by Chelsea Henderson | Jun 12, 2018 | EcoRight News
A group of 13 GOP senators, led by Louisiana’s Sen. John Kennedy and Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins, are leading a push for President Donald Trump to approve the treaty amendment geared at phasing out harmful hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). HFCs are a potent...
by Chelsea Henderson | Jun 11, 2018 | EcoRight News
Calling climate change “a challenge of epochal proportions,” Pope Francis met with executives from major oil and gas companies at a two-day conference at the Vatican. Representatives from ExxonMobil, BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Norway’s Equinor and Pemex...
by Chelsea Henderson | Jun 8, 2018 | EcoRight News
Happy Graduation! Whoops, that’s for later this morning when my younger son graduates 8th grade. I mean to say, happy Friday, your favorite day of the week because Week En Review hits your inbox (and it’s Saturday Eve). This week’s must watch: In...
by Chelsea Henderson | Jun 1, 2018 | EcoRight News
I had to look twice at the calendar today to make sure it’s really June. Bring out the ice cream and pool floats, summer is here. This week’s must watch: Appearing on the Fox program The Next Revolution, Students for Carbon Dividends founder Alex Posner...
by Chelsea Henderson | May 31, 2018 | EcoRight News
The Boston University Initiative on Cities project found that “large-city Republican mayors shy away from climate network memberships and their associated framing of the problem.” According to research fellow Nicolas Gunkel, “but in many cases they...
by Chelsea Henderson | May 31, 2018 | EcoRight News
The Heartland Institute, a think tank infamous for a billboard campaign comparing those concerned about climate change to the Unabomber and Osama Bin Laden, celebrated 2017 as “a great year for climate realists.” [Side note: we consider ourselves the...