CCL Community Bulletin

What's a release? Simply put, a release is a package of software updates consisting of new features and bug fixes along with new content. The CCL Community Release Notes are published after a group of significant new features, bug fixes, and/or content updates have been released. Ask any questions in the comments below. New Features Updated Dashboard ... 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.  August's Monthly Meeting will take place on Saturday, August 13th at 1:00 pm ET   and feature a ... more

  Posted on August 1, 2022  Speaking with five different guests, host, Peterson Toscano, takes a deep dive to explore how climate change and extreme weather affect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender non-binary, and queer (LGBTQ+) people.  Leo Goldsmith  (he/him) of  ICF  is one of the co-authors of  Queer and Present Danger: ... more

  August 3, 2022 In a stunning turn of events, news broke last week that Sen. Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer reached an agreement on the inclusion of climate policy in the 2022 budget reconciliation bill.  In a  statement  last week, we announced that CCL is “enthusiastically supportive of this massive slate of climate policies.” ... more

July 27, 2022 Good news: Our neighbors to the north are perfecting their carbon fee and dividend policy! As of this month, Canadians have begun receiving their first quarterly dividend checks from the country’s carbon fee. Before now, Canadians received a rebate on their annual taxes. Moving forward, they will receive direct cash payments. “The ... more

July 20, 2022 News broke late Thursday evening that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has rejected the climate elements in the budget reconciliation package the Senate is considering, citing concerns over economic inflation. He has since suggested that he may be open to climate action after seeing the July inflation numbers, but his colleagues in the Senate ... more

July 13, 2022 You’d be surprised that some environmentalists don’t vote. The need for big congressional action on climate and the Supreme Court’s recent EPA ruling are both examples of why it’s so crucial for us to push climate to the forefront of campaign platforms during election season. For our July monthly call, CCL heard from guest speaker ... more

July 6, 2022 This past Thursday, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled in the West Virginia v. the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) case, in a 6-3 decision that curtails the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions like carbon dioxide is ... 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.  July's Monthly Meeting took place on Saturday, July 9th at 1:00 pm ET   and featured a conversation ... more

June 29, 2022 A recent study by the journal Science highlighted the policy areas that need to be passed so that the United States reaches its Paris commitment by 2050. The policy areas emphasized include the deployment of solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles (EVs), trees, heat pumps, insulation, and measures to significantly curb the ... more

By Peterson Toscano We are celebrating the sixth anniversary of Citizens’ Climate Radio, and a big theme you will hear in this episode is about breakthroughs and transformations. From the very beginning, Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s mission has been to create the political will for a livable world by enabling individual breakthroughs in the exercise ... more

June 22, 2022 At CCL’s June conference this past week, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) praised CCL’s advocacy work in his reception speech, while also providing an update to the reconciliation process.  The senator, who has spearheaded climate efforts in the Senate, stated that he believed that reconciliation is still alive, and gave an update ... more