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.
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Trump talks climate, renewable energy
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke extensively to Bill O'Reilly about his position on climate change and clean energy. When asked whether he believed in global warming, Trump responded:...
Rubio opines on Paris talks, effectiveness of climate deal
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio responded to ongoing international climate change negotiations, noting "even the scientists admit, we don't believe it would make a dramatic impact anytime in the near...
Climate Week En Review December 4
This week in climate change, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, who has frequently asserted, "a single nation acting alone will make no difference at all" in the effort to solve climate...
Kasich would attend climate summit
Addressing potential voters in Tennessee, Ohio Gov. John Kasich said that he believes human activity impacts climate change, though "to what degree we don't know." With regard to the international...