CCL Community Bulletin

September 15, 2021 Signs that carbon pricing could end up in the reconciliation bill continue to be encouraging. The latest indication comes from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s Twitter posts. Sen. Whitehouse, who sits on the Senate Finance Committee currently drafting climate provisions in the budget reconciliation bill,  tweeted  on Friday that ... more

September 8, 2021 On Friday, news broke that the Senate Finance Committee is actively considering a price on carbon as part of the budget reconciliation package. Senators are discussing a carbon fee that would start at $15 per ton, escalating over time, and be paired with rebates to households and a border carbon adjustment. Sound familiar? “This is a ... more

Citizens’ Climate Radio is a monthly podcast hosted by CCLer Peterson Toscano. Browse all our past episode recaps  here , or listen to past episodes  here , and check out the latest episode in the post below.   In our latest podcast episode, Chantal Bilodeau tells us about  Climate Change Theatre Action  (CCTA) 2021. Founded in 2015, CCTA is a worldwide ... more

Each month, Citizens’ Climate Lobby supporters gather locally for a  monthly meeting  where we educate ourselves by listening to a guest speaker. Go to your  local chapter's page  to find out more about your chapter's plans for listening in.   September's Monthly Meeting will take place on Saturday, Sept.11th   and feature a conversation ... more

By Sandy Simon,  Onboarding Action Team  Leader Have you been considering how to increase your chapter’s onboarding team, activate and retain new volunteers, and expand your group’s size and capacity? If so, you’ll want to join the new Community Onboarding Action Team! About the Action Team The mission of the Onboarding Action Team is to provide a ... more

By Flannery Winchester, CCL Communications Director Even on the best of days, the legislative process in Congress can be wonky and complicated. In a moment like this, with major packages of legislation evolving daily, it’s even harder to keep up with where the process stands.  In other words: “If you’re confused, it’s because it’s confusing,” Tony ... more

By Tony Sirna, CCL Strategy Director Congress has committed to taking action on climate change in this year’s budget reconciliation bill. They should not pass up the chance to go big on climate,  include a carbon price, so we can meet the challenge of reducing emissions 50% by 2030 and hitting net-zero emissions by 2050. There are  signals  that the ... more

September 1, 2021 CCL volunteers finished up strong with our campaign urging House members to support carbon pricing in the reconciliation bill. We set a national goal of getting 10,000 constituents to contact their representatives, and as the campaign ended Tuesday, more than 11,000 had reached out to congressional offices by email or phone. “In ... more

By Caillie Roach, Membership Coordinator, Group Development Coaches Action Team Leader Do you have your eye on a district or area in your state or district that CCL isn’t active in yet? Are you part of an active, stable chapter, but want to support efforts to expand into this targeted area? If so, you sound like a Group Development Coach!  About the Action ... more

August 25, 2021 Climate-related disasters unfolding this summer are beyond the scope of anything most people could have imagined, and they serve as a warning: We dare not blow this chance, finally, to enact policies that address climate change. Throughout our nation, few places have escaped the impact of a climate altered by rising temperatures: In ... more

August 18, 2021 In the midst of our campaign to get Congress to include carbon pricing in legislation that will be taken up this fall, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change last week released its  latest assessment  on the state of our climate. The report confirmed what this year’s climate-related disasters have made obvious: We’ve run out of ... more

By Jerry Hinkle , CCL Research Coordinator The Save Our Future Act (SOFA), introduced in June by Senators Whitehouse and Schatz and summarized here , is a type of carbon fee and dividend (CFD) legislation that includes strong provisions to reduce harmful air pollutants in frontline communities (see page 39 of the bill). It returns significant funds to ... more