by Chelsea Henderson | Mar 19, 2018 | EcoRight News
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the federal entity responsible for dealing with the impacts left by natural disasters, stripped the words climate change from the 2018-2022 strategic plan. The document also fails to mention sea level rise, extreme...
by Chelsea Henderson | Mar 19, 2018 | EcoRight News
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker isn’t leaving anything to climate chance. On Thursday, he unveiled a $1.4 billion plan to fortify the state against rising seas, inland flooding and extreme weather attributable to climate change. The proposal would authorize his...
by Chelsea Henderson | Mar 16, 2018 | EcoRight News
Happy St. Patrick’s Day Eve! May you find that four-leaf clover and all your climate wishes come true. This week’s must watch: She’s back… Dr. Katharine Hayhoe asks: Does messaging with fear really work? Nope: White House Chief of Staff John...
by Chelsea Henderson | Mar 13, 2018 | EcoRight News
A week after the announced departure of Gary Cohn, President Donald Trump’s National Economic Council director, the White House lost another carbon tax supporter, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a personnel shakeup. While at the helm of ExxonMobil, Tillerson...
by Chelsea Henderson | Mar 12, 2018 | EcoRight News
New York’s Rep. Elise Stefanik, the lead sponsor of a GOP climate resolution who last year led the Republican charge against a bad climate change amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, is circulating a “Dear Colleague” letter requesting...
by Chelsea Henderson | Mar 12, 2018 | EcoRight News
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly killed a plan by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to challenge climate science by organizing a set of “red team, blue team” debates pitting climate scientists against climate hoaxsters. The retired four-star Marine Corps...
