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 Caucus takes to the House floor
On Wednesday evening, members of both parties from the House Climate Solutions Caucus took to the floor to make their case for climate action and to build support for the expanding bipartisan club....
Ecoright News Wrap November 1, 2017
We blinked and it's November... how did that happen? We'd like to blink and see a carbon tax enacted! Conservatives push carbon tax: As Congress turns to tax code overhaul, conservatives are pushing...
Ecoright News Wrap October 30, 2017
It's All Hallow's Eve Eve and to celebrate, here's some candy, I mean, ecoright climate news. Hail the mayors! We have another Republican mayor to add to our All Star list. Mayor R. Rex Parris of...
Climate Week En Review October 27, 2017 (pre-Halloween edition)
Another week is in the ecoright books. Here is the news we've been following: This week's must watch: Was this latest hurricane caused by global warming or not? " So where's the truth? It turns out...
Ecoright News Wrap October 24, 2017
Good afternoon! Here is today's top ecoright climate news. Climate's pricey tab: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report citing the billion of dollars the U.S. already spends due...
Ecoright News Wrap October 23, 2017
Happy Monday! We love starting off the week with good news and we love even more the chance to share it with you. Another mayor getting it done: Check out this profile of Georgetown, Texas Mayor...
Climate Week En Review October 20, 2017
Was this a week of Thursdays for anyone else? But here we are on Friday (birthday of ClimateEye's mom's mom) ready to share the best ecoright news of the week. This week's must watch: Renewable...
Wednesday ecoright news wrap: *heavy sigh* edition
Welcome to your Wednesday ecoright news wrap. Somedays you get good news. Somedays are a mixed bag. And others? Well... here's the good, the bad, and the ugly for today: U.S. signs G7 climate-hunger...
Early Monday Morning News…
Here's the news we woke up to this Monday morning Support for carbon tax on the rise: New polling shows that a majority of registered votersroughly 66 percentsupport taxing fossil fuel in...
Climate Week En Review October 13, 2017
It's Friday the 13th, but don't let the date scare you. We have all the juicy, heartwarming ecoright climate news right here. This week's must watch (in addition to the Upstanders video below):...
Bringing America Together on Climate Change
On the day that Starbucks released a new film depicting his interactions on an island in the Chesapeake struggling with sea level rise, republicEn.org executive director Bob Inglis said today that...
Ecoright News Wrap October 10, 2017
Welcome back from the long weekend. Here's what's on our radar today. Upstanders: Check out this film, The Disappearing Island, which chronicles Tangier, Virginia, population just north of 400,...