CCL Community Bulletin

 Sept. 9, 2026 What exactly is carbon pricing, and why do economists so often point to it as an effective climate solution? Last week, CCL’s new six-part Carbon Pricing Education Series with Resources for the Future got underway to answer that question and many more. More than 400 people attended the first session this past Thursday night, where Dr. ... more

Sept. 2, 2026 Every month, CCL hosts a Zoom meeting for all of our supporters to learn and get organized for the month ahead. This September, we're putting a special focus on campaign season and how you can elevate the climate issue and the voices of climate voters from now through Election Day. Next Saturday, you’ll hear from CCLers on the front lines of ... more

Aug. 26, 2026 CCL has a long, proud history of advocating for carbon pricing policies. But the landscape has changed quite a bit since our earlier advocacy days — which stretch all the way back to 2009! To date, more than 120 jurisdictions around the world have actually put a price on carbon into law. Carbon prices in other countries can offer helpful ... more

Aug. 19, 2026 What happens when you write a letter to the editor (LTE) about an issue you care about? Your member of Congress might just write one back! That’s exactly what happened to Charlotte Reith, a CCL volunteer in the Perrysburg, OH chapter. In late July, Charlotte wrote an LTE published in The Toledo Blade about permitting reform. Rep. Bob Latta ... more

Aug. 12, 2026 Are you ready to take your climate advocacy skills to the next level? The new BRIDGE Action Team might just be the perfect place for you. The BRIDGE (Building Relationships in Dialogue, Growth, and Engagement) Program was launched in January 2026 to help CCL volunteers master the relational advocacy skills needed to truly advance climate ... more

Aug. 5, 2026 We’re back home from a busy Lobby Day in D.C., and now, it’s August in a midterm election year. You know what that means: Campaign season is ramping up here in the United States.  At CCL, our election work happens with candidates on both sides of the aisle, allowing us to make a positive impact on the upcoming midterm elections while staying true ... more

It’s our favorite week of the year  CCL volunteers and staff just wrapped up our 2026 Summer Conference and Lobby Day in D.C., with around 850 CCLers in attendance from all 50 states. At our conference on Monday, we had a busy day of lobby preparations and programming, including hearing from keynote speaker Jigar Shah. Then we held more than 400 meetings ... more

July 22, 2026 Image source: Washington Post Millions of Americans based in the Midwest, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic experienced extremely unhealthy air quality over the past week as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted across the U.S.  Eighteen cities issued air quality alerts, including major metropolitan areas like Chicago, Detroit, New ... more

July 15, 2026 CCL is well-known for our big annual Lobby Day on Capitol Hill — but did you know we're on Capitol Hill at other times, too? Just this week, 10 CCLers attended a targeted day of advocacy in D.C. in partnership with our friends at Dream.org. These volunteers came to D.C. from elsewhere on the East Coast, like New Jersey, New York, Florida, and ... more

July 8, 2026   Saturday marked the 250th anniversary of America's independence. “This moment invites us to look beyond the partisan politics of our time and deeply reflect” on “values that span right and left — family, faith, hard work, patriotism,” said Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) in a press release and to local media . To do that reflection, the Senator ... more

July 1, 2026 For more than a decade, carbon pricing has been at the heart of Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s work. Our reputation as a trusted voice on carbon pricing wasn't built overnight — it came from years of careful research, thoughtful advocacy, and a commitment to understanding the evidence behind effective climate policy. Now, CCL is partnering ... more

Jun. 24, 2026 We’re just a month away from our biggest lobby event of the year on Capitol Hill. On July 28, hundreds of CCLers from across the country will gather on Capitol Hill for a full day of meetings with members of Congress to advocate for clean energy and climate policies. To prepare for this year’s Lobby Day, we’re diving deep into CCL’s BRIDGE ... more