by Chelsea Henderson | Sep 19, 2016 | EcoRight News
Retiring Texas Rep. Jim Keffer (R-Eastland), who has served in the state legislature for 20 years and is the current chair of the energy and natural resources committee, talked in an interview with the Texas Observer about his feelings on environmental stewardship and...
by Chelsea Henderson | Sep 16, 2016 | EcoRight News
This was a red star week in ecoright climate change news. To start the week, we applauded Politico Magazine for placing ecoright climate leaders Rep. Bob Inglis (our executive director) and Dr. Katharine Hayhoe on their list of 50 thinkers and doers.”We’re...
by Chelsea Henderson | Sep 15, 2016 | EcoRight News
The House Climate Solutions Caucus added two more Republican lawmakers, bringing the total bipartisan membership up to 20 members of Congress. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) and Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) both joined this week.Amodei commented that “in order to legislate...
by Chelsea Henderson | Sep 15, 2016 | EcoRight News
A coalition of prominent military and national security experts, including former advisors to Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush, released three documents this week highlighting the “significant and direct risks to US military...
by Chelsea Henderson | Sep 15, 2016 | EcoRight News
Former New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg and conservative clean energy advocate Jay Faison testified in support of nuclear power at a hearing held by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water.”It is important that we maintain the diversity of our...
by Chelsea Henderson | Sep 14, 2016 | EcoRight News
GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, responding to a questionnaire issued by Scientific American and other science-based organizations, wrote: “There is still much that needs to be investigated in the field of ‘climate change.'” However, he...
