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.

Rikers Island Should Get Green Infrastructure
Rikers Island Should Get Green Infrastructure, op-ed by Costa Constantinides and Rebecca Bratspies
Type: Op-Eds (Feb. 27, 2019)
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Author(s): Rebecca Bratspies
September 5, 2018, New Report on Disasters and Climate Change Shows How Government Can Help Communities Move from Surviving to Thriving

September 5, 2018, New Report on Disasters and Climate Change Shows How Government Can Help Communities Move from Surviving to Thriving

Type: News Releases (Sept. 5, 2018)
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Trump’s Proposal to Replace the Clean Power Plan Endangers Public Health

Joel Mintz, writing for The Revelator, examines the Trump EPA's feeble substitute for the Clean Power Plan.

Type: Op-Eds (Aug. 29, 2018)
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Author(s): Joel Mintz
Halftime for the Chesapeake Bay

The long-running effort to restore the Chesapeake Bay to health has reached a critical juncture. The current restoration effort known as the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the Bay established 2017 as the first of two key deadlines. By then, the state and federal partners were to have in place 60 percent of all projects, practices, and policies needed to reach final pollution reduction targets by 2025.

Type: Reports (May 28, 2018)
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Author(s): David Flores, Evan Isaacson
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
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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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
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
Burying Our Head in the Sand on Climate Change No Longer an Option

Burying Our Head in the Sand on Climate Change No Longer an Option, op-ed by Victor Flatt and Rob Verchick

Type: Op-Eds (Sept. 29, 2017)
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Author(s): Victor Flatt, Robert Verchick

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