EcoRight News
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.
FEMA four-year plan doesn’t mention climate change
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the federal entity responsible for dealing with the impacts left by natural disasters, stripped the words climate change from the 2018-2022 strategic...
Climate Week En Review March 16, 2018
Happy St. Patrick's Day Eve! May you find that four-leaf clover and all your climate wishes come true. This week's must watch: She's back... Dr. Katharine Hayhoe asks: Does messaging with fear...
Out with the old, in with the old
A week after the announced departure of Gary Cohn, President Donald Trump's National Economic Council director, the White House lost another carbon tax supporter, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in...
Stefanik takes on climate resiliency
New York's Rep. Elise Stefanik, the lead sponsor of a GOP climate resolution who last year led the Republican charge against a bad climate change amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act,...
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...