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.
Heavy hitters meet in Ohio to discuss climate
Two former GOP governors, John Kasich from Ohio and Arnold Schwarzenegger from Californiawho together with former U.S. Senator and Secretary of State John Kerry co-founded World War Zero, a...
Climate Week En Review, March 6, 2020
Happy Friday! What a week, huh? Between Super Tuesday and the coronavirus, there is certainly a lot of news to digest, which is why we are eternally grateful for your readership. ( ??: Alex Posner,...
Romney lists climate as top three worry
Utah Senator Mitt Romney, a leading EcoRight climate voice in the U.S. Senate, called climate change one of his three greatest fears to "standing applause from the crowd." (FTR the other two are the...
Spotlight on John Sweeney
We love seeing our people's names in print, so finding the Newsday profile on John Sweeney was a welcome way to usher in Monday. In the article What's your climate hope for 2020? John says:...
Climate Week En Review, Leap Day Eve
We get an extra day this year to work on climate change! Funny story, my younger son was due on February 29th, but for the first and only time in his life, he was early. So a few days ago, he turned...
Utah makes strides
The Beehive State has done a 180 over where it was ten years ago. In 2010, the Utah state legislature passed a resolution denying climate change. But that position started to unravel over the last...
DeSantis needs new climate czar
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis needs a new climate czar. After serving less than six months in the first-in-the-nation role, Florida's first chief resilience officer, Julia Nesheiwat, is leaving her post...
Hello, Monday! What’s up?
What's newsy today, you ask? Reader beware: This report from the BBC on misinformation on Twitter caught our eye. According to a study conducted by Brown University, "a quarter of posts about...
Climate Week En Review, February 21, 2020
As you read this, I'm touring a college campus with my first born, who is 100 percent going to leave me in the fall. Hold on, I have something in my eye...?? ?Utah College Republicans, activate:...
Climate Week En Review: Valentine’s Edition
????Happy Valentines Day, Dear Reader! ???? Thank you for continuing to tune in to this diary of EcoRight activity. My heart is full of appreciation for you and the good work we do together. All the...
House GOP rolls out carbon capture bills
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, flanked by Rep. Garret Graves and other clean energy allies, rolled out the first tranche of GOP climate bills, intended at carbon capture, one of the tools for...
LTE of the week: Senators bridge partisan divide to work on climate
We love seeing our spokespeople published so three cheers for Tyler Gillette and his Letter to the Editor (LTE) that ran today in the Columbus Dispatch thanking Senator Rob Portman for joining the...