EcoRight News
A compilation of news from the EcoRight.
Come here for the latest climate news from lawmakers, thought leaders, and rising voices in the EcoRight. Federal, state, and local issues and events are covered, and we feature commentary from EcoRight allies.
Marco Rubio: I do not believe we have to destroy our economy in order to protect our environment
"I do not believe we have to destroy our economy in order to protect our environment" -- that was part of Sen. Rubio's response to a climate question in the Fox News debate. Brett Baier posed this...
Rick Santorum: Bring jobs from China back to America to solve climate change
In the Fox News Republican undercard debate, Senator Rick Santorum offered this preface to a question on the economy, ostensibly distinguishing himself from a dismissive mention of climate change by...
Ben Carson: What about hydroelectric power? We can develop that
In the Fox debate, Chris Wallace asked Dr. Ben Carson about the Renewable Fuel Standard. Dr. Carson said it would be unfair to break promises the government has made and then said this: "We are...
Kasich to Ohio lawmakers: perserve efficiency standards
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who has focused his campaign efforts on a strong showing in New Hampshire, told Granite Staters in a town hall meeting that he will not support efforts back home to roll back...
Trump: I think the climate changes
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump discussed his position on climate change with a news outlet in New Hampshire. "I think that the climate changes," Trump said. "There are changes but they are weather...
Bush: we shouldn’t stymie economic growth
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said we should not "hollow out our industrial core to deal with" climate change."Those that benefit from the proposals for climate change in Washington, DC are those that...
Santorum: increasing US manufacturing will help mitigate climate
Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum isn't "concerned about the issue of climate change" but suggested those who are should look to increasing manufacturing in the U.S. as a means to reducing global...
Rubio: America today is cleaner
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, in an interview conducted by one of New Hampshire's news stations, criticized efforts to address climate change legislatively."My argument has been that I don't support...
Paul: balance control of pollution with ecocomy
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said we have to "balance control of pollution with the economy" when asked his thoughts on climate change. "We can't get too crazy on one side or the other," he added. "The...
Climate Week En Review January 22
This week in climate change, NASA and NOAA announced 2015 was the world's hottest year on record just as Texas Sen. Ted Cruz blasted climate change science in a discussion with New Hampshire voters,...
Trump says he was joking in comment
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump insists he was joking when he tweeted that climate change was a "hoax invented by the Chinese.""I think that climate change is just a very, very expensive form of tax,"...
Cruz calls climate change “pseudo-scientific theory”
Speaking to voters in New Hampshire, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz blasted climate change science, saying the signs "don't back up it's warming." "Has anyone noticed in the past couple of years, the theory...