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.

Chesapeake Bay TMDL in Peril
Edit Memo: Chesapeake Bay TMDL in Peril, by Rena Steinzor and Evan Isaacson
Type: Editorial Memos (Feb. 10, 2016)
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CPR Issue Alert Flags Issues Key to Success of President's Climate Change Package
The Clean Power Plan: Issues to Watch
Type: News Releases (Feb. 3, 2016)
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Joint Letter to Maryland Department of the Environment urging prompt release of 2015 ‘Frosh Report.’

Joint letter to Benjamin Grumbles, Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment, from CPR Member Scholar Rena Steinzor and others, urging prompt release of 2015 "Frosh Report," assessing the Department's enforcement activities.

Type: Letters to Agencies (Dec. 17, 2015)
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor
UN goals fall short of Francis' vision

UN goals fall short of Francis' vision, op-ed by Carmen Gonzalez

Type: Op-Eds (Sept. 28, 2015)
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Author(s): Carmen Gonzalez
Animas River spill: Root causes and continuing threats

Animas River spill: Root causes and continuing threats, op-ed by Joel Mintz

Type: Op-Eds (Sept. 2, 2015)
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Author(s): Joel Mintz
Katrina's Lessons, Learned and Unlearned

Katrina's Lessons, Learned and Unlearned, op-ed by Rob Verchick

Type: Op-Eds (Aug. 29, 2015)
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Author(s): Robert Verchick
Maryland's Regulation SWAT Team

Writing in the Baltimore Sun, Rena Steinzor takes Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to task for his efforts to put business executives in charge of an effort to identify state regulations to be gutted, including those protecting the Chesapeake Bay.

Type: Op-Eds (July 30, 2015)
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor
The Clean Power Plan: Issues to Watch

The Clean Power Plan: Issues to Watch, CPR Issue Alert 1506, by CPR Member Scholars William W. Buzbee, David M. Driesen, Kirsten H. Engel, Victor B. Flatt, Robert L. Glicksman, Emily Hammond, Alice Kaswan, Alexandra B. Klass, Thomas O. McGarity, Melissa Powers, and Joseph P. Tomain

Type: Reports (July 30, 2015)
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Author(s): William Buzbee, David Driesen, Kirsten Engel, Victor Flatt, Robert Glicksman, Alice Kaswan, Alexandra Klass, Thomas McGarity, Melissa Powers, Joseph Tomain
Is this the most anti-environmental bill of 2015?

Is this the most anti-environmental bill of 2015?

Type: Op-Eds (July 10, 2015)
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Author(s): Thomas McGarity, Richard Murphy

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