by Chelsea Henderson | May 2, 2019 | EcoRight News
For the first time, a Republican joined Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse for his regular climate change floor speech series, “Time to Wake Up.” Senator Bill Cassidy, whose state of Louisiana is facing huge climate challenges such as shore erosion...
by Chelsea Henderson | May 1, 2019 | EcoRight News
Idaho’s Rep. Mike Simpson called climate change “a reality” at a conference in Boise last week. “It’s not hard to figure out,” he said. “Go look at your thermometer.” In his speech, he called salmon the “most...
by Alex Bozmoski | May 1, 2019 | EcoRight News, Field Trips
In early April, republicEn and partners packed to capacity our Pure Florida pontoon boat with scientists, constituents, and press to join Southwest Florida’s Rep. Francis Rooney on a study tour of how climate disruption is changing the local economy and...
by Chelsea Henderson | Apr 29, 2019 | EcoRight News
Bleary eyed from the late and emotional punch from Game of Thrones? (I’m not crying, you’re crying…) What better way to get back to reality than to check out what non-GOT news the EcoRight is absorbing this morning. Monday’s must listen: Young...
by Chelsea Henderson | Apr 26, 2019 | EcoRight News
Happy belated Earth Day! We hope you took our popular ?? EcoRight Superhero Quiz ??Be sure to share who you gotI was Katharine Hayhoe, I think less because I’m a science wonk and more because I answered the generational question appropriately. (Yes, I had...
by Chelsea Henderson | Apr 25, 2019 | EcoRight News
Rep. Francis Rooney, who assumed the GOP side of the helm of the bipartisan House Climate Solutions Caucus, told Bloomberg Environment (as reported by The Hill) he and his co-captain and delegate mate Rep. Ted Deutch are considering applying “commitment”...