I love getting to feature another author and this week was particularly special because I have known Sherri Goodman for over 15 years and widely credit her with sparking the climate change interest of my old boss, Senator John Warner. By Chelsea Henderson EcoRight News/ RepublicEN She talked to us about her recently published book, Threat Multiplier: Climate. Military […]
Here we go again! It’s definitely spooky season, so get your candy bowls, carve your pumpkins, pull the costumes out. And if your state is open for early voting, get out and vote! By Chelsea Henderson EcoRight News/ RepublicEN This week’s must read: To Gen X, Gen Y, and Gen Z (The Laurel Outlook) I love seeing […]
The UK government has announced it will invest almost £22 billion in carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects over the next 25 years. The technology works by capturing CO₂ as it is being emitted by a power plant or another polluter, then storing it underground. Mark Maslin, UCL The Conversation This sounds great in theory. […]
It’s always a pleasure to welcome Greg Bertelsen, the CEO of the Climate Leadership Council, to the podcast. By Chelsea Henderson EcoRight News/ RepublicEN He joins us this week to talk about the Council’s latest research report, Prioritizing American Interests: A New Strategy for Global Decarbonization. What are the challenges and opportunities of global decarbonization and how can the […]
In honor of Florida Climate Week, I hosted a conversation between two conservative climate leaders: former Reps. Bob Inglis and Carlos Curbelo. By Chelsea Henderson EcoRight News/ RepublicEN I’m happy to bring the audio of that important conversation to my listeners, particularly those who missed Florida Climate Week. What are they proud of? What gives them hope for the […]
Welcome to DeBriefed, an essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. By Ayesha Tandon Carbon Brief DEMAND SURGING: The International Energy Agency (IEA) published its annual World Energy Outlook report – a “comprehensive” summary of global energy trends – the New York Times reported. The outlet said, over the next decade, the world will […]
Centuries ago, estuaries around the world were teeming with birds and turbulent with schools of fish, their marshlands and endless tracts of channels melting into the gray-blue horizon. Fast-forward to today, and in estuaries such as New York Harbor, San Francisco Bay and Miami’s Biscayne Bay – areas where rivers meet the sea – 80% to […]
TGIF, readers! The nights are cooling. The leaves are turning a glorious plethora of hues. It’s time for social gatherings around the fire pit and sleeping with the windows open. Enjoy every moment of the most glorious season of all! By Chelsea Henderson EcoRight News/ RepublicEN But first, check out our updates. EcoRight Speaks, Season […]
Atmospheric rivers – those long, narrow bands of water vapor in the sky that bring heavy rain and storms to the U.S. West Coast and many other regions – are shifting toward higher latitudes, and that’s changing weather patterns around the world. The shift is worsening droughts in some regions, intensifying flooding in others, and […]
When the Paris agreement on climate change was gaveled into being in December 2015, it briefly looked like that rarest of things: a political victory for climate activists and delegates from the poorest regions of the world that, due to colonisation by today’s wealthy nations, have contributed little to the climate crisis – but stand […]
Record-breaking sea temperatures across the Gulf of Mexico have been a key ingredient behind some of the intense hurricanes devastating the region this year. In September, Hurricane Helene made landfall on Florida’s “Big Bend” and then stalled over several states to the north dumping “enormous rainfall totals”, resulting in epic flooding which killed at least 220 people. […]
Most Americans will remember 2020 as the year when the pandemic changed everything. But for Lake Charles, Louisiana, and its neighbors along the Gulf Coast, it was also the year of record-setting disasters, when “once-in-a-lifetime” storms hit in such rapid succession that their impacts blurred together. A recent National Academies consensus study I worked on […]
Hurricane Milton is top of mind for the team at republicEn.org. We know many of our Florida members and friends are at best without power and internet, and we cannot imagine the damage that may have been sustained. Hoping for minimal losses and a speedy rebuild, as well as a refocused effort to address climate […]
For this episode of the EcoRight Speaks podcast, we decided to go with a slightly different format. I wanted to be able to share some of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby Third Coast regional conference with you. By Chelsea Henderson EcoRight News/ RepublicEN At this conference a few weeks ago, I delivered the keynote address of […]
Welcome back to our ninth season of the EcoRight Speaks! We are mixing it up with this premiere episode. As you may have guessed, I’m the guest! And our engagement director, Angela Larck, is the host, putting me in the hot seat! By Chelsea Henderson EcoRight News/ RepublicEN Glacial: The Inside Story of Climate Politcs is the […]