Community Bulletin

As of June 21st, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act   has reached a total of more than 50 cosponsors ! With the addition today of Brenda Lawrence (D-MI) and David Trone (D-MD), since the start of CCL's conference on June 9th, ten more House members have cosponsored the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act . These latest cosponsors ... more

The  Climate Solutions Caucus  has officially relaunched for the 116th Congress! The Climate Solutions Caucus was initially formed in February 2016 by former Representative Carlos Curbelo (R-FL-26) and Representative Ted Deutch (D-FL-22). It has already played an important role in climate change discussions and the introduction of bipartisan ... more

By Jamie DeMarco For over a decade we have talked to Congress about the need for bold, bipartisan solutions to climate change. This year at our national conference, we didn’t just talk to Congress—we took the conversation to the public. We set up a stage on the west side of the Capitol and spent the day sharing testimonials about the climate crisis and what ... more

By Steve Valk, CCL Communications Director WASHINGTON, D.C., June 12, 2019  -- Some 1,500 volunteers with Citizens’ Climate Lobby swarmed Capitol Hill Tuesday to make their case for bipartisan legislation to put a fee on carbon and give the revenue to American households. Climate advocates had meetings scheduled with 529 offices in the House and ... more

Livestream (and recorded) schedule    The conference will be streamed through the Citizens Climate Lobby Facebook page at the sessions’ designated times below. There will be no live streaming during the breaks, so you will see multiple videos posted on our Facebook feed. For those without a Facebook account, we'll share them here in the  Conference ... more

New York Democrat Rep. Kathleen Rice, along with North Carolina Rep. David Price (D) and California Rep. Susan Davis (D) joined a delegation of what now totals 40 House  cosponsors  for the  Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act . Congresswoman Rice serves on both the House Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Veterans' ... more

The constitutional climate lawsuit, Juliana v. United States , will be heard on June 4 before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Portland, Oregon. The lawsuit is brought by the organization Our Children’s Trust, which is a friend of CCL’s. (We’ve even had their executive director speak at our annual conference .) Our Children’s Trust would like ... more

Dr. Shi-Ling Hsu was the featured monthly speaker for CCL groups on Saturday June 8th, at 1 pm ET / 10 am PT during our monthly call. Dr. Hsu is the John W. Larson professor and Associate Dean for Environmental Programs at the Florida State University College of Law. He is the author of  The Case for a Carbon Tax: Getting Past our Hang-ups to Effective ... more

Citizens’ Climate Radio Ep. 36: Extraordinary climate advocates Citizens’ Climate Radio is a monthly podcast hosted by CCL volunteer 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. Sam Daley-Harris, author of the book “ Reclaiming Our Democracy ,” ... more

The Climate Leadership Council, a conservative carbon pricing advocacy group, released some new polling last week. Conducted by GOP strategist and pollster Frank Luntz, the poll explored public opinion on the CLC’s carbon dividends plan. (This plan has a few key differences from our fee and dividend proposal and the Energy Innovation Act that we ... more

On Memorial Day, CNN and PBS aired an interview with Rep. Ted Deutch and journalist Christiane Amanpour, in which they discussed climate change, bipartisanship, and the Energy Innovation Act. CCL arranged this interview and Rep. Ted Deutch is the bill’s lead sponsor, so we definitely want to celebrate this media appearance. Clips of the interview ... more

Texas Democrat Veronica Escobar is the latest House member to cosponsor the  Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act , bringing to 38 the number of representatives who have signed on to the bill. A member of the Armed Services Committee, Rep. Escobar introduced a bill last week to strengthen military readiness by making Department of Defense ... more