Outlook July 2025: Rs wanting to talk

by | Jul 10, 2025

republicEn executive director Bob Inglis was a guest speaker at Vero Beach, Florida’s Oceanside Rotary Club.

Dear EcoRight Supporter,

The first day of July brought two more Zooms with Republican members of the Florida State House. The Zooms were arranged by KC Mullen, our Florida contractor. Both Reps displayed a surprising level of engagement.

The first Rep talked to me for over an hour. I kept giving him opportunities to end the call with “You’ve got plenty of things to do,” but each of those from me was met with a “No, let’s talk.” He may have been trying to talk himself out of the fatalism that says that we can’t address climate change; we can only adapt. On the other hand, I may have been hearing a new type of climate rejectionism: “It’s too late; oceanic and melting-permafrost methane emissions mean that sea levels are going to continue to rise. There’s nothing we can do about it. Just build sea walls.”

The second Rep was eager to talk, too. He’s a Trump enthusiast, but one of his children serves in the Navy and has been talking to him about climate change and sea level rise. He wanted to know about solutions on offer. He’s thinking of running for Congress in 2026.

Additional Florida Zooms are coming in July, along with three in-person presentations to Florida Rotary Clubs and a trip to Iowa. These follow a productive June that included two DC days featuring meetings with U.S. Senator John Curtis (R-UT), U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE2), and staffers for U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA1), and U.S. Rep. Erin Houchin (R-IN9).

The headlines are about the reconciliation package and the demise of clean energy incentives. Beneath those headlines, we’re picking up on some right-of-center anxiety. Midterms are coming, the borrowing continues unabated, and the water is coming up. Maybe that’s why Reps are willing to talk. Thank you for making it possible for us to engage with them.

Onward,

Bob

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Upcoming events

  • 07/10: Virtual – Zoom with FL Rep. Brad Yeager
  • 07/10: Virtual – Phone call with FL Rep. Sam Greco
  • 07/10: Vero Beach, FL – Rotary Club of Vero Beach guest speaker
  • 07/17: Charleston, SC – “Why Now is the Time for Conservative Environmental Leadership” guest panelist, presented by the American Conservation Coalition
  • 07/23: Urbandale, IA – Westside Conservative Club guest speaker
  • 07/30: Virtual – Zoom with Rotary Climate Action Team
  • 08/04: Virtual – Zoom with FL Rep. Michael Owen
  • 08/06-08/07: Cincinnati, OH – Ohio River Valley Climate Change & Health Conference
  • 09/02: Martin County, FL – Martin County Republican Party, monthly meeting guest speaker
  • 09/03: Ft. Pierce, FL – Meet with FL State Rep. Dana Trabulsy
  • 09/04: Hilton Head, SC – Rotary Club of Hilton Head Island guest speaker
  • 10/04: Providence, RI – Creation Care Conference keynote speaker, Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island
  • 10/17: Salt Lake City, UT – Conservative Climate Summit

Past events

  • 06/10: Washington, DC – Meet with U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, Harrison Kisber of U.S. Rep. Erin Houchin staff, Sam Dunford of U.S. Rep. Miller-Meeks’ staff
  • 06/11: Washington, DC – Meet with Sen. John Curtis
  • 06/12: Virtual – Zoom with FL Rep. Brad Yeager
  • 06/17: Virtual – Keynote: Aurora Solar’s Empower 2025
  • 06/20: Virtual – Zoom with FL Rep. Jon Albert
  • 06/24: Virtual – Zoom with FL Sen. Clay Yarborough
  • 06/28: Greenville, SC – Principles First Dinner, Community Foundations: Families, Faith, and Civic Life keynote speaker
  • 07/01: Virtual – Zoom with FL Rep. Dean Black
  • 07/01: Virtual – Zoom with FL Rep. Webster Barnaby
  • 07/08: Vero Beach, FL – Oceanside Rotary Club guest speaker
  • 07/09: Indian Harbour Beach, FL – Indialantic Rotary Club guest speaker
  • 07/09: Virtual – Zoom with FL Rep. Nan Cobb
  • 07/09: Frostproof, FL – Meet with FL Rep. Jon Albert