I’m a little bit at a loss for words this week—and that doesn’t happen to me often. But I also know that the event leading to my loss of words means that our work is all the more important. We have to ensure that climate change is a top priority in our communities, states, and with our federal lawmakers. We have to never give up on what we are trying to achieve: a seat everyone at the climate table. At republicEn.org, we do this by talking to people. By hosting events and engaging our community. By writing LTEs and op-eds.
Here, I’ll go first…
This week’s must read: Maine delegation should take a page from the history books on climate action (Portland Press Herald)
“The rich history of past bipartisan cooperation on climate change,” as I detail in my book Glacial: The Inside Story of Climate Politics, “should be used as inspiration for the Maine delegation to protect and/or build on Biden’s recent successes, the approach depending on whether a climate action supporter or denier wins the White House.” [Aside: when I wrote this, we were unsure what the outcome would be. Now we know.] What’s at stake in my beloved home state? “Maine lobsters are in peril and rising sea level threatens the coastline. While an added 5 degrees to the historic average winter temperature might sound like a good thing when shoveling snow, such warming trends can wreak havoc on our rich ecosystems and spark extreme weather events. Climate change is here; there’s no time to waste on arguing the science. But there is plenty of room for Maine’s leaders to work together to make climate history.”
Let’s make more climate history. Together.
A note from Bob Inglis on the election:
EcoRight Speaks, Season 9, Episode 12: Bob reports from the Conservative Climate Summit
This week, we ran with a format introduced earlier this season. Upon hearing that Bob Inglis was attending Rep. John Curtis’s annual Conservative Climate Summit in Utah, I knew I wanted him to collect reflections from fellow participants.
So in conversation with me is Bob with his personal reflections and also teeing up the conversations he had at the Summit. You can listen through the link below or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Coming up next week, Alex Flint from the Alliance for Market Solutions gives us his predictions on climate and clean energy policy in 2025.
Hot Mess Part One: Yes, Really… the Time Politicians Agreed on Climate Change
This new podcast dropped last week and I was interviewed for it, talking about that time we did agree on climate change. If we’ve done it before, we can do it again!
See you next week. And the week after that and the week after that. (Unless that’s Thanksgiving… we don’t publish the week of Thanksgiving. But you get what I’m saying…)