by Chelsea Henderson | Feb 22, 2018 | EcoRight News
Echoing sentiment recently expressed by her colleague Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins noted that the state of U.S. politics is “more polarized” than it has ever been. “We are tending to view those who disagree with us...
by Chelsea Henderson | Feb 21, 2018 | EcoRight News
Former GOP lawmaker and utility regulator Andy Tobin is pushing for Arizona to harness the sun for a greater percentage of the state’s power needs. Tobin, a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission, released a plan to have 80 percent of Arizona’s...
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...
