CCL Community Bulletin

Jun. 10, 2026 We’re excited to announce that Marc Hafstead will join CCL’s 2026 Summer Conference & Lobby Day lineup as a featured speaker!  Marc Hafstead is a fellow at Resources for the Future (RFF) and Director of RFF’s Carbon Pricing Initiative. He joined RFF in 2013 from Stanford University, where he received his PhD in 2011 and then spent two years ... more

June 3, 2026 That’s a wrap on CCL’s six-month permitting reform training series! Led by CCL’s Government Affairs and Research Teams and featuring staffers Jennifer Tyler, VP of Government Affairs, and Dana Nuccitelli, Research Manager, this training series was designed to provide an advanced level of training to CCL volunteers interested in ... more

May 27, 2026 Do you ever find yourself wondering how exactly our advocacy work translates into real change in Congress? How a lobby meeting, a tabling event, a letter to the editor, or a relationship built over years actually help move climate policy forward? That’s exactly what we explore in CCL’s recent training on our Theory of Change . In this special ... more

May 20, 2026 CCL's Executive Director Ricky Bradley recently shared the stage with Bill McKibben for a climate conversation hosted by the Brooklyn Public Library. Moderated by NPR's Rebecca Hersher, the evening focused on understanding climate deniers.  "The room was filled with enthusiastic attendees, some of them being additional CCL ... more

May 13, 2026 Last Saturday’s May Monthly Meeting featured guest speaker Shane Londagin, Senior Policy Advisor for Energy & Climate in Senator Hickenlooper’s (D-CO) office. Sen. Hickenlooper recently introduced a draft bill focused on transmission, and CCLers have been encouraging other congressional offices to review the proposal and ... more

May 6, 2026  We’re excited to announce that Jigar Shah will join CCL’s 2026 Summer Conference & Lobby Day lineup as a keynote speaker!  Jigar Shah has spent his career breaking down financial and structural barriers to clean energy deployment. If you’ve followed the news or listened to any podcasts on clean energy over the last few years, you’ve likely ... more

Apr. 29, 2026 This month, CCLers have been out in full force tabling, giving presentations, holding climate conversations, and celebrating our planet. As Earth Month comes to a close, we officially have the cherry on top: some encouraging news from the global energy landscape.   First: despite concerns that geopolitical tensions in Iran could drive ... more

Apr. 22, 2026 Happy Earth Day! CCLers know April is our busiest time of the year for outreach and recruitment. While chapters have been hosting tabling events, presentations, film screenings, and more, this April also marks the first time our Conservative Lobby Day has coincided with Earth Month.  After a successful online Conservative Climate ... more

Apr. 15, 2026 Summer Conference & Lobby Day registration is now open ! Join hundreds of other CCLers in Washington D.C. this July 26-28, 2026 for connection, education, and our signature Lobby Day on Capitol Hill. This year’s theme — “The path to clean energy runs through D.C.” — reflects a critical moment. Permitting reform is key to unlocking clean ... more

Apr. 8, 2026 CCL’s National Monthly Meeting kicks off this Saturday, April 11, at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET on Zoom and YouTube livestream. Will we see you there? We all know we can’t solve climate change alone. But as solo activists or volunteers working in our local chapters, it’s easy to forget how many people are working alongside you. Across the nation, ... more

April 1, 2026 After a flurry of support in the final stretch of our March monthly donor drive, we’ve ended the month just a few hundred dollars away from our goal of $10,000 in new or increased monthly gifts. We’ve extended the gift match for just 72 more hours! Can you pitch in by Friday to help close this gap? Hitting our goal keeps us fully staffed and ... more

March 25, 2026 Senators are moving and shaking on one of our top policy issues this week: permitting reform!  Politico reported this morning, “A group of Senate Energy Committee Democrats are circulating a draft bill to facilitate the buildout of new transmission lines to combat electricity price hikes and meet the rising power demand.”  The ... more