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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is a true Climate Hawk and has one of the few national-level politicians with an extended record of forcefully speaking about the urgent necessity for serious climate action. One element of this record will close out later today with an impressive record: 279 #TimeToWakeUp speeches to draw attention to the climate […]

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A “Climate hawk is [someone] … who work[s] for aggressive steps regarding climate change and clean energy.” Such as, Jay Inslee is a climate Hawk. A Climate Hawk is also a way to describe someone who comes to understanding climate change implications and the necessity for action through a national security lens. A Climate Hawk understands that […]

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For 2020, the Democratic Party is rich in good to extremely good options for nomination to be the next President of the United States of America. From Kamala Harris to Cory Booker, from Jay Inslee to Elizabeth Warren, from … to …, there are literally have dozens of (potential) candidates who would be good person to vote […]

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My political life, other than the unending outrage over the Trump kakistocracy outrages, is dominated by the need to #FlipThe10th — to get rid of #ExtremistComstock and do my part for adding one D to the House.  With that in mind, it is hard with everything in life to be watching with detail races around the […]

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For too long, such a high share of political candidates were (near) silent when it came to climate change that it was simpler to mention the few who ‘talked climate’ as, sadly, Climate Hawks were few and far between. Seriously, this is changing. In Virginia, quite a few of the new House of Delegates candidates […]

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Recently, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has been making some news when it comes to climate change. When climate-science denier Donald Trump declared his intention to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord, Gov. McAuliffe stepped up to declare that Virginia would act to address climate change at the state level. Following an executive order […]

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Yesterday, Lowell Feld and I had the chance to speak with Representative Don Beyer for nearly an hour.  This interview covered a range of issues.  We opened it with a discussion of Don Beyer’s ‘journey’ from car dealer to Climate Hawk. Don Beyer is increasingly seen as a “Climate Hawk”, a policy maker who not only has […]

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