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.
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...
Climate Week En Review, January 18, 2019
Happy Friday from the land of snow, ice, freezing rain, and wild temperature variability. We aren't going to complain about winter weather in winter, though more than just the random glimpse of blue...
Idaho’s new governor calls for climate action
Governor Brad Little, elected to serve the State of Idaho in November, surprised attendees of the Idaho Environmental Forum with his response to a question on climate change. "Climate is changing,...
Florida governor’s sweeping environmental plan
Florida's newly elected Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans to open a resiliency office as part of a sweeping environmental roll-out that includes an extra $1 billion for Everglades restoration and...
Former fed leaders, top economists rally around carbon tax
Forty-five economists, including former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, signed a statement supporting a carbon tax. "Global climate change is a serious problem calling for immediate...
Rooney snags caucus co-chairmanship
Florida Rep. Francis Rooney will serve as Republican co-chair of the House Climate Solutions Caucus, replacing former delegation mate Rep. Carlos Curbelo, who helped found the group with another...