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.
EcoRight Speaks, season 10, episode 9, featuring the Sludge Hub king, Jonathan Leonard
I love meeting someone randomly, which is how Jonathan Leonard came to be on this show. The founder of The Sludge Hub, a shared work space (so to speak) for abandoned mine lands restoration, he had reached out to me to share opportunities to join them for an “externship” (tune in to hear more) and I thought what he is doing sounded cool. Tada!
Climate Week En Review: Springing
Hello, friends! I hope this message finds you enjoying the madness of spring. I love seeing where the tulips pop up (usually not where I planted them, thanks squirrels) and all the rain has turned everything a wonderful spectrum of greens.
EcoRight Speaks, season 10, episode 8, featuring one of our favorites, Catrina Rorke
Fan (and pod) favorite Catrina Rorke is back to share with us the Climate Leadership Council’s udated research on the U.S. Carbon Advantage.
Climate Week En Review: Blooming
Cherry blossom season is already in the rear view mirror, but tulip season is just beginning (at least in my yard… which is sometimes a whole week behind my neighbor’s garden).
EcoRight Speaks, season 10, episode 7, featuring EcoRight communicator Bill Chapman
This week’s featured guest is a long-time (and active) member of our community. Bill Chapman is an avid ecorighter who has created a couple of different opportunities to engage conservatives on climate change. He’s the founder of Conservative Climate Activists, a conservative-leaning, market-oriented, pro-human, pro-technology group that believes that climate change is a dire situation. He hosts a monthly Climate Science and Energy Engineering Dinner in midtown Manhattan. And he’s a strong advocate for nuclear power.
Climate Week En Review: Planting Seeds
TGIF, for sure… This post-accidental electric shock therapy week has been one of ups and downs, for sure.
Note to readers: when the doctors say rest, usually they mean it. Hopefully that is what we all have in store for the weekend ahead.
EcoRight Speaks, season 10, episode 6, featuring Shannon Fitzgerald O’Shea
Shannon Fitzgerald O’Shea is a global communications and advocacy leader who is passionate about storytelling with authenticity and purpose and who believes in the power of communications to build trust and move minds.
Climate Week En Review: Spring Cleaning
SPRING has arrived! And that means, gardening. And gardening means clearing out last year’s brush and the vines that overtook my yard in 2024 when I temporarily lost interest in gardening.
EcoRight Speaks, season 10, episode 5, featuring the Green Building Council’s Ben Evans
This week we are centering a topic that hasn’t happened on the show before: green buildings! Ben Evans is federal legislative director at the U.S. Green Building Council, helping lead the council’s advocacy work in Washington promoting green buildings and sustainable communities.
Climate Week En Review: The Ides of St. Patrick’s Day
It’s the eve of the Ides of March and St. Patrick’s Day is on Monday. I’m not sure what all this means except the greening of the Chicago River reminds me of the time in college that my roommate and I talked a bartender into giving us a pitcher of beer in exchange for our bottle of green food coloring, which they then poured into everyone’s beers for the evening.
Climate Week En Review: Rain, Rain
This month is definitely in like a lion… wild winds, crazy rain, warm one day, cold the next… we spring foward this weekend so more daylight is coming. Change is in the air.
EcoRight Speaks, season 10, episode 4, featuring Professor Leaf Van Boven
This week, we were in conversation with Professor Leaf Van Boven, whose research is quite illuminating and underscores what we have known for some time: when Republicans support climate and environmental policy, not only does that policy have a better chance of passage, it’s more durable.