by Chelsea Henderson | Mar 2, 2020 | EcoRight News
Utah Senator Mitt Romney, a leading EcoRight climate voice in the U.S. Senate, called climate change one of his three greatest fears to “standing applause from the crowd.” (FTR the other two are the national debt and China.) Romney said: “People say...
by Chelsea Henderson | Mar 2, 2020 | EcoRight News
We love seeing our people’s names in print, so finding the Newsday profile on John Sweeney was a welcome way to usher in Monday. In the article What’s your climate hope for 2020? John says: “Regardless of how the election turns out, there must be a...
by Chelsea Henderson | Feb 28, 2020 | EcoRight News
We get an extra day this year to work on climate change! Funny story, my younger son was due on February 29th, but for the first and only time in his life, he was early. So a few days ago, he turned 16, not four. Beware of bots: If there is one reason to give up...
by Chelsea Henderson | Feb 25, 2020 | EcoRight News
The Beehive State has done a 180 over where it was ten years ago. In 2010, the Utah state legislature passed a resolution denying climate change. But that position started to unravel over the last few years, thanks in part to vocal advocacy by young voters. As a...
by Chelsea Henderson | Feb 25, 2020 | EcoRight News
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis needs a new climate czar. After serving less than six months in the first-in-the-nation role, Florida’s first chief resilience officer, Julia Nesheiwat, is leaving her post to join the Trump administration. Reaction from the Tampa Bay...
by Chelsea Henderson | Feb 24, 2020 | EcoRight News
What’s newsy today, you ask? Reader beware: This report from the BBC on misinformation on Twitter caught our eye. According to a study conducted by Brown University, “a quarter of posts about climate change on Twitter were written by bots.” Bots are...