The American Conservation Coalition, founded by Benji Backer out of his frustration with the environmental policies (or lack thereof) of the national party infrastructure, is working with college...
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Reflections on LibertyCon
As you know if you watch our social media feeds, republicEn.org's Alex, Kevin and Wen spent the weekend at LibertyCon, a conference sponsored by Students for Liberty, a growing network of...
Climate Week En Review March 2, 2018
The weekend is blowing its way through the eastern seaboard and with it, an energized coalition of new EcoRight leaders who have us jazzed to do the work with do. Read more about who they are and...
College Republicans activate
As reported yesterday, nationwide scores of college Republicans are organizing under the coalition Students for Carbon Dividends in support of a cap and dividend approach to addressing climate...
New student group emerges
Students for Carbon Dividends, a new student-led coalition that aims to promote free market climate solutions and bipartisan climate policy action is supporting a cap and dividend approach to...
Gov. Baker makes Massachusetts climate resilient
In Massachusetts, GOP Gov. Charlie Baker has been taking steps to build resiliency in light of a changing climate. Most recently, three Western Massachusetts communitiesPittsfield, Palmer, and...
Climate Week En Review February 23, 2018
Welcome to another recap of another busy week of highs and lows. Without further ado... This week's must read: A new brand of Republicans: The rise of conservatives conservationists (Columbus...
Lawmakers introduce climate prize bill
Republican Rep. John Faso from New York joined Democrat Rep. Dan Lipinski from Illinois to introduce the Challenges and Prize for Climate Act of 2018, a bill which would establish a program called...
Collins calls for bipartisan spirit
Echoing sentiment recently expressed by her colleague Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Maine's Sen. Susan Collins noted that the state of U.S. politics is "more polarized" than it has ever been. "We are tending...
Arizona conservative pushes solar
Former GOP lawmaker and utility regulator Andy Tobin is pushing for Arizona to harness the sun for a greater percentage of the state's power needs. Tobin, a member of the Arizona Corporation...
Senators introduce bill balancing jobs, environment
Republican Senators John Kennedy, Susan Collins and Bill Cassidy joined Democratic colleagues to introduce the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act, a bill which would accelerate the...
Director of National Intelligence warns of climate threat
Former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats, the Director of the National Intelligence, testified on Capitol Hill this week about the "abrupt" threat posed by climate change. "The impacts of the long-term trends...