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.
The ecoright reacts to Trump’s climate shift
In the wake of President Donald Trump's sweeping Executive Order various members of the ecoright community responded. Here is a snapshot of their reactions: Mayor Jim Brainard (Carmel, IN): "It...
Trump rolls back climate regulations
By executive order, President Donald Trump made good on a campaign promise to dismantle the Clean Power Plan. His directive also dismantles requirements that federal agencies, including the...
Miami mayor urges climate action
Republican Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado, a vocal supporter for climate change action, highlighted in his eighth and final State of the City address the severity of the climate-related impacts the city...
Climate Week En Review March 24, 2017
This week's must read: How Trump Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the (Climate) Bomb (Foreign Policy)This week's other must read: Climate Leadership in the Trump Era (Ensia)This week in climate...
Climate jester of the week… March 24, 2017
This week's climate jester of the week award goes to Maine state representative Larry Lockman, who introduced a bill to add a person's belief (or lack thereof) in climate change to the state's law...
Band of climate champions continues to speak out
Republican co-signers of a conservative climate change resolution, 13 of whom also serve on the bipartisan House Climate Solutions Caucus, continue to talk about why they are committed to pushing...
Curbelo invites Pruitt to Florida
Florida's Rep. Carlos Curbelo, who co-founded the House Climate Solutions Caucus and helped spearhead last week's reintroduction of a Republican-backed climate change resolution, has invited U.S....
Climate Week En Review March 17, 2017
This week's must read: Republicans Break Ranks with Pledge to Fight Climate Change (Bloomberg) This week's must watch: Rep. Elise Stefanik takes to the House floor. This week, amid concerns that...
Climate jester of the week…
We couldn't pick our favorite absurd climate change comment of the week, so the ClimateEye Jester hat goes jointly to Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney and Oklahoma Sen. Jim...
Ecoright champions reintroduce climate resolution
Seventeen House Republicans, led by Reps. Elise Stefanik (NY-21), Carlos Curbelo (FL-26) and Ryan Costello (PA-6) re-introduced a climate change resolution with a record level of support. The...
Secretary of Defense veers from Trump on climate-security link
In written response to questions for the record posed during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing, Secretary of Defense James Mattis said that climate change is "impacting...
Climate Week En Review March 10, 2017
This week's must read: An Opportunity for Environmentalists It's been a crazy week in climate change news with Scott Pruitt, the new administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,...