This time next week, I will be enjoying a lobster roll from my favorite place, The Clam Shack in Kennebunk, Maine. And I hope you will likewise be enjoying the last throes of summer because I am giving you back the time you’d normally spend reading this update. There will be no Week En Review next week, but try not to miss me too much!
This week’s must read: Is a carbon tax the bipartisan solution to climate change? (Deseret News)
Our own Bob Inglis and our friend (and standup economist) Yoram Bauman co-authored this insightful piece in which they note:
“We are not naïve to the challenges facing revenue-neutral carbon taxes. One of us is a former 6-term Republican Congressman from South Carolina who lost a primary challenge after acknowledging the risks of climate change. One of us founded a pioneering carbon tax ballot measure campaign in Washington State that was defeated in 2016. We joke that carbon taxes face opposition from folks on the right who are afraid that it’s socialism and from folks on the left who are mad that it isn’t. We remind ourselves that there is no magic policy out there; as Sherlock Holmes famously put it, when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever is left, however improbable, must be the truth.”
I encourage you to read the whole op-ed!
The EcoRight Speaks talks tree planting with Corey Kerkela
Confession: I can’t type Fellowship of the Trees without thinking of Lord of the Rings. I know, I know… nerd alert!
Moving on to the episode of the week, let me introduce you to Corey Kerkela, president of the Rotary Club of Vero Beach Oceanside in Florida and chairperson for the Fellowship of the Trees, an rotarian organization whose mission is to connect communities by combining purposeful intention with action to re-wild, regenerate, and restore land and culture, ensuring a thriving Earth for future generations.
He’s got an infectious upbeat quality to his personality that I hope comes across in the episode.
Coming up next week, a break! The Powers That Be (i.e., Price and I) decided that given it’s the last week of summer and Labor Day weekend is on the horizon, we’d hold the next episode until September 2nd. Tune in then to hear sci-fi author Raj Agrawal talk about the role of storytelling in advocacy.
If you want to revisit a past episode, let us recommend last season’s conversation wtih Bob Eccles, who also recently wrote this interesting opinion piece in Forbes.
From his piece:
The Ecoright has no illusions about the seriousness of climate change. It acknowledges the importance of mitigation but pays more attention to adaptation than the Doomsday diktats. It has an “all of the above” approach to energy sources with an emphasis on market forces. They are no more enthusiastic than I am about the Statist approach Trump is taking to emphasizing fossil fuels over wind and solar than I am. The Ecoright recognizes the importance of innovation and new technologies, including those that are unpalatable to the far left such as nuclear and carbon capture and storage. It is very pragmatic about the importance of issues such as improving the electrical grid and making permitting easier, topics rarely discussed on the left since it’s so busy screaming about fossil fuels. It also recognizes the important role that public policy and regulation has to play, and that it needs to be bipartisan.
Coming Soon: One Big Beautiful Webinar
If you haven’t already, mark your calendar for Tuesday, September 9th at 1pmET! We are excited to host Shuting Pomerleau, Director of Energy and Environmental Policy at the American Action Forum, for our next webinar.
Shuting will dive into the future path of U.S. federal climate policy, offering insight into the energy provisions in the OBBBA (One Big Beautiful Bill) and the implications of the pending repeal of the EPA’s Endangerment Finding on greenhouse gases. With her deep expertise on market-based climate and energy solutions—and work featured in Bloomberg, Financial Times, and TIME—Shuting will provide a timely look at the decisions shaping America’s energy future.
👉 Click here to register. Whether you’re a policymaker, advocate, or just curious about the future of climate action, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.
Heart Over Head: Bridging the Partisan Divide on Climate
On a new episode of Healthy Climate America, a podcast from the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, our own Bob Inglis sits down with host Lisa Patel to share his personal journey from climate skeptic to advocate. They also reflect on the importance of finding common ground and creating space for real dialogue to move us forward together.
Even if you have heard Bob’s climate origin story, I think you’ll find this interesting and relevant for the present day!
That’s it for me! Have a great weekend and fast forwarding, have a great Labor Day.
Vacationland, see you soon!
*Look how fun Angela’s vacation was👇
