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.
Cruz would withdraw U.S. from climate accord
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a self-professed climate change skeptic, said as president he would withdraw the United States from a landmark international agreement on climate change, agreed to by 195...
Trump on carbon footprint, hair spray
Addressing a crowd in South Carolina, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump blasted President Barack Obama for the carbon footprint he leaves by traveling in Air Force One. "He talks about the carbon...
Kasich is believer in renewables
Ohio Gov. John Kasich spoke to the Council on Foreign Relations, where he said he believes human beings contribute to climate change. "The degree to which? I'm not sure," he said. "And neither is...
Climate Week En Review December 18
This week in climate change, 195 nations negotiating in Paris signed an international climate change deal, which strives to limit the rise of average global temperatures to less than two degrees...
Carson calls for reason
Dr. Ben Carson attended a campaign event in Nevada, where he told the audience he is "a person who is very concerned about the environment." "I get a lot of questions about climate change and the...
Rubio calls international climate deal “unfunny joke”
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, speaking to a crowd of supporters in Las Vegas, described the international deal struck in Paris over the weekend as an "unfunny joke.""The president just signed this...
Graham wants to appeal to youth
Speaking on the radio program Here and Now, presidential candidate and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, responding to the assertion that Republicans are "boxing themselves in" on social issues,...
Carson would not make climate a priority
Dr. Ben Carson said climate change "would not be the overarching driver of my policies" were he elected president. "There's always been change going on."Carson indicated that while he might have...
Climate Week En Review December 11
This week in climate change, a conservative New Hampshire voter asked Florida Sen. Marco Rubio if there are free enterprise solutions to solving climate change."I believe there are free enterprise...
Cruz holds climate hearing in Senate
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz chaired a climate change hearing in the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Space, Science and Competitiveness. Titled "Data or Dogma? Promoting Open Inquiry over the...
Santorum not believer in global climate crisis
Speaking at a private campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum told potential voters that he read Pope Francis's encyclical on the environment and that he believes...
New Hampshire conservatives #dare2ask Sen. Rubio can free enterprise solve climate change?
At a town hall meeting in New Hampshire, a conservative voter asked Florida Sen. Marco Rubio if there are free enterprise solutions to solving climate change."I believe there are free enterprise...