CCL Community Bulletin

May 5, 2021 Thanks in part to the broad bipartisan support CCL helped generate, the Growing Climate Solutions Act (S. 1251) is moving through the Senate at a rapid pace. Introduced on April 20 by Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) with 43 cosponsors, the bill was passed by voice vote in the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee just two days later. ... more

Mary Selkirk is a CCL Governing Board member, serving as Chair of the Nominating Committee, and a Legacy Club Donor. Mary has worked on health rights in Central America for 15 years, helping to form an organization to raise money for medical supplies for parts of rural El Salvador during a civil war in the 1980s. She later became an elected official, doing ... 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.  May's Monthly Meeting took place on Saturday, May 8th   and featured a conversation with Andres Jimenez, ... more

April 28, 2021 Diversity is one of Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s core values as we “seek out, support, and elevate people whose voices may not have been fully heard.” It’s been very gratifying, therefore, to see diversity reflected in the members of Congress who are cosponsoring the  Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act , CCL’s preferred climate ... 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. As the government affairs coordinator at the  National Audubon Society  in Washington, D.C.,  Tykee James  has a special role—organizing bird ... more

April 21, 2021 The Growing Climate Solutions Act, a bill supported by CCL, was reintroduced in the Senate this week with broad bipartisan support — 18 Republicans, 16 Democrats and 1 Independent. Lead sponsors of the bill are Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).  Ben Pendergrass, ... more

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. New Features List of All Upcoming Events for the Month Ahead.  A new list at the bottom of the CCL Community Events page  displays all local and national upcoming events for the month ahead below the calendar view to help ... more

April 14, 2021 The  Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act  (H.R. 2307), introduced April 1 with 28 cosponsors, has gained seven new cosponsors in recent days. These new cosponsors joined other supporters of the bill primarily because of the lobbying efforts of CCL volunteers. Since the bill was reintroduced, 2,202 CCL volunteers have sent 6,880 ... more

  April 9, 2021 CCL chapters around the nation are getting to work on the vital task of building support for the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (H.R. 2307), which was  reintroduced in the House last week  by Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL). And as of today, seven additional cosponsors have already joined ( more information here )! Rep. Deutch said the ... 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. April's Monthly Meeting will take place on Saturday, April 10th at 1 pm ET / 10 am PT and feature a ... more

By Steve Valk, CCL Communications Coordinator Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL-22) reintroduced the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act this week with 28 cosponsors. ( Congress.gov Page For H.R.2307 ). The bill would place a rising fee on carbon pollution that will get America to net zero emissions by 2050. Revenue from the fee would be distributed ... more

March 31, 2021 We want to show President Biden how popular carbon fee and dividend is, so CCL is asking volunteers to send 3,000 postcards to the White House for our April action. And here’s the good news: MyPostcard, the service we’re using to make and deliver the cards, is donating the 3,000 postcards, which normally are $3 apiece. Why postcards? We live ... more