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Former GOP Rep Touts Market Solutions To Climate Change

Courtesy of the Energy and Enterprise Initiative

Bob Inglis believes in climate change and that doomed his re-election bid in 2010. The South Carolina Republican lost his Congressional seat after being targeted by the Tea Party. But he continues his quest to find climate solutions based on free enterprise. Inglis launched the Energy and Enterprise Initiative last year at George Mason University. He was in Albuquerque this week and spoke with KUNM’s Megan Kamerick.

Megan has been a journalist for 25 years and worked at business weeklies in San Antonio, New Orleans and Albuquerque. She first came to KUNM as a phone volunteer on the pledge drive in 2005. That led to volunteering on Women’s Focus, Weekend Edition and the Global Music Show. She was then hired as Morning Edition host in 2015, then the All Things Considered host in 2018. Megan was hired as News Director in 2021.
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