by Chelsea Henderson | Feb 20, 2018 | EcoRight News
Republican Senators John Kennedy, Susan Collins and Bill Cassidy joined Democratic colleagues to introduce the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act, a bill which would accelerate the EPA’s phaseout of harmful hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) in accordance...
by Chelsea Henderson | Feb 16, 2018 | EcoRight News
Former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats, the Director of the National Intelligence, testified on Capitol Hill this week about the “abrupt” threat posed by climate change. “The impacts of the long-term trends toward a warming climate, more air pollution,...
by Chelsea Henderson | Feb 15, 2018 | EcoRight News
Dearest ecoright Valentines, it’s another week in the bag. And what a week it’s been. We get you caught up below: ICYMI: Don’t believe in climate change? Energy companies do (Houston Chronicle) “While some conservative political leaders still...
by Chelsea Henderson | Feb 15, 2018 | EcoRight News
President Donald Trump released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2019, which includes a 34 percent cut for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, taking the agency down to 1990 spending levels. The draft budget backs up the agency’s 2018-2022 strategic...
by Chelsea Henderson | Feb 14, 2018 | EcoRight News
Alaska’s Sen. Lisa Murkowski, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, called climate changeand human activity’s impact on global temperatures”fact” in an address made to the National Association of Regulatory Utility...
by Chelsea Henderson | Feb 13, 2018 | EcoRight News
Arnold Schwarzenegger called EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt “without any doubt, the wrong person” for the job of overseeing the nation’s environmental protections. “He does not represent the people,” Schwarzenegger said. “He only...
