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.
Blackburn says Earth is cooling
Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn, surrogate to Donald Trump, took to the airwaves to discuss the GOP presidential candidate's position on climate change. When asked if she thinks climate change is a...
Lawmakers introduce new climate bill
In the U.S. House of Representative, Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Rep. Bob Dold (R-IL), and Rep. Chris Gibson (R-NY) joined four Democratic colleagues to introduce the Climate Solutions Commission...
Pence shift on climate, pivots away from Trump
Vice Presidential candidate and Indiana Governor Mike Pence distanced himself from running mate Donald Trump on the issue of climate change, while also explaining the meaning behind the much talked...
Trump denies climate hoax comment
The first presidential debate did not include a direct line of questioning on climate change, despite pleas from several different outlets for NBC News moderator Lester Holt to bring it up in the...
Gov. Gary Johnson defends climate comments
Libertarian candidate and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, appearing on the Sunday program This Week, explained his 2011 comment that "in billions of years, the sun is going to actually grow and...
Environmental groups oppose Washington state carbon tax initiative
A coalition of environmental and social justice groups in Washington state oppose I-732, the $25/metric ton carbon tax ballot initiative supported by some of the state's GOP lawmakers. The member...
Climate Week En Review September 23, 2016
This red star week in climate change, conservatives from 30 states, more than half of them millennials, gathered in Washington, D.C. for the second annual Conservative Clean Energy Summit hosted by...
Conservatives gather to talk clean energy, climate
Conservatives from 30 states, more than half of them millennials, gathered in Washington, D.C. yesterday for the second annual Conservative Clean Energy Summit hosted by the Christian Coalition and...
Johnson answers climate question
In written response to a questionnaire administered by Science Debate, Libertarian presidential nominee and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson acknowledged that greenhouse gas emissions...
Senate candidate calls technology key to climate
Washington GOP Senate candidate Chris Vance calls for the "need to take climate change, particularly ocean acidification, seriously.""But new technology is the key to protecting our climate, not new...
Gov. Charlie Baker issues climate adaptation plan
On Friday, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed an executive order directing state agencies to develop and implement a climate adaptation plan for the state. "Combatting and preparing for the...
Retiring Texas lawmaker reflects on environmental stewardship
Retiring Texas Rep. Jim Keffer (R-Eastland), who has served in the state legislature for 20 years and is the current chair of the energy and natural resources committee, talked in an interview with...