EcoRight climate news for the week of August 2, 2024

  • Published on August 2nd, 2024

It’s Heat Wave August, with heat advisories today covering about 150 million of us in the U.S. Easily my least favorite month of the year anyway—with the exception of the very last day, which is my dear sister’s birthday—it’s only getting worse thanks to climate change. It’s no wonder Congress adjourns for the month!

EcoRight climate news for the week of August 2, 2024By Chelsea Henderson
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Speaking of adjourning, I’m off to Boulder, Colorado this weekend for my baby brother’s wedding. But I will be back pronto because it’s a very big week next week…

This week’s must read: Experts Share Climate Change Concerns As Election Looms (Forbes) Marhsall Shepherd, a friend of republicEn.org and a leading international expert in weather and climate, gathered feelings from leading climate stakeholders, including our own Bob Inglis.

Bob had this to say:

“I fear that polarization will keep us from seeing the solution that works for both conservatives and progressives: untax payroll income; tax CO2 instead; apply the tax to imports via a carbon border adjustment mechanism. The world will follow our lead because they’d prefer to collect their own carbon tax rather than forking it over to us at our ports of entry. All around the world, greener, cleaner products will be cheaper than dirty products made accountable, and free enterprise will deliver innovation at speed and scale.”

 

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COMING SOON: The EcoRight Speaks, Season Nine!

We are tentatively set to launch the ninth season of the EcoRight Speaks on August 13th, so MARK YOUR CALENDARS! We are busy recording the first suite of episodes and we think you’re going to appreciate the line up of guests we’re planning on!

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REGISTER NOW: A *glacially* monumental webinar!

If you haven’t yet registered for next week’s webinar, what are you waiting for? Join our team at 2:00pm ET on Wednesday, August 7th for a riveting (I promise) discussion of my new book, Glacial: The Inside Story of Climate Politics. The book comes out Tuesday, so grab a copy today! And let me know if you’d like a bookplate signed by yours truly!

Register for the hottest webinar all year here.

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A CHANCE TO WIN: Tickets for Seize the Initiative!

Calling all Salt Lake City members, the first person to reach out to me has a chance to win two free tickets to Seize the Initiative, a one-hour family-friendly romantic comedy at Trolley Square in SLC, part of the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival. Written by Yoram Bauman, the world’s first (only?) stand up economist, the play is running this weekend. And you could score two tickets to the Sunday, August 4th show at 3pm.

Ready, set, email me back, Utah!

And with that, I will see you next week, when I will officially be a published author! Have a good one. And buy my book!

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(Re-posted from RepublicEN, an organization committed to growing U.S. conservative climate leadership.)

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republicEn.org is an organization committed to growing U.S. conservative climate leadership. Members of republicEn are conservatives, libertarians, and pragmatists of diverse political opinion. We stand together because we believe in American free enterprise. We believe that with a true level playing field, free enterprise can deliver the innovation to solve climate change. But America's climate policy needs to change. Change requires that conservative leaders step-up and lead. Climate change is real and we believe it's our duty and our opportunity to reduce the risks. But to make a difference, we have to fight climate change with free enterprise instead of ineffective subsidies and regulations.