This week, Colorado's Rep. Mike Coffman became the 18th Republican to join the bipartisan House Climate Solutions Caucus. New Hampshire's Rep. Annie Kuster was his Democratic partner."I am pleased...
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Conservative Arkansas utility regulator seeks carbon solutions
Ted Thomas, a former Republican legislator and the current chairman of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, which regulates the electric utilities in the state, considers himself to be in a...
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PALM BEACH Amid increasing concerns that Mar-a-lago sits on the front lines of climate change impacts, President Donald Trump convened a top-secret meeting of the country's leading climate...
Climate jester of the week… March 31, 2017
The climate jester of the week award goes to Pennsylvania state Sen. Scott Wagner, who said human body heat causes global warming.Wagner told an audience of natural gas drilling advocates, "I...
Climate Week En Review March 31, 2017
This week's must listen: Former Rep. Bob Inglis on regulatory rollbacks (NPR)This week's must read: Why rollback of climate policies could be a long slog (Christian Science Monitor) This week in...
Climate Caucus ranks expand
The bipartisan House Climate Solutions Caucus co-founded by Florida members Rep. Carlos Curbelo and Rep. Ted Deutch swelled to 34 members, 17 from each party. New members on the Republican side...
The ecoright reacts to Trump’s climate shift
In the wake of President Donald Trump's sweeping Executive Order various members of the ecoright community responded. Here is a snapshot of their reactions: Mayor Jim Brainard (Carmel, IN): "It...
Trump rolls back climate regulations
By executive order, President Donald Trump made good on a campaign promise to dismantle the Clean Power Plan. His directive also dismantles requirements that federal agencies, including the...
Miami mayor urges climate action
Republican Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado, a vocal supporter for climate change action, highlighted in his eighth and final State of the City address the severity of the climate-related impacts the city...
Climate Week En Review March 24, 2017
This week's must read: How Trump Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the (Climate) Bomb (Foreign Policy)This week's other must read: Climate Leadership in the Trump Era (Ensia)This week in climate...
Climate jester of the week… March 24, 2017
This week's climate jester of the week award goes to Maine state representative Larry Lockman, who introduced a bill to add a person's belief (or lack thereof) in climate change to the state's law...
Band of climate champions continues to speak out
Republican co-signers of a conservative climate change resolution, 13 of whom also serve on the bipartisan House Climate Solutions Caucus, continue to talk about why they are committed to pushing...