Climate Week En Review April 20, 2018

Welcome to Week En Review, Earth Day edition. This morning, I’m thinking about my two favorite eco-places, Maine in summer and Hawaii in winter. But enough about me, on to the EcoRight. This week’s must read: Republicans more persuasive than scientists on...

Curbelo, Love file climate resolution

Two Republican members of the House Climate Solutions Caucus joined two Democrats to introduce a bipartisan resolution acknowledging the impact that climate change is having on outdoor recreation and in support of policies to address the problem. Florida’s Rep....

Op-ed: Trash dump in the sky

Actually this piece Bob Inglis wrote for the Environmental Law Institute is titled Carbon Tax Shows a Limited Government Role, but the trash theme really resonates. “Emissions are a part of our experience on the planet,” Bob writes. “We eat, we go,...

Caucus members push prize bill

New York’s Rep. John Faso (R-19) has banded together with fellow House Climate Solutions Caucus member from Illinois, Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-3) to push their legislation, the Challenges and Prizes for Climate Act of 2018. The bill would leverage the federal...

Meet the EcoRight: David Rokeach

Last week, republicEn.org spokesperson and active EcoRighter David Rokeach had this insightful op-ed published in the Albany Times Union (and he’s co-author with Kelsi Wolever of #Dare2Ask fame on one we hope to see in print soon). David has been a member of our...