by Chelsea Henderson | Apr 3, 2019 | EcoRight News
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed the state’s first ever chief science officer in a nod to his “commitment to science-based solutions.” Thomas Frazer, a biologist from the University of Florida’s School of Forest Resources and Conservation,...
by Chelsea Henderson | Apr 3, 2019 | EcoRight News
Today Florida’s Congressman Matt Gaetz “shatter[ed] the do-nothing orthodoxy that Republicans adopted during the Great Recession” (according to Bob Inglis) by introducing the Green Real Deal, a resolution aimed at driving support for market-based...
by Chelsea Henderson | Mar 29, 2019 | EcoRight News
Happy Friday! I’m pleased to report Mercury is no longer in retrograde and baseball season has officially kicked off, but sadly my bracket is destroyed. No time to dwell, too much to report. This week’s must read: Florida’s most pro-environment...
by Chelsea Henderson | Mar 26, 2019 | EcoRight News
Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander, who has long advocated a sector-by-sector approach to climate change, is putting forth a “Manhattan Project for Clean Energy” which would include measures such as increased energy research funding, advanced nuclear energy...
by Chelsea Henderson | Mar 25, 2019 | EcoRight News
In an interview with Vice, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz called for “a marketplace of ideas” in response to the “not realistic” Green New Deal. “Critics of the Green New Deal like myself should be challenged to present a ‘Green Real...
by Chelsea Henderson | Mar 25, 2019 | EcoRight News
Utah Senator Mitt Romney, who as governor of Massachusetts oversaw enactment of that state’s initial climate change plan, is quietly assembling a small group of GOP senators to shift the narrative on climate change and come forward with a legislative option...
