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.
EcoRight Speaks, season 5, episode 4: Horse racing expert Mark Midland
There are so many climate impacts we don’t even know how to address. Sure, most of us have recently experienced a heat wave. More and more of us are experiencing extreme weather or more intense...
Climate Week En Review: August 5, 2022
And like that, summer is practically gone. But August in the DC Metro area is usually quite peaceful (except for last night, when thunderstorms raged across the area), with most of the lawmakers out...
Talking climate change in Idaho and Washington state
With significant republicEn.org social media running in the 5th Congressional District in Washington and in Idaho, we poured it on with on-the-ground events. In eastern Washington I learned from...
EcoRight Speaks, season five, episode two: life long EcoRighter, Jim Tolbert
Listeners, if you have been with us since season one, episode one, then you know Jim Tolbert is no stranger to the show. Our official first “three-peat” guest, he’s a giant in the EcoRight world and...
Climate Week En Review: July 29, 2022
Welcome back! I am so happy to be sliding into your inbox this Friday afternoon. We had a busy week—and by 'we' I mean, Bob Inglis had a busy week, which you will read a snapshot about below. This...
EcoRight Speaks, season 5, episode 1: Sarasota Mayor Erik Arroyo
Welcome to season five! Kicking things off, our first guest of this new season is Sarasota Florida Mayor Erik Arroyo. If you’re a regular around these parts, you know that we love an active mayor,...
Climate Week En Review: July 22, 2022
July! July! For the last time in my career as a mom, I have to get up early on Saturday for a swim meet. My younger son will officially retire from swimming after tomorrow's divisional meet, where...
Climate Week En Review: July 15, 2022
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. Really, friends, abundant amounts of ice cream is the only way to get through these dog days of summer and the gridlock that is Congress. So cone...
June Poll Results: Should nuclear be part of the clean energy solution?
Every month, republicEn asks 3 Questions for the EcoRight to learn more about our community. We hear the word nuclear often within the EcoRight community. Our EcoRight...
Climate Week En Review: July 8, 2022
Hello and happy birthday to us. Readers, it was ten years ago that Bob Inglis launched the Energy and Enterprise Institute, which evolved to become republicEn.org. One of the first EcoRight groups...
Raising hands in Chautauqua
Photo courtesy of Georgia Pressley/The Chautauquan Daily. I asked the 2,000 folks in the Chautauqua amphitheater on the Fourth of July to raise their hands if they were right of center. And then I...
Climate Week En Review: July 1, 2022
Happy 4th of July weekend! Hoping that whatever you have planned is just what you need to relax and recharge. This week's must read: The big news of the week was the Supreme Court decision on EPA...