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.
Member Spotlight: Stephen’s letter to Rep. Loudermilk
Sometimes our republicEn members take actions that are so outstanding, we've got to share it with the community. Earlier this month, republicEn member Stephen K. of Woodstock, GA wrote a letter to...
Romney: we must “dramatically reduce our emissions”
In this week' s must listen, Utah Senator Mitt Romney, who recently has left the door open to supporting a carbon tax, talked to KCPW radio host Roger McDonough about his views on climate change....
Climate Week En Review, August 23, 2019
Happy Friday! Unrelated to the topic at hand is that today is the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way, a peaceful protest held by my motherland of Latvia and sister countries Lithuania and Estonia....
Meet the EcoRight: Jacob Abel in North Carolina
Meet the #EcoRight! In this series, we profile republicEn members across the country: conservatives, libertarians, and independent thinkers who recognize the seriousness of climate change and...
Romney lauds carbon tax
Utah Senator Mitt Romney, who earlier this year indicated he was assembling a group of GOP Senators interested in working on climate change solutions, said in a speech on Monday that climate change...
Climate Week En Review, August 16, 2019
Am I the only one in the EcoRight not on vacation this week? Even my kids are out of town, sailing, lounging on the beach, while I have searched the ends of the internet for relevant news to share...
Climate Week En Review, August 9, 2019
Everything feels heavy this week. Hug your loved ones. Spend time outside. Take time for you. ??Keep the faith. This week's must read: EcoRight ally Josiah Neely from R Street brought us this...
VIDEO: The Rooney carbon tax bill
In late July, Republican Rep. Francis Rooney of Florida introduced his much anticipated carbon tax bill, the Stemming Warming and Augmenting Pay Act or SWAP Act. What's in the SWAP Act? Watch...
Starting your week off with a bang…
What a way to kick off an already hot week. First there was our Ohio-based spokesperson Tyler Gillette's op-ed in the Columbus Dispatch. In his thought piece EcoRight leads conservatives' call for...
Climate Week En Review, August 2, 2019
Happy August! While this is typically a brutally hot and humid month in the DC area, we're inching close to the best season, fall... when the leaves turn and kids go back to school and sweaters come...
Carbon tax’s triple header
We are in the luxurious position of having multiple carbon tax bills floating around Washington, DC, including two sponsored by Florida's Rep. Francis Rooney, enough to make the EcoRight jump for...
Graves changing face of GOP on climate
Louisiana Rep. Garret Graves, who after much wrangling with leadership earlier this year for "a better way to apply Republican principles" to climate change now serves as the top ranking Republican...