Center for Progressive Reform

They Can't Breathe!

The newest Connect the Dots podcast

focuses on climate justice

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Webinar: Climate Change + Industrial Disaster

Register now for CPR's September 24 webinar on the ways climate change is compounding industrial disasters and affecting water resources

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Building a Regulatory System that Works

Time to transition to a system that breathes life into environmental, health, and safety laws

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COVID-19 Policy Lessons

CPR Scholars on what we've learned, what's ahead, what we should do

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Who We Are

CPR is a network of more than 60 acclaimed scholars from across the United States who work with a professional staff of policy analysts and communications experts to advocate for robust protections for health, safety, and the environment.

Regulatory Policy

Opponents of sensible safeguards for health, safety, and the environment are working to undermine the regulatory system. CPR fights back. Learn more.

Consumer Protection

Strong standards and vigorous enforcement are critical to keeping our food, cars, drugs, and consumer products safe. Learn about CPR's work.

Workers' Rights

Workers have the right to a safe and healthful workplace and a fair wage. Strong laws and vigorous enforcement are essential. Learn about our work.

Environment & Energy

The planet faces unprecedented environmental challenges: climate change, air and water pollution, toxic wastes and more. Learn about CPR's work.

Toxic Floodwaters

Public health threats

Toxic chemicals in the way of likely floodwaters are a climate-driven disaster waiting to happen. Read our paper.

Deregulation on Demand

Corporate capture of the EPA.

We studied the official record and found that in gutting the Clean Power Plan, EPA pandered to industry, giving it almost everything it requested.

Coronavirus Op-Eds

Policy choices arising from pandemic

On Trump efforts to use the pandemic as a rationale for backing off environmental enforcement to prison paroles, CPR Member Scholars weigh in.

OSHA's Next 50 Years

Workers Need a Private Right of Action

OSHA's failure to protect workers during the pandemic is further evidence that Congress should legislate a private right of action to help enforce safety standards.

Climate Justice

State courts and the fight for equity.

Litigation in state courts is an emerging tool in the fight to hold polluters accountable for their massive contributions to climate change.

Benefits-Busting

Rigging Cost-Benefit Analysis to Ignore Benefits

Read about the Trump administration's latest assault on our safeguards.

CPR Webinars

Sustainable agriculture, climate change, clean water, more

Check out CPR's recent webinars, featuring leading experts on a range of topics.

Regulation as Social Justice

A crowdsourced blueprint for building a progressive regulatory system

Read James Goodwin's white paper on how we can build a regulatory system that works for everyone, including the most vulnerable.

Workers' Rights

Bringing scofflaw employers to justice.

CPR's one-of-a-kind database tracks prosecutions of employers who imperil workers by ignoring safety standards.

In Focus

Connect the Dots!

Listen to the latest episode of Rob Verchick's 'Connect the Dots' Podcast, the first in a series focusing on climate justice.

CPR reports and white papers

From regulatory policy to climate change, cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay to protecting workers' rights, protecting the environment to preserving citizens' access to the courts ... check out all reports and white papers.

CPR Op-Eds

CPR Member Scholars and staff are regular contributors to the nation's op-ed pages. Read the latest.