Weekly Briefing: Join Us At Our Inclusion Conference This Weekend
September 18, 2024
The magic of a CCL conference is not to be missed — and that’s especially true for our Inclusion Conference! Join us virtually this weekend for “Rising Above: Renewal and Resilience for Our Future.”
The conference is “volunteer created and supported,” CCL’s Diversity and Inclusion Director Karina Ramirez explains. It’s organized by CCL's Affinity Action Teams — Asian Pacific, Climate and Culture, Differently ABLED, Environmental Justice, Higher Education, Latinos, LGBTQIA+ and Allies OUTreach, Listening to Indigenous Voices, Peace Corps, People of the Global Majority, and Youth — who get together every year to plan this event. They even create an official conference playlist to set the vibes exactly right!
The conference kicks off on the evening of Friday, Sept. 20 with a virtual conference reception, plus a screening and discussion of the film “Nations of Water.”
Conference programming takes place on Saturday, Sept. 21, including sessions like “Building the Community You Need and Embracing Partnerships” and “Become a Climate-First Supervoter.” Our speaker lineup is full of powerful voices from inside and outside of CCL, like Hon. Teburoro Tito, who serves as Kiribati Ambassador to the United States, CCL New Orleans group leader Keely Lewis, and more.
In other news this week:
- Danny Richter serves a stint as CCL Policy Fellow: Over the past two years, former CCL staffer Danny Richter has been busy spreading the word about carbon pricing as the Co-Director of the Pricing Carbon Initiative and hanging out his shingle as a consultant at Richter Capitol Hill Strategies. As we look ahead to the changing political landscape in 2025, we're excited to bring Danny on as a Policy Fellow. For the next six months, he'll support the important work of CCL's VP of Government Affairs, Ben Pendergrass, and Senior Director of Government Affairs, Jenn Tyler. Welcome, Danny!
- Customize your outreach to Congress: Heads up — we’ve added a new feature to our action tools. You can now customize your messages to Congress and see a “customization score” while you’re editing. Why does it matter? Because customized messages have the greatest impact. According to 70% of congressional staff surveyed by the Congressional Management Foundation, it takes fewer than 50 personalized emails to get an office’s attention. Try it out!
Take action this week
If you have a little time: Clear up some plastic confusion on social media. More than half of Americans believe that recycling impacts climate change. It does, but it’s not the biggest impact — not by far. Share our Instagram reel on your own Instagram story to help clear up the confusion and educate your friends and followers about what’s really driving climate change. (Not an Instagram user? Browse our Spread the Word page for a selection of social media posts to share across other platforms, too.)
If you have more time: Catch up on CCL’s September monthly meeting. We celebrated the incredible accomplishments of our Electrification Month and reviewed actions you can take throughout September.
Energy Permitting Reform Act cuts pollution
In last week’s newsletter, we told you about a new analysis of the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024. The analysis was done by an all-star team of expert energy modelers, who found that the bill will cut U.S. climate pollution — potentially by quite a lot.
On Thursday, Sept. 12, CCL Research Coordinator Dana Nuccitelli gave a training to dive deeper into the modeling and the climate impacts of this legislation.
“The bill includes provisions to speed up the permitting and deployment of critical clean energy infrastructure. It also includes provisions aimed at greasing the wheels for some fossil fuel projects, which have drawn opposition from many environmental groups,” Dana explains in a new blog post recapping his training.
“The key question is whether the emissions reductions from the bill’s clean energy provisions will outweigh increases from the fossil fuel provisions.”
The answer is a resounding yes. “Putting it all together, the Energy Permitting Reform Act could cut American climate pollution between 2030 and 2050 by up to 25%, but conservatively by around 10%,” Dana says.
Upcoming trainings
9/19: Engaging Challenging Conversations About The Energy Permitting Reform Act - Given the wide array of responses the climate advocacy community has had to the introduction of the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, this training will provide volunteers with guidance and an updated resource for responding to questions earnestly and openly. Join us!
9/24: Grassroots Outreach Basics - Join Dave Cain, CCL Presenters & Schedulers Action Team Leader, and CCL Education & Resilience Coordinator Tamara Staton for a training that highlights the bite-sized best practices of tabling and giving presentations. Join us!
9/26: Fall 2024 Media Opportunities - Join CCL's Communications Team Flannery Winchester and Charlotte Ward for a training that will outline opportunities to engage with your local news media on climate solutions in the coming months. Join us!
To see other topics and past trainings, visit the Training Topics page of CCL Community.
Nerd Corner Chart of the Week
Approximate climate pollution cuts from the Energy Permitting Reform Act
Join the discussion and watch the training about the modeling of the Energy Permitting Reform Act's impact on emissions.
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