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 15, 2019
Finally, the finish line is in sight for the week that would not end. But on the plus side, it feels like the tide on climate denialism is shifting. Read on. This week's must read: Our friend...
Murkowski: “we can find some common ground”
Addressing the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski said she disagrees with those who say "there is no way we can figure things out in energy...
Science returns to House Science Committee
The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held its first climate change hearing of the year, a week after the Energy and Commerce and the Natural Resources committees held their own...
Florida: the EcoRight State
Florida jumped the EcoRight fold this week when former Rep. Carlos Curbelo penned the op-ed, We cannot run from climate change, especially not the GOP. (Real Clear Politics) "I am one of a small but...
Climate Week En Review, February 8, 2019
Hello! At press time, I will be exploring the wonderful world of Harry Potter (nerd alert). The EcoRight made its own magic this week. via GIPHY This week's must read: Concern about climate change...
Gov. Baker: climate impacts “real”
Testifying on Capitol Hill today, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, a Republican, urged the federal government to take climate action. "We understand the science and know the impacts are real...
Perspectives: the politics of a carbon tax
A University of Chicago's Energy Policy Institute and the APNORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey taken in November demonstrated that a dividend check to Americans is not the most popular...
Climate Week En Review, February 1, 2018
I hope you're staying indoors as much as possible this frosty week! From Florida to Minnesota, winter has come. But it will get abnormally warm soon because I ordered a new down jacket that's...
Terminate climate inaction
via GIPHY Outspoken climate change terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger expressed concern over the lack of urgency to act on climate change. "We really have to take care of our planet for the future of...
Climate Week En Review, January 25, 2019
How is it still January? Greetings and happy Friday. We are slogging through the dregs of the month, buoyed only by the strong will of the EcoRight. via GIPHY College Republicans send message: Led...
Climate attitudes
Nearly half of Americans report they are experiencing impacts of global warming right now, according to a national survey by our friends at the George Mason University Center on Climate Change...
41 College Republican groups sign environment letter
Led by the American Conservation Coalition (ACC), a millennial-founded and driven group which empowers conservatives to re-engage on environmental conversations, 41 state college Republican chairmen...