Politics

New York State Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has been an unwavering voice in Congress, emphasizing the importance of environmental protections. The mother of two young boys, she has pointed to the connection between children’s health and the air they breathe.

In a survey by the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, of 726 Republicans or Republican-leaning Independents, it was found that a slim majority of the participants (52%) believe that climate change is real. As a Conservative Republican, this statistic saddens me because it 

Mothers called lawmakers on May 9th in Lansing, Michigan to put partisanship aside and be MOMpartisian to make Michigan a better place to raise a family. Members of the Mothering Justice, Moms Clean Air Force, along with several other mother’s organizations gathered in the Capitol...

It hasn’t been a great week for moving the American environmental agenda forward. On Thursday, the Republican members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works decided to boycott the vote on Gina McCarthy’s nomination. However, on a positive note, the Safe Climate Caucus,...

This is a press release from the office of Senator Rob Portman: Just a few short weeks after its introduction, the energy efficiency and job creation strategy proposed by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today passed the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural...