by Chelsea Henderson | Dec 3, 2018 | EcoRight News
Not many automatically associate the late President George H.W. Bush with the words “climate legacy.” But they should. In a 1988 campaign speech, Bush said: “Those who think we are powerless to do anything about the greenhouse effect are forgetting...
by Chelsea Henderson | Dec 3, 2018 | EcoRight News
Three key conservative Senators commented on the Fourth National Climate Assessment. “Climate change is real,” Alaska’s Senator Lisa Murkowski said. “We see and feel the impacts in our state.” The NCA4 includes an entire section on...
by Chelsea Henderson | Nov 29, 2018 | EcoRight News
Oh what a week
were you too busy shopping and eating leftovers to notice the Fourth National Climate Assessment (4NCA)? I didn’t think so. (Nice try, news buriers.) Hot on the heels of the IPCC Report, the 4NCA will hopefully capture the interest of those who...
by Chelsea Henderson | Nov 27, 2018 | EcoRight News
As Washington DC settled back into routine, more policymakers responded to the Administration’s Fourth Climate Assessment, which detailed the impacts of a changing climate on the U.S.New York Rep. Tom Reed said in a statement: “Climate change is a serious...
by Chelsea Henderson | Nov 27, 2018 | EcoRight News
A bipartisan group of House Climate Solutions Caucus members, led by Reps Francis Rooney and Brian Fitzpatrick and including caucus co-founder Ted Deutch, introduced the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act on Tuesday, just days after the administration released...
by Chelsea Henderson | Nov 26, 2018 | EcoRight News
In the lame-duck session, a bipartisan carbon tax will be introduced by key members of the House Climate Solutions Caucus. Florida’s Rep. Francis Rooney, Democratic delegation mate Rep. Ted Deutch, and Pennsylvania’s Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick are lined up to...
