Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has tapped Indiana Gov. Mike Pence to serve as his running mate. ClimateEye took at glance at his climate change record, and it appears he stands...
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Climate Week En Review July 15, 2016
This week in climate change, presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump tapped Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate. Check out the ClimateEye climate change profile on the former House member and...
Florida delegation tackles ocean acidification
Two of South Florida's U.S House of Representatives mates, Reps Carlos Curbelo and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, cite the need to overcome ocean acidification in a recently published op-ed in the Miami...
Indiana mayor makes environment and conservation a priority
Jim Brainard, the six-term Republican mayor of Carmel, Indiana, has overseen the implementation of the city's bike share program, invested in a geothermal sewer plant, and issued executive orders to...
RNC platform committee approves amendment adding “clean” to coal description
In a meeting held this week, the Republican National Convention platform committee unanimously adopted an amendment to add the word "clean" to a list of describers about coal. The amendment was...
Climate Week En Review July 8, 2016
This week in climate change, the nation's capital saw temperatures soar as more than 30 scientific societies sent an open letter to Congress reiterating the consensus behind climate science and...
Florida mayors continue to display climate leadership
Republicans lawmakers in Florida's coastal communities cannot afford to play politics with climate change issues, according to Palm Beach County Mayor Steve Abrams. Abrams, a Republican who was...
More than 30 scientific organizations call for climate action
More than 30 scientific organizations sent an open letter to Congress reiterating the consensus behind climate science and calling for a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions."Observations...
Climate Week En Review July 1, 2016
Welcome to the Independence Day edition of Week En Review!In this week's notable climate change news:Exxon Mobil, the largest publicly held oil and gas company in the world, is actively engaging...
Exxon ramping up support for carbon tax
Exxon Mobil Corps, the largest publicly held oil and gas company in the world, is actively engaging other U.S. energy companies to support a carbon tax as the most effective tool to combat carbon...
Polling shows strong support for climate action
Voters from both parties support federal climate change action, according a national survey sponsored by Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, R Street Institute, Young Conservatives for Energy...
Carbon tax excluded from Democratic platform
The Democratic platform committee rejected an appeal to include the carbon tax as part of the party's official platform. Instead, the platform sticks to broad goals, including a pledge for the U.S....