EcoRight News Blog
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: Friday the 13th Edition
It's Friday the 13th, which means if a black cat crosses my path, I get to keep it! (I don't make up the cat distribution rules.) Or if I step on a crack in the sidewalk/break a mirror, it's...
EcoRight Speaks, Season 10, Episode 16, featuring retired Senator Bill Frist
What a thrill to be in conversation with today's guest, former Senator Bill Frist from Tennessee. After working for 16 years as a surgeon, specializing in heart and lung transplants, Dr. Frist was...
Climate Week En Review: Come on, June…
My heart is heavy this week at the unexpected loss of one of my cats… but not the one I expected to lose. Fluffy, littermat of Fang, who has graced these pages before, took a sudden turn and declined rapidly. We said goodbye to her on Thursday and are focused on sharing 14 years of cat antics and cuddles.
EcoRight Speaks, Season 10, Episode 15, featuring non-toxic paint entrepreneur, Patrick Hughes
In another chapter of people I met at EarthX, today’s guest is non-toxic paint entrepreneur and guru, Patrick Hughes.
Climate Week En Review: Summer’s Eve
TGIF! It’s the weekend that I keep thinking is Memorial Weekend. “But Chelsea. we had a long weekend last weekend. How can you keep thinking there is another one?” Oh, reader, my sense of time works in mysterious ways.
EcoRight Speaks, Season 10, Episode 14, featuring the OG EcoRighter, Bob Inglis
We have a very special guest this week… our own Bob Inglis! He answers the burning questions that we know are on your mind about the fate of the Inflation Reduction Act, the role of the EcoRight, and why we love doing on the ground events, especially in our target states.
Climate Week En Review: Remembering
Is anyone else confused by the timing of Memorial Day? I keep thinking it’s one more week away, but actually, it’s Monday. The republicEn.org team honors those who have given their lives to protect our freedoms.
EcoRight Speaks, Season 10, Episode 13, featuring LanzaTech CSO Zara Summers
I had the pleasure of meeting LanzaTech’s Chief Science Officer Dr. Zara Summers when I was at EarthX. We were both presenters at the Women’s Earth Summit and she had me enraptured with the cool innovations she is leading for her company. Basically, she had me at the Athleta pants made with recycled carbon.
Climate Week En Review: Circumstance
It seems like all around me are high school and college graduates. If you are a graduate or you know/love one, I’m thinking of you and wish you (or yours) all good things as you figure out your place in this world.
Something’s in the air. Or maybe it’s the water.
At Fort Pulaski, less than 15 miles from Savannah, sea level has risen seven inches since 2010, one of the fastest rates of rising seas in the country. That sea level rise also brings saltwater intrusion into water wells on the coastal plain, affecting homeowners and farmers alike. Because of climate change, the Southeast is also more prone to dangerous heat waves, extreme weather, and risks to agriculture.
Climate Week En Review: Cheers!
Wow… did this week fly by or what? The second warmest April on record (coming in second to 2024’s April) is well behind us in the rearview mirror. Now Mother’s Day is Sunday (whoops, sorry Mom) and Memorial Day is a few weeks away. So basically it’s almost the 4th of July, which means it’s almost August recess.
EcoRight Speaks, Season 10, Episode 12, featuring Corporate Sustainability Thought Leader, Bob Eccles
Sometimes a person is just omnipresent, so you have to check them out. That’s the story with this week’s guest, corporate sustainabilty thought leader, Bob Eccles. A past guest (Shannon Fitzgerald O’Shea) connected us over email because she thought he’d make an excellent guest on the show.