Saving the EPA From Itself

Join special guests Dan Galpern and Donn Viviani of the Climate Protection & Restoration Initiative as they discuss the EPA’s recent negative response to their petition to phase out greenhouse gas emissions with Dr. Peter Carter, Paul Beckwith and Charles Gregoire of the Climate Emergency Forum.

This video was recorded on October 5, 2022, and published on October 16th, 2022.

Despite having been rejected by the EPA the call to action regarding this petition is even more important to support the ongoing work. CPR is inviting you to strongly consider visiting their website at https://cprclimate.org to do one or all of the following actions:

• Endorse the petition
• Make a donation to fund the work that lies ahead

Some of the topics discussed:

• How the petition is to the EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act, abbreviated TSCA or TOSCA, and other U.S. Federal law. It demands a phaseout of certain chemical substances and mixtures which are greenhouse gas emissions including legacy greenhouse gas emissions. The petitioners note these emissions are presenting an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment and are therefore in conflict with section 6 of the Toxic Substance Control Act.
• How the petition was filed with EPA on June 16, with petitioners Donn Viviani, the renowned climate scientist James Hansen, the atmospheric scientist, John Birks, the well-known climate accountability analyst, Richard Heede, and the physician and writer Lisa Van Susteren.
• The three main reasons the EPA responded negatively to the petition with their response provided on September 14th.
• Why, in the opinion of our guests, the reasons for a negative response from the EPA was not a good one.
• The reasons why the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to deal with the problem are not sufficient.
• The question of whether the EPA is sufficiently informed about the risks of climate change to render the correct decision regarding the petition.
• In light of the negative response from the EPA, what are some of the Climate Protection and Restoration Initiative’s plans moving forward?
• and more. . .

Links:

• Climate Protection & Restoration Initiative

• Federal Register

• Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

• National Environmental Policy Act

• Climate Endgame (video)

• Clean Air Act (United States)

• Toxic Substances Control Act

• EPA Blew It: But We Will Not Take “No” For an Answer

• The Environmental Statute That Could Save the World

• The Climate Movement Wanted More Than the IRA. Now What?

• Key Petitioners Respond

• WV v. EPA – How Much Law Remains (Video)

• The Supreme Court curbed EPA’s power to regulate carbon emissions from power plants. What comes next?

Special Guests:

• Dan Galpern - Attorney at Law, Legal and policy adviser to climate scientist James Hansen.

• Don Viviani - 35 year EPA Veteran, PHD Organic Chemistry.

Regular Panelists:

• 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

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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