CCL Community Bulletin

April 9, 2025 Yesterday, two Republican Senators introduced a bill called the Foreign Pollution Fee Act. It’s led by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). “It is long past time that the polluters of the world, like China and others, pay a price for their policies,” said Sen. Graham in a press release . “This bill calls out the foreign ... more

April 2, 2025 It’s officially Earth Month. How are we celebrating? By digging in to defend America’s clean energy tax credits. You’ve heard us talk about this for a while now. As Republicans in Congress press forward on a budget reconciliation package that could make major cuts to federal spending, these tax credits could be on the chopping block. But ... more

CCL Hawaii has chapters spread all across the islands — but they’re more connected than ever! Hawaii State Coordinators Ron Reilly, Noel Morin, Ashley Boggs and Paul Bernstein coordinate a monthly meeting for all Hawaii chapters. The State Coordinators maintain a website for CCL Hawaii and send a monthly email to all the Hawaii group leaders, who pass ... more

March 26, 2025 We’re just a few days away from April, which is Earth Month — that means there will be an uptick in people’s attention on climate and environmental issues. It’s our time to shine We’ll be using Earth Month to inform and inspire more people to take action to protect America’s clean energy tax credits. One way we’re doing that is by tabling at ... more

In January of this year, climate concerns got a lot more real for members of the CCL Pasadena-Foothills chapter. Their communities in the suburbs of Los Angeles — Pasadena, Altadena, and Sierra Madre — were ground zero for the Eaton Fire earlier this year, estimated to be the second most destructive wildfire in California’s history. Chapter members ... more

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If there was ever an action team that epitomizes CCL’s commitment to relationships, comradery and focus, it’s the Writers Circle. This popular action team offers a place to get inspiration and peer support for writing letters to the editor (LTEs), op-eds, or other media efforts about climate action. Media work is important because members of ... more

March 12, 2025 Last week, CCL staff and right-of-center volunteers headed to Capitol Hill for our annual Conservative Climate Leadership Conference and Lobby Day. On Saturday, we all gathered on Zoom for CCL’s March meeting to debrief about the event. Mindy Ahler, CCL’s Congressional Liaison Program Manager, shared that 50 right-of-center ... more

By Group Leader Steve Selby CCL’s Lynchburg, Virginia, chapter has a small core of very dedicated long-time members. Elli Sparks, now CCL’s Senior Director of Field Operations, worked with our members to get the chapter started in 2014. Lynchburg is 20 miles east of the Appalachian Blue Ridge and 160 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. The city ... more

CCLers are on Capitol Hill today! This week is our 5th annual Conservative Climate Leadership Conference and Lobby Day in D.C., which means right-of-center CCLers are meeting with Republican offices throughout the day. Their goal? To build more Republican support for clean energy and climate policies that we need from Congress. We’re asking ... more

CCL’s Diversity and Inclusion Action started in May 2023 as a space where any CCLer from any background could come and learn about any aspect of diversity and inclusion. In a time when diversity initiatives — and America’s diversity itself — is under a fresh wave of very public attacks from the Trump administration , this team’s work is especially vital. ... more

Feb. 26, 2025 Last night, the House of Representatives passed a budget resolution , which means we’re in a new stage of our push to protect the Inflation Reduction Act’s climate and clean energy measures. The resolution directs all the committees in the House to either spend or cut certain amounts from their budgets for the next 10 years. The Energy & ... more