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, February 7, 2020
What a week, huh? I think we could all stand a little humor. So I'm here to report that the Groundhog did not see his shadow, meaning early spring. Because we all trust small mammals to make...
Florida’s chief science officer calls for emissions reduction
The state's first ever Chief Science Officer, Thomas Frazer, a University of Florida professor with a Ph.D. in biological sciences, spoke about the need to reduce carbon emissions as well as to...
Manic Monday, redux
Some Mondays mornings take longer than others to wade through the climate change news articles/essays that ran over the weekend. Today was one of those daysand I promise I wasn't distracted by...
Climate Week En Review, January 31, 2020
Happy last day of January, the month that both flew by and dragged on. Onward to February and an extra day (leap year!) to do good work Youth demand action: Newsflash: young conservatives want...
Utah Rep launches #CurtisClimateChat
Utah Rep. John Curtis, who represents the 3rd district, launched a Twitter conversation on climate change, which he will hold every couple of days. Starting a new weekly series, #CurtisClimateChat....
WY governor calls climate change “most important issue on earth”
At the Wyoming Press Association's annual winter convention, Gov. Mark Gordon called climate change the "single-most important issue on earth" and noted that "it's critical for us and it's critical...
Not my grapes!
As if this job isn't hard enough, climate change is going to wreck wine. We really can't have nice things. According to a study by the National Academy of Sciences' online journal, more than half of...
Young conservatives want climate action
Newsflash: young conservatives want climate action. (But we knew that.) According to a new survey issued by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, 80 percent of voters between the ages of 18 to 29 say that...
Climate Week En Review, January 24, 2020
Hello, EcoRight! I hope this week's update finds you well, warm, and ready to read all about our forward progress in getting our messages out loud and clear. ?? Spotlight on spokespeople: We are...
House GOP coalesce around framework
The Republican caucus has been meeting and talking about a climate change plan since late last year, and now there seems to be a framework for action. According to Amy Harder at Axios, "trees,...
Schwarzenegger: GND is “marketing tool”
In an interview with The Atlantic, outspoken Terminator and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger dismissed the Green New Deal as a "marketing tool" and "bogus," noting that "to me, the...
Climate Week En Review, January 17, 2020
Good morning/afternoon/evening! Whether you're a first time reader or have tuned in since the very first edition, I appreciate you! Read on to catch the best EcoRight news of the week. This week's...