Bay cleanup planning, February 23, 2018

Type: Letters to Agencies (Feb. 23, 2018)
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Emily Hammond's testimony to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Clean Air Act Enforcement in the wake of Scott Pruitt's announcement of drastic changes.

Emily Hammond's February 14, 2018, testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce on Clean Air Act Enforcement in the wake of Scott Pruitt's announcement of drastic changes.

Type: Legislative Testimony (Feb. 14, 2018)
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Bay Jurisdictions' No-Action Climate Policy Puts Restoration in Peril

Bay Jurisdictions' No-Action Climate Policy Puts Restoration in Peril, op-ed by Rena Steinzor and David Flores

Type: Op-Eds (Feb. 1, 2018)
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Author(s): David Flores, Rena Steinzor
Turning power over to states won't improve protection for endangered species

Turning power over to states won't improve protection for endangered species, op-ed by Alejandro Camacho and Michael Robinson-Dorn

Type: Op-Eds (Jan. 11, 2018)
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Author(s): Alejandro Camacho
December 18, 2017, Maryland's Pollution Trading Rules Risk Backsliding on Progress to Clean Up the Chesapeake Bay, New Report Finds

December 18, 2017, Maryland's Pollution Trading Rules Risk Backsliding on Progress to Clean Up the Chesapeake Bay, New Report Finds

Type: News Releases (Dec. 18, 2017)
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Pollution Trading in Maryland: Three Fundamental Flaws in MDE’s Regulations

A short summary of key points from Trading Away Clean Water Progress in Maryland.

Type: Reports (Dec. 18, 2017)
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