Climate Change Under U.S. Law - Part 2

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 Paul Beckwith and Regina Valdez in Part 2 of a multi-part series on ‘Climate Change under U.S. Law.’ To see Part 1 of this series click on this link: Climate Change Under U.S. Law - Part 1

This program focuses on the various facets of CPR’s second initiative, which proposes to restore the climate by compelling the removal of excess or legacy greenhouse gas emissions using existing federal U.S. law.

This video was recorded on March 8th, 2022, and published on April 16th, 2022.

Some of the topics discussed:

• A summary/review of CPR’s first initiative is provided.
• A detailed discussion of CPR’s second initiative which proposes to use section 6 of the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) as the fundamental statute for the EPA to address the climate crisis.
• The need to prepare a war chest for litigation battles that will certainly ensue no matter its initial reception by the administration.
• Why the focus needs to be on the fossil fuel producers rather than the users of the product.
• Who are the petitioners involved?
• How this all relates to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the 1979 Arab oil embargo.
• There is mention of a group in Canada called the Fossil Fuel Non-proliferation Treaty.
• and more. . .

Links:

• Climate Protections & Restoration Initiative website

• Summary of the Clean Air Act

• Summary of the Toxic Substance Control Act

• 15 U.S. Code Subchapter I - CONTROL OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES

• Analysis: Which countries are historically responsible for climate change?

• Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

• Atmospheric Recovery Litigation: Making the Fossil Fuel Industry Pay to Restore a Viable Climate System

• Milieudefensie et al. v. Royal Dutch Shell

• Dutch Court Orders Shell to Reduce Emissions in First Climate Change Ruling Against Company

• Notable Signatories

• Toxic Substances Control Act

Special Guest:

• Dan Galpern - Attorney at Law, Environmental and climate attorney and policy analyst. Since 2011, Dan has served as legal and policy adviser to the climate scientist James E. Hansen – including with respect to administrative, criminal and civil state and federal actions.

Regular Panelists:

• 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

Video Production:

• 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.

Attributions:

Background Music:

• Title: Through the City II
• Author: Crowander
• Source: Free Music Archive
• License: BY-NC 4.0

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