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...

Rooney sprints forward on climate

Conservative Congressman Francis Rooney says not only that he accepts climate change science, but that he thinks the U.S. needs to get tough in our response, which is why he’s a lead supporter of a carbon tax proposal. “To me, it’s an opportunity to...

Climate Week En Review, December 21, 2018

Are you making a list? Checking it twice? We are too. But this week in honor of the holiday spirit, we’re going to skip the climate naughty and focus on the climate nice. A Christmas greeting from Georgetown, Texas: Georgetown Mayor Dale Ross converted his town...

Flake and Coons introduce carbon bill

Arizona’s retiring Senator Jeff Flake—who last month called the IPCC report on climate change “pretty dire”—joined Delaware’s Sen. Chris Coons to introduce the Senate companion to the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend bill championed in the...

Climate Week En Review, December 14, 2018

Coming at you from Seattle, where my body thinks the time is three hours later than it really is and the sky really is always gray except I caught a glimpse of blue just an hour after my arrival. This week’s must read: Here’s how to win on climate change...