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.
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...
Lawmakers introduce climate prize bill
Republican Rep. John Faso from New York joined Democrat Rep. Dan Lipinski from Illinois to introduce the Challenges and Prize for Climate Act of 2018, a bill which would establish a program called...
Collins calls for bipartisan spirit
Echoing sentiment recently expressed by her colleague Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Maine's Sen. Susan Collins noted that the state of U.S. politics is "more polarized" than it has ever been. "We are tending...
Arizona conservative pushes solar
Former GOP lawmaker and utility regulator Andy Tobin is pushing for Arizona to harness the sun for a greater percentage of the state's power needs. Tobin, a member of the Arizona Corporation...
Senators introduce bill balancing jobs, environment
Republican Senators John Kennedy, Susan Collins and Bill Cassidy joined Democratic colleagues to introduce the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act, a bill which would accelerate the...
Director of National Intelligence warns of climate threat
Former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats, the Director of the National Intelligence, testified on Capitol Hill this week about the "abrupt" threat posed by climate change. "The impacts of the long-term trends...
Climate Week En Review February 16, 2018
Dearest ecoright Valentines, it's another week in the bag. And what a week it's been. We get you caught up below: ICYMI: Don't believe in climate change? Energy companies do (Houston Chronicle)...
No surprise: Trump budget axes climate programs
President Donald Trump released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2019, which includes a 34 percent cut for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, taking the agency down to 1990 spending...
Sen. Murkowski speaks truth to power
Alaska's Sen. Lisa Murkowski, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, called climate changeand human activity's impact on global temperatures"fact" in an address made to the...