by Chelsea Henderson | Jul 15, 2016 | EcoRight News
This week in climate change, presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump tapped Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate. Check out the ClimateEye climate change profile on the former House member and Hoosier governor. In other news, two members of South Florida’s...
by Chelsea Henderson | Jul 13, 2016 | EcoRight News
Two of South Florida’s U.S House of Representatives mates, Reps Carlos Curbelo and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, cite the need to overcome ocean acidification in a recently published op-ed in the Miami Herald. Both Republicans represent districts “defined by the...
by Chelsea Henderson | Jul 12, 2016 | EcoRight News
Jim Brainard, the six-term Republican mayor of Carmel, Indiana, has overseen the implementation of the city’s bike share program, invested in a geothermal sewer plant, and issued executive orders to increase the number of hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles in...
by Chelsea Henderson | Jul 12, 2016 | EcoRight News
In a meeting held this week, the Republican National Convention platform committee unanimously adopted an amendment to add the word “clean” to a list of describers about coal. The amendment was offered by Texas delegate David Barton, who made the motion to...
by Chelsea Henderson | Jul 8, 2016 | EcoRight News
This week in climate change, the nation’s capital saw temperatures soar as more than 30 scientific societies sent an open letter to Congress reiterating the consensus behind climate science and calling for a reduction in greenhouse gas...
by Chelsea Henderson | Jul 7, 2016 | EcoRight News
Republicans lawmakers in Florida’s coastal communities cannot afford to play politics with climate change issues, according to Palm Beach County Mayor Steve Abrams. Abrams, a Republican who was deeply engaged on the issue as county commissioner, recently said,...
