EcoRight News Blog
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.
Gov. Huckabee on the Clean Power Plan
The campaign of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee issued a statement in response to President Obama's Clean Power Plan, calling the regulation a "job-killing EPA rule.""[The Clean Power Plan]...
Christie: NJ opposes Clean Power Plan
Today, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie responded to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final Clean Power Plant rule."I'm totally opposed to it," Gov. Christie said. "We've already...
Gov. Walker: “Costly Power Plan”
In a statement issued by his campaign, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker dubbed the EPA's carbon emissions rule for power plants the "Costly Power Plan." "[The rule] will cost hard-working Americans...
Bush: power plant rule is irresponsible
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush called the EPA's carbon emissions rule for power plants "irresponsible and overreaching." The rule is being released in its final form today."The rule runs over...
Cruz: “zero recorded warming”
Texas Senator Ted Cruz, responding whether President Obama's Clean Power Plan exaggerates the issue of climate change, said: "here are the facts... if you look to the satellite data for the last 18...
Rubio: CPP increases ulitity cost
Florida Senator Marco Rubio blasted the EPA's Clean Power Plan, a rule that requires existing power plants to cut carbon emissions, as "catastrophic." "It will make utilities, it will make the cost...
Christie reiterates belief in climate
Campaigning in Cedar Falls, Iowa, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie told a crowd at a local sports bar, "I believe in climate change. And human beings contribute to it." Gov. Christie went on to...
Huckabee: the climate’s been changing
In an interview with Yahoo Global News anchor Katie Couric, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee said climate change is "an issue for scientists to talk about." "I think the climate's been...
Bush: humans contribute to climate
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, in an interview with Bloomberg BNA, shifted away from comments he made at a town hall meeting in June in New Hampshire, acknowledging, "the climate is changing. I...
Trump: “nuclear climate change”
Speaking on 2008 vice presidential candidate and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's radio show, Donald Trump said, "the real climate change is going to be nuclear climate change if we're not smart...
Santorum debunks ISIS, climate link
Responding to comments made by former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, who is currently seeking the Democratic nomination for the presidency and last week linked the rise of ISIS to climate...
Bush would eliminate energy subsidies
Responding to a question at an Americans for Prosperity event in Manchester, NH, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush expressed his support for eliminating all energy subsidies, including those for...