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.

Trading Away Clean Water Progress in Maryland

Trading Away Clean Water Progress in Maryland, a joint publication from CPR and the Environmental Integrity Project, by CPR's Evan Isaacson and EIP's Abel Russ, with contributions from CPR's Rena Steinzor and Victor Flatt, December 2017.

Type: Reports (Dec. 18, 2017)
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Author(s): Evan Isaacson
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 (Dec. 14, 2017)
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor, David Flores
Don't Toss Out Cooperation in the West's Sage Country

Don't Toss Out Cooperation in the West's Sage Country, op-ed by Dan Rohlf

Type: Op-Eds (Dec. 12, 2017)
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Author(s): Dan Rohlf
Joint letter from Clean Water Coalition to Ben Grumbles, chair, Chesapeake Executive Council, re accounting for climate change

Joint letter from Clean Water Coalition to Ben Grumbles, chair, Chesapeake Executive Council, re accounting for climate change, November 28, 2017.

Type: Letters to Agencies (Nov. 28, 2017)
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November 16, 2017, Maryland Industrial Sites Violating Permit Laws and Polluting State Waters, New Report Finds
November 16, 2017, Maryland Industrial Sites Violating Permit Laws and Polluting State Waters, New Report Finds
Type: News Releases (Nov. 16, 2017)
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Toxic Runoff from Maryland Industry: Inadequate Stormwater Discharge Protections Threaten Marylanders' Health and the Environment

Toxic Runoff from Maryland Industry: Inadequate Stormwater Discharge Protections Threaten Marylanders’ Health and the Environment, a joint publication from CPR and the Environmental Integrity Project, by CPR's Rena Steinzor, David Flores and Evan Isaacson, and EIP's Sylvia Lam and Courtney Bernhardt, November 2017.

Type: Reports (Nov. 15, 2017)
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor, David Flores, Evan Isaacson
Emily Hammond's testimony to the Senate Committee on Public Works and the Environment Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety

Emily Hammond's testimony to the Senate Committee on Public Works and the Environment Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety.

Type: Legislative Testimony (Nov. 14, 2017)
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Trump Administration's Clean Power Plan Repeal Proposal Is Illegal

Trump Administration's Clean Power Plan Repeal Proposal Is Illegal, op-ed by William Buzbee

Type: Op-Eds (Oct. 31, 2017)
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Author(s): William Buzbee
Joint Letter from CPR Member Scholars and staff to House Committee Leaders re Implementation of TSCA amendments.

Joint Letter from several CPR Member Scholars and staff to House Committee Leaders re Implementation of TSCA amendments, October 19, 2017.

Type: Legislative Testimony (Oct. 18, 2017)
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Author(s): Carl Cranor, Martha McCluskey, Thomas McGarity, Sidney Shapiro, Amy Sinden, Rena Steinzor, Wendy Wagner, Katie Tracy

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