Special guest Dan Galpern, legal and policy adviser to the climate scientist James E. Hansen and the founder of Climate Protection & Restoration Initiative (CPR) (https://cprclimate.org/), joins Dr. Peter Carter, Paul Beckwith and Regina Valdez in Part 1 of a multi-part series on ‘Climate Change Under U.S. Law.’
This program focuses on the various facets of CPR’s first initiative, which proposes to protect the climate by introducing a rising carbon fee on oil, gas, and coal using existing federal U.S. law.
This video was recorded on March 8th, 2022, and published on April 2nd, 2022.
Some of the topics discussed:
Earth Institute of Columbia University - Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions Website
Residents recount the terror of the Holiday Farm Fire one year later
Dr. Peter Carter - MD, Expert IPCC Reviewer and the director of the Climate Emergency Institute
Paul Beckwith - Climate Systems Scientist. Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Paleoclimatology Laboratory as well as at Carleton University
Regina Valdez - Program Director, Climate Reality Project, NYC. GreenFaith Fellow and LEED Green Associate
Charles Gregoire – Climate Reality Leader, Electrical Engineer, Webmaster and IT prime for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum
Heidi Brault - Climate Reality Leader, BA(Psychology), Library & Information Technician Diploma - Video production and website assistant - Organizer and convener, Metadata technician, COP26 Team Lead for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum.
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