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 Speak, episode 26: FERC Commissioner Neil Chatterjee
What a fitting way to wrap up the EcoRight Speak's inaugural season. For our final episode, we feature Neil Chatterjee, a commissioner on the Federal Energy Regulator Commission (FERC), in his...
Climate Week En Review, December 11, 2020
Hello! Welcome to my screenplay about the EcoRight. Just kidding, there is no screenplay... but here's what caught my eye this week. This week's first must read: Climate Change: Many of the states...
EcoRight Speaks, episode 25, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
For our silver anniversary, you brought you a very special guest. Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is a dealmaker. He’s one of the members of the U.S. Senate who, while feeling passionately...
Climate Week En Review: December 4, 2020
Welcome to December, the best month of the year! I hope everyone had a lovely and safe Thanksgiving. We did, but no one shared a dessert recipe for me to try out. Now I'm collecting Christmas cookie...
EcoRight Speaks, Episode 24: MIT climate scientist Kerry Emanuel
Welcome back from Thanksgiving! We hope you had a restful and safe holiday weekend. Thanks to listeners who weighed in and asked to hear from a climate scientist. For this week's episode, I’m...
Trying to talk to family about climate change? Here’s how (Podcast)
Before convening for Thanksgiving dinner or over Zoom, we encourage our community to listen to the latest episode of the "How to Save a Planet" podcast. Their episode this week is titled Trying to...
Climate Week En Review: November 20, 2020
As we head into the week of Thanksgiving, I just wanted to note that I am grateful to all the readers, listeners, and action takers in this EcoRight Community! Thank you for your kind words and your...
EcoRight Speaks, episode 23: Jerome Hewlett
Today we are happy to bring to our listeners my conversation withJerome Hewlett, a board member of Citizens' Climate Education, a branch of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, which you have come to know...
Climate Week En Review: November 13, 2020
It's Friday the 13th... but don't let that jinx your day. You made it through another week and there is less than two weeks until Thanksgiving. I'm looking for new dessert options, so if you have...
EcoRight Speaks, episode 22: Alliance for Market Solutions head Alex Flint
Coming at you for our 22nd episode is my conversation with former Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee staff director and current head of the Alliance for Market Solutions, Alex Flint. Alex...
Climate Week En Review, November 6, 2020
Wow... what a week. Is everyone else exhausted? Ready to go on a news diet? Before you tighten your belt, we share our community's reactions to the Election... EcoRight Speaks, episode twenty-one:...
EcoRight Speaks, episode 21: unpacking the election
In a shift from our usual programming, we decided to bring you our raw reactions to Election Day (well, what we knew at time of recording at lunch on Wednesday, November 4th). So, without further...