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.
Climate Week En Review, January 15, 2021
Hello, and welcome back. A sincere thanks to those who reached out in response to last week's post. I appreciate you and your kind words during these challenging times. Getting back into the spirit...
Season two of the EcoRight Speaks starts now!
Happy New Year and welcome to the second season of the EcoRight Speaks. We are happy to share with you today my conversation and Luke Orlando, a young conservative for Texas who is serving on the...
Climate Week En Review: January 8, 2021
I don't have my usual set of optimistic words. Like many, on Wednesday I was glued to my three screens watching coverage of insurgents attempting a coup against our democracy. I saw terrorists...
Welcome 2021: what’s on our climate radar?
Happy New Year from the EcoRight! We aren't in the business of jinxing things, so without casting aspersions on the quality of the year ahead, there are some climate high points we are taking...
Climate Year En Review: Goodbye, 2020!
2020 has been one for the record books. As we look to put this year to rest, we thought it would be nice to reflect upon some major moments and accomplishments in the past year. January: Who even...
Climate Week En Review, December 18, 2020
And here we are, coming to the end of another year of EcoRight-landia! Be sure to keep eyes on your inbox for my yearly review, coming at you sometime between Christmas and New Year's Eve. No one...
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...