EcoRight News
A compilation of news from the EcoRight.
Come here for the latest climate news from lawmakers, thought leaders, and rising voices in the EcoRight. Federal, state, and local issues and events are covered, and we feature commentary from EcoRight allies.
Climate Week En Review: Kittens
Last weekend, Senator Lindsey Graham died unexpectedly.
“Climate change is real,” Graham wrote in a 2009 op-ed that kicked off his direct engagement in climate solutions.
Those who worked with him and his office started to go down memory lane a bit. I recall being in a meeting with him back when I was with the National Wildlife Federation, which was courting him to take the climate mantle from Senator John McCain. Later, on staff for Senator John Warner, we had hoped to get his vote on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act. He eventually joined Senator Joe Lieberman’s decade-long quest for comprehensive climate legislation (which failed) and in more recent years, teamed up with Senator Bill Cassidy on the Foreign Pollution Fee Act.
Climate Week En Review: Summer Pastimes
If climate change summers are going to be longer and hotter, we need more pastimes. Baseball? Ice cream eating? Going to a double feature in a cold, dark movie theater? I really struggled last week when temps were in the 100s (and the “real feel” staggeringly higher) to come up with things to do that were not just sitting on the couch binging TV. If this is a taste of summers to come, I’m going to need better things to do!
Outlook July 2026: Get On with It!
Great conversation with the hosts of Bourbon in the Back Room. Bob Inglis joined former South Carolina Senators Vincent Sheheen and Joel Lourie to talk about why conservatives should lead on...
Ford Is Betting on American Manufacturing. Here’s Why.
A Ford employee welds a vehicle component as the company invests in the next generation of American manufacturing and electric vehicles. Photo credit: Ford Motor Co.When people think about electric...
Climate Week En Review: Let Freedom Ring
It’s so weird that typically federal holidays fall on a Monday (yay three-day weekend) but in the last two weeks, we’ve had two fall on Friday, thus Week En Review is once again coming to you on Thursday.
Are those of you sweating it out in the heat dome (like I am) planning on any fireworks or parades? Or is it all indoor activities with AC on full blast?
What ever your plans, I hope you are staying cool and hydrated!
Climate Week En Review: It’s Electric
They say it rains all the time in the PNW and I’m sure that’s the case, but the 10 days I got to spend in Oregon were some of the nicest summer weather I’ve ever experienced. It was a rude awakening to come home to the DMV and it’s humid, rain-soaked days. (I know, we need it… my garden tells me so.)
Climate Week En Review: A little bit louder
What a lovely week, kicked off with the college graduation of my baby. To have raised two full-fledged adults is really something, if I do say so myself. The ceremony may have been large, but the speeches meaningful and the traditions moved me. Plus, I can’t hear Pomp and Circumstance and not get teary.
EcoRight Poll Results: Faith Matters. But What People Want Most Is Action.
How much does faith shape the way people think about climate stewardship? According to a recent republicEn poll, nearly two-thirds of respondents said faith plays an important role in how they think...
Climate Week En Review: Evergreen
This weekend in Chelsea’s adventures finds me off to Eugene for the University of Oregon’s Commencement for the Class of 2026. I’m so proud of my baby for graduating with distinction from the Honors College and the School of Business.
Outlook June 2026: Hartsville on My Mind
Bob Inglis joined members of the Darlington County GOP in Hartsville, South Carolina, for a conversation about conservative leadership, free enterprise, and practical solutions to our energy and...
GUEST POST: On Campus Sustainability at Weber State University
A majority-conservative university in the conservative community of Ogden, Weber State has taken a unique approach to sustainability that closely mirrors a traditional EcoRight principle in financial policy. Back in 2007, the university signed the American Colleges and Universities Presidents’ Climate Commitment, pledging to be carbon neutral by 2050 and to develop its Climate Action Plan around the philosophy of “financial return-driven sustainability.”
Wrapping up season 12 of the EcoRight Speaks
Somehow we are here, at the end of season 12. This was perhaps my favorite season of the history of our show. The guests were informative and inspiring. Mostly we stuck to schedule. And I feel like I made some new friends along the way. In fact, I had been envisioning, in lieu of the recap show, a reunion episode featuring a few of my favorites we featured this season. But schedules being schedules, it was hard to get together so instead, in this episode, you will hear me wax poetic about some of these guests.