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.
Kelly put kibosh on climate science trial
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly killed a plan by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to challenge climate science by organizing a set of "red team, blue team" debates pitting climate scientists...
Climate Week En Review March 9, 2018
We can barely keep up with all the good news. In case you missed any, check out what the EcoRight is up to. This week's must watch: Alex Bozmoski takes LibertyCon by storm, participating in the...
Conservative Hoosiers seeing green
There is something in the air... this week, the Indiana Conservative Alliance for Energy (ICAE) was launched to advocate for an "all of the above" energy strategy that includes clean and renewable...
Party on: Caucus grows
The House Climate Solutions Caucus gained another pair of members. Republican Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon from Puerto Rico is the latest to join. In #PuertoRico we've experienced firsthand the...
White House loses carbon tax advocate
Gary Cohn, the President's director of the National Economic Council and the highest ranking carbon tax advocate in the White House, resigned yesterday amid a disagreement with his boss over steel...
Young conservatives… believe in pro-environmental values
The American Conservation Coalition, founded by Benji Backer out of his frustration with the environmental policies (or lack thereof) of the national party infrastructure, is working with college...
Reflections on LibertyCon
As you know if you watch our social media feeds, republicEn.org's Alex, Kevin and Wen spent the weekend at LibertyCon, a conference sponsored by Students for Liberty, a growing network of...
College Republicans activate
As reported yesterday, nationwide scores of college Republicans are organizing under the coalition Students for Carbon Dividends in support of a cap and dividend approach to addressing climate...
Climate Week En Review March 2, 2018
The weekend is blowing its way through the eastern seaboard and with it, an energized coalition of new EcoRight leaders who have us jazzed to do the work with do. Read more about who they are and...
New student group emerges
Students for Carbon Dividends, a new student-led coalition that aims to promote free market climate solutions and bipartisan climate policy action is supporting a cap and dividend approach to...
Gov. Baker makes Massachusetts climate resilient
In Massachusetts, GOP Gov. Charlie Baker has been taking steps to build resiliency in light of a changing climate. Most recently, three Western Massachusetts communitiesPittsfield, Palmer, and...
Climate Week En Review February 23, 2018
Welcome to another recap of another busy week of highs and lows. Without further ado... This week's must read: A new brand of Republicans: The rise of conservatives conservationists (Columbus...