July 31, 2019
Stories about Politics
July 30, 2019
Democratic Debate Tonight: What Might CNN Ask?
The second Democratic debate tonight and tomorrow night, which is being held in Detroit, offers CNN an opportunity to ask some environment/climate questions that are particularly of interest due to the local audience who are drawn from a “frontline...July 29, 2019
Gillibrand and Steyer Roll Out Detailed Climate Plans
Last week Democratic Presidential candidates Tom Steyer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand both issued impressively detailed and comprehensive climate change plans. Senator Gillibrand rolled out her plan on Medium, calling it a climate change “moonshot” and...July 26, 2019
Senate Dems Ask Conservatives for Help in Messaging Climate
Yesterday the members of the Senate Democrats Special Committee on the Climate Crisis interviewed Republican witnesses during a hearing about how Democrats might reach out to conservatives on the issue of climate change. No Republican senators participated and...July 25, 2019
Tweet of the Week: Sen. Schatz of Hawaii
My prediction is that even the redacted Mueller Report will demonstrate that the last five years were all the hottest on record and that climate change is costing us tens billions of dollars. — Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) April 16, 2019 This week it seemed as if...July 22, 2019
One Troll Thing: Trump Reelection Campaign Sells $15 Plastics Straws
President Trump has made it evident that he has bigger problems than plastic straws but that hasn’t stopped his campaign from selling them in an effort to troll the conservation community….at $15 for 10 straws, no less. “Liberal paper straws don’t work,”...July 17, 2019
Senate Dems Hold First Climate Hearing Highlighting Actions By Mayors
Yesterday, Senate Democrats determined to work around Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s unwillingness to legislate on the climate crisis, held their first hearing highlighting the work to combat climate change being undertaken by mayors across the U.S. ...July 14, 2019
Republican Members of Congress Form Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Caucus
On Wednesday, a handful of Republican Senators and Congressmen formed their own conservation caucus saying that they wanted to demonstrate that their party cares about the environment and even climate change. They call themselves the Teddy Roosevelt Conservation...July 12, 2019
This is an excerpt of an Op/Ed that was first published in The Washington Post. It is reprinted with their permission. Monica Medina, an adjunct professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, is an independent consultant and co-founder and...
July 6, 2019