by Chelsea Henderson | Oct 21, 2016 | EcoRight News
This week’s must watch: Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe This week’s much read: Bob Inglis Takes a Stand on Climate ChangeThis week in climate change news, an economic advisor to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said reforming U.S. energy...
by Chelsea Henderson | Oct 21, 2016 | EcoRight News
An economic advisor to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said reforming U.S. energy policy is a goal, but that a carbon tax is off the table.”That is not a market-based way to have more energy benefits for the nation from our huge energy...
by Chelsea Henderson | Oct 19, 2016 | EcoRight News
In a debate held earlier this week, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio argued that policies to reduce carbon emissions are bad for the economy, would “destroy” jobs and are “not the approach I want to take.” He instead pressed for mitigation, calling it...
by Chelsea Henderson | Oct 19, 2016 | EcoRight News
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who made a failed run at the GOP presidential nomination, claimed Americans are not worried about climate change. “Polls consistently show that despite constant media fear-mongering over climate change being a bigger danger...
by Chelsea Henderson | Oct 18, 2016 | EcoRight News
New Hampshire GOP Sen. Kelly Ayotte, facing a competitive re-election race against Gov. Maggie Hassan, said if re-elected she would “build on” efforts taken by the Senate energy and environment working group she helped establish with fellow senators Mark...
by Chelsea Henderson | Oct 14, 2016 | EcoRight News
This week in ecoright climate change news, in what was appropriately an orange icon week, Greeley, Colorado Mayor Tom Norton, a Republican who thought lawmakers concerned about climate change in the early 1990s were “completely nuts,” has changed his tune....