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.
An interview with Katharine Hayhoe
In an interview with The Guardian, Katharine Hayhoe, atmospheric scientist, director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University, and dear friend to the EcoRight, unleashed about recent...
Climate Week En Review, January 4, 2019
Welcome to 2019! The EcoRight has high hopes for the year ahead. Here's why: Mayor Jim Brainard leads the practical climate fight from Carmel, Indiana and has his pulse on the feelings of mayors...
Rooney sprints forward on climate
Conservative Congressman Francis Rooney says not only that he accepts climate change science, but that he thinks the U.S. needs to get tough in our response, which is why he's a lead supporter of a...
Climate Week En Review, December 21, 2018
Are you making a list? Checking it twice? We are too. But this week in honor of the holiday spirit, we're going to skip the climate naughty and focus on the climate nice. A Christmas greeting from...
Flake and Coons introduce carbon bill
Arizona's retiring Senator Jeff Flakewho last month called the IPCC report on climate change "pretty dire"joined Delaware's Sen. Chris Coons to introduce the Senate companion to the Energy...
Must watch: on the political peril of disagreeing with your party
Two House Republicans who lost their bids for re-election sat down to chat with PBS News Hour to talk about the political peril of disagreeing with your party. Rep. Mark Sanford, who lost his...
Climate Week En Review, December 14, 2018
Coming at you from Seattle, where my body thinks the time is three hours later than it really is and the sky really is always gray except I caught a glimpse of blue just an hour after my arrival....
Murkowski continues to highlight need for climate action
Alaska's Senator Lisa Murkowski is again pointing to the rapid changes her home state is experiencing due to climate change. Speaking at the American Geophysical Union's fall meeting, she called the...
Hogan-Northam team up on climate
Maryland's Governor Larry Hogan co-authored an opinion piece with Virginia's Governor Ralph Northam on state leadership on climate change. "Our most important job as governors is ensuring the safety...
Climate Week En Review, December 7, 2018
This week as our nation paid respects to an American hero, it felt like we grew a little closer. Read on for my tribute to the quiet climate legacy of the late George H.W. Bush. This week's must...
Wednesday EcoRight Reads
We're at the halfway point in the week. What's caught our eye so far this week? Why This Republican Mayor Spoke at Bernie Sanders's Climate Town Hall We've featured the work of Georgetown, Texas...
The Terminator promises: “I’ll be back”
California's outspoken former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke at the United Nations climate conference in Poland yesterday, assuring delegates "America is more than just Washington or one...