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Clip: Corey Kerkela shares where his love of the outdoors came from and what inspired The Fellowship of the Trees Aug 19, 2025

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Corey Kerkela shares where his love of the outdoors came from and what inspired him to help create The Fellowship of the Trees.

Full Ep4: Rotary Club of Vero Beach Oceanside's Corey Kerkela Aug 19, 2025

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If you've listened to past episodes of "EcoRight Speaks," then you know how excited we are about having first-time guests and introducing new topics to our listeners. Corey Kerkela is the president of the Rotary Club of Vero Beach Oceanside in Florida and the chairperson of The Fellowship of the Trees, a group whose mission is to connect communities by combining purposeful intention with action to rewild, regenerate, and restore land and culture, ensuring a thriving Earth for future generations.

Kerkela has been leading tree planting locally in Vero Beach and sees it as a non-partisan action people can take that is good for the environment and for local communities. Our republcEn.org executive director Bob Inglis had the pleasure of meeting Kerkela in person at a recent Rotary Club event in the Sunshine State and just knew Kerkela had to come on the show and share his passion and wisdom.

Catch this refreshing interview with Corey Kerkela and how he and his Vero Beach Rotary Club are making a difference in their local community!

Clip: EDF's David Kieve reminds listeners current partisan energy legislation used to be bipartisan Aug 12, 2025

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EDF's David Kieve reminds listeners that a lot of partisan energy legislation used to be bipartisan with support from both sides of the aisle.

Clip: EDF Action's David Kieve on the importance of holding the door open for conservatives Aug 12, 2025

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EDF Action president David Kieve on the importance of holding the door open for conservatives on climate solutions.

Clip: President David Kieve on his role and work at EDF Action Aug 12, 2025

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President David Kieve shares more about his role and work at EDF Action. Catch David's entire interview online with host Chelsea Henderson!

Full Ep3: President of EDF Action David Kieve Aug 12, 2025

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We're pumped to welcome another first-time guest this week as Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Action president David Kieve joins host Chelsea Henderson. Kieve talks about EDF's political advocacy in addressing climate change and its bipartisan work reaching out to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

Kieve also discusses how important their work is in cultivating conservative lawmakers and being helpful when they do come around on climate. He also touches on the bipartisan nature of the production tax credit, Inflation Reduction Act and the role of clean energy in the American economy. Catch this week's interview with EDF's David Kieve!

Clip: Former republicEn contributor and writer Mary Anna Mancuso on pitching climate change from different angles Aug 05, 2025

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Former republicEn contributor and writer Mary Anna Mancuso on pitching climate change from different angles. Follow her column "The Point" at the Miami Herald.

Clip: Miami Herald Editorial Board member Mary Anna Mancuso on the voice of editorials vs columns Aug 05, 2025

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Miami Herald Editorial Board member Mary Anna Mancuso on the voice of editorials vs columns and her enjoyment of writing opinion pieces.

Clip: Mary Anna Mancuso on her new job working as an Editorial Board member and opinion writer at the Miami Herald Aug 05, 2025

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After many years as a republicEn contributor and longtime member of the EcoRight community, Mary Anna Mancuso on her new job working as an Editorial Board member and opinion writer at the Miami Herald.

Full Ep2: Miami Herald Editorial Board member Mary Anna Mancuso Aug 05, 2025

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Have you ever wondered how a media outlet editorial board works? How does an editorial board land on ideas, research and write not only the opinion pieces, but individual columns?

In this episode, Mary Anna Mancuso, a veteran political strategist and one of the most widely published EcoRight opinion writers, discusses her new job on the editorial staff at the Miami Herald. Mancuso, a former member of the republicEn community, brings a conservative perspective to her role at the Herald, including her new column, The Point.

It's been a while since we had her on, but we're excited to welcome back Mary Anna Mancuso!