Join FCNL’s Sustainable Energy and Environment team on Call to Conscience to connect with activists across the country.
Former Rep. Bob Inglis (SC-04) will be our guest. He will talk about his journey with climate policy, the role that his faith plays in his approach to climate issues, and provide insights on what might come next for U.S. and international climate policy.
Speakers
Bob Inglis is the Executive Director of RepublicEn, a grassroots community-building effort to educate Americans about conservative solutions to climate change.
Inglis was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1992, having never run for office. He represented Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (SC-04), from 1993-1998, unsuccessfully challenged Sen. Fritz Hollings (SC) in 1998, and then returned to the practice of commercial real estate law in Greenville, S.C. In 2004, he was re-elected to Congress and served until losing reelection in the South Carolina Republican primary of 2010.
In 2011, Inglis went full-time into promoting free enterprise action on climate change and launched the Energy and Enterprise Initiative (“E&EI”) at George Mason University in July 2012. In the fall of 2014, E&EI rebranded to become RepublicEn.
RepublicEn is a growing grassroots community of over 10,000 Americans educating the country about free-enterprise solutions to climate change. The organization is a 501(c)(3) operation hosted at the George Mason University Foundation and educates, recruits and organizes conservative voices for action on climate change.
Clarence Edwards leads FCNL’s work on sustainable energy and environmental policy. He brings to FCNL extensive experience in government relations, issue advocacy, and strategic communications.
Clarence has represented the policy interests of governments, nongovernmental organizations, and foundations. Prior to joining FCNL, Clarence spent six years at the Australian Embassy in the United States, where he advised on strategies to engage the Congress and executive branch. As a lobbyist and advocate, he represented the interests of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, the ONE Campaign, and the Enough Project. He has also served as a congressional appropriations liaison for the Department of Energy, managed congressional outreach for the Council on Foreign Relations, and served in the Bureau of Public Affairs at the Department of State.
