While we spend a lot of our time working across the state of Indiana, we make another stop in the midwest this week on the podcast, as Ohio Conservative Energy Forum executive director Sarah Spence joins the show! Spence shares how Ohio is leading the region on clean energy and solar projects, especially potential state-level legislation regarding community solar. 

We recently partnered with Spence and her team at the Ohio Conservative Energy Forum to host a local event in Cincinnati. And we're excited to have her voice on this week's episode. In the meantime, we hope everyone has a fun and safe upcoming Memorial Day weekend!

Climate Interactive Executive Director and Co-Founder Andrew Jones said more policymakers are utilizing the En-ROADS simulation a lot more lately. Listen to past interviews from the EcoRight Speaks!

Climate Interactive co-founder Andrew Jones explains the transparency factor which can be changed and shifted in the En-ROADS simulation. Check out the En-ROADS simulation tool online!

Climate Interactive's Andrew Jones on what sparked his idea for creating En-ROADS, the online simulator for exploring cross-sector climate solutions. Catch the entire interview online at: https://republicen.org/podcast!

You've heard a few of our past guests mention him recently and it's time we welcomed Climate Interactive Executive Director and Co-Founder Andrew Jones to the EcoRight Speaks! Jones created the popular interactive, online tool En-ROADS, allowing anyone to explore and see the long-term effects of global climate policies. 

En-ROADS is a free simulator used by policymakers, educators, businesses, the media, and the public with the ability to test cross-sector climate solutions while factoring in hunters of variables like energy prices, temperature, air quality and sea-level rise. 

Jones details where the idea for En-ROADS came from and how an interactive tool is more effective because "research shows that showing people research doesn't work," a premise coined by a fellow MIT Sloan colleague. This tool is used to help improve people's "mental models" in actionable ways versus laying out pages of data and research. 

Dr. Edward Maibach shares an example of how a doctor talked more about climate change in the exam room, which made a difference to patients. Catch the entire episode or past episodes of the podcast right here!

George Mason University's Dr. Edward Maibach explains that it's the relationships as the key to why conservatives trust their family and doctors the most on climate change.

Find out more about GMU's Center for Climate Change Communication!

GMU Center for Climate Change Communication director Dr. Edward Maibach says the survey data shows that conservatives trust their doctor(s) more regarding climate change than anybody else outside of their friends and family.

Catch the entire interview: https://republicen.org/podcast!

At republicEn.org, we're fortunate to be based out of George Mason University's Center for Climate Change Communication led by Dr. Edward Maibach. He also co-directs the Climate Change in the American Mind polling project with Yale’s Anthony Leiserowitz, a climate reporting resources program that supports TV weathercasters as local climate educators.

Dr. Maibach joins host Chelsea Henderson this week to discuss credible messengers on climate change and how public health professionals are considered among the most trusted voices on the issue. He says that the data shows that conservative Americans put more trust in what their doctor(s) say about climate than anybody else except family and friends. 

Don't miss this interview with Dr. Maibach as he shares and explains the data collected on how personal relationships matter and also shape Americans' views on climate change! 

William & Mary student Emily O'Keefe shares how she plans to continue growing the fee and dividend movement on college campuses.