by Chelsea Henderson | Jun 1, 2015 | EcoRight News
Former senator and presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, a Roman Catholic, is troubled by Pope Francis’s plan to issue in mid-June an encyclical on climate change urging Catholics to take on the issue as a moral imperative.”The church has gotten it wrong a...
by Chelsea Henderson | Jun 1, 2015 | EcoRight News
Speaking to a crowd of supporters in his hometown of Central, South Carolina, three-term Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) announced his candidacy for the presidency. “We must have energy independence,” Graham said. “And I believe in the process it is...
by Chelsea Henderson | May 28, 2015 | EcoRight News
Former three-term former New York Governor George Pataki joined a growing list of candidates seeking the Republican nomination for the presidency. He believes in addressing climate change through private initiatives and market-based mechanisms and opposes regulation....
by Chelsea Henderson | May 28, 2015 | EcoRight News
In a letter sent to President Barack Obama, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who is eying a bid for the White House, called the Administration’s Clean Power Plan “unworkable” and “riddled with inconsistencies.” Wisconsin is one of 15 coal...
by Chelsea Henderson | May 27, 2015 | EcoRight News
Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who in March compared climate change realists to “flat-Earthers,” declined to address whether climate change is to blame for the severe flooding that hit his home state this week. “In a time of tragedy, I think it’s...
by Chelsea Henderson | May 27, 2015 | EcoRight News
Former two-term Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, who won 11 primary states and came in second behind eventual nominee Mitt Romney in 2012, launched his second bid for the White House. Senator Santorum believes climate change is “cyclical” and has...
