Rooney snags caucus co-chairmanship

Florida Rep. Francis Rooney will serve as Republican co-chair of the House Climate Solutions Caucus, replacing former delegation mate Rep. Carlos Curbelo, who helped found the group with another Floridian, Rep. Ted Deutch. “It’s important we show that at...

Ryan Costello jumps into carbon arena

Recently retired Pennsylvania Rep. Ryan Costello announced this week that he’s joining Americans for Carbon Dividends, a bipartisan group launched in June to advocate for the carbon dividend plan proposed by former Secretaries of State George Shultz and James A....

An interview with Katharine Hayhoe

In an interview with The Guardian, Katharine Hayhoe, atmospheric scientist, director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University, and dear friend to the EcoRight, unleashed about recent climate assessments, public perceptions on climate change, and climate...

Climate Week En Review, January 4, 2019

Welcome to 2019! The EcoRight has high hopes for the year ahead. Here’s why: Mayor Jim Brainard leads the practical climate fight from Carmel, Indiana and has his pulse on the feelings of mayors across the U.S. “I think every mayor in the country would say...