Climate Week En Review September 30, 2016

This week’s ecoright climate change news earns a wind sock. The good news first. In the U.S. House of Representative, Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Rep. Bob Dold (R-IL), and Rep. Chris Gibson (R-NY) joined four Democratic colleagues to introduce the Climate...

Blackburn says Earth is cooling

Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn, surrogate to Donald Trump, took to the airwaves to discuss the GOP presidential candidate’s position on climate change. When asked if she thinks climate change is a hoax, Blackburn replied “I do not believe in climate...

Lawmakers introduce new climate bill

In the U.S. House of Representative, Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Rep. Bob Dold (R-IL), and Rep. Chris Gibson (R-NY) joined four Democratic colleagues to introduce the Climate Solutions Commission Act of 2016. The bill would establish a bipartisan commission comprised...

Trump denies climate hoax comment

The first presidential debate did not include a direct line of questioning on climate change, despite pleas from several different outlets for NBC News moderator Lester Holt to bring it up in the context of the economy, but the matter came up briefly in an exchange...