Climate Week En Review, August 16, 2019

Am I the only one in the EcoRight not on vacation this week? Even my kids are out of town, sailing, lounging on the beach, while I have searched the ends of the internet for relevant news to share with you. Here’s what I found. This week’s must read:...

Climate Week En Review, August 9, 2019

Everything feels heavy this week. Hug your loved ones. Spend time outside. Take time for you. ??Keep the faith. This week’s must read: EcoRight ally Josiah Neely from R Street brought us this opinion essay, Republican carbon tax bills keep getting better....

VIDEO: The Rooney carbon tax bill

In late July, Republican Rep. Francis Rooney of Florida introduced his much anticipated carbon tax bill, the Stemming Warming and Augmenting Pay Act — or SWAP Act. What’s in the SWAP Act? Watch republicEn’s video explainer to learn all about it: The SWAP...

Starting your week off with a bang…

What a way to kick off an already hot week. First there was our Ohio-based spokesperson Tyler Gillette’s op-ed in the Columbus Dispatch. In his thought piece EcoRight leads conservatives’ call for U.S. action on climate, Tyler writes “as a millennial...

Climate Week En Review, August 2, 2019

Happy August! While this is typically a brutally hot and humid month in the DC area, we’re inching close to the best season, fall… when the leaves turn and kids go back to school and sweaters come out of hiding. Unless we screw it all up by not getting a...

Carbon tax’s triple header

We are in the luxurious position of having multiple carbon tax bills floating around Washington, DC, including two sponsored by Florida’s Rep. Francis Rooney, enough to make the EcoRight jump for joy. But how to distinguish between them? Especially given, in...