CCL Community Bulletin

  May 31, 2023 Lawmakers have reached a deal to raise the debt limit, and it includes some reforms to America’s energy permitting processes. That deal is now working its way through Congress in an attempt to beat the June 5 deadline when the government is expected to run out of money to pay its bills.  In a post on CCL Community , CCL Research Coordinator Dana ... more

May 24, 2023 With less than three weeks until  CCL's conference and lobby day  (June 10-13), we're excited to report that nearly a thousand climate advocates will converge on our nation's capital to connect with each other, learn new skills and policies, and make their voices heard in support of climate solutions. So, what will we be asking for on the ... more

May 17, 2023 The debate on permitting reform, which is needed to speed up the clean energy transition, is heating up in Congress, and CCL volunteers will lobby on this issue  next month . So, what are the proposals in play right now, and what will we be asking for? To answer these questions and bring everyone up to speed, CCL Senior Director of Government ... more

May 10, 2023 The deadline to register for CCL's June conference and lobby day is coming up on May 21. If you've never actually met with your members of Congress before (most people haven't!) then you might enjoy  this video filmed by Illinois CCLers,  talking about how it feels to lobby and why it makes a difference.   "If you had told me one year ago that I ... more

May 3, 2023 Last week, House Republicans  passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act , a bill to raise the debt limit that would also roll back many of the climate measures enacted in groundbreaking legislation last year. In a statement, CCL said, "The legislation would gut the climate and clean energy provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), ... more

April 26, 2023 Last week, Republican leaders in the House announced a proposal to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for repealing the clean energy incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act. In response, CCL issued a  statement  opposing any effort to roll back these portions of the IRA, and we asked our volunteers to urge their representatives to ... more

  April 21, 2023 As we continue to push for a carbon fee and dividend here in the United States, carbon pricing is thriving in other parts of the world. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently  took to social media  to inform residents in four provinces that they had received money back from the federal carbon price. Here's what Trudeau had to say: ... more

April 14, 2023 While he was in Congress, Florida Representative Francis Rooney distinguished himself as a leading Republican on climate change. Among other things, he was an original cosponsor of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act when it was first introduced in 2018, and in 2019, he became the Republican co-chair of the bipartisan ... more

April 5, 2023 Why come to D.C.? CCLers have big impact when we lobby in person “I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had conversations with staffers who have been so impressed by how many people we bring to the Hill every June. Every single chair in the Longworth cafeteria seems to be taken by a CCLer, and that really sends a key message to members of Congress ... more

Dear CCL volunteers, Like many nonprofits in this challenging economy, CCL has been experiencing a budget shortfall and we’ve found it necessary to make some cuts in our staffing. We have always kept healthy financial reserves and been prudent stewards of your generous support, so we were able to weather months of lower income without significant ... more

March 29, 2023 CCLers are on Capitol Hill this week As a nonpartisan organization, we believe it is vital to hear from voices all across the political spectrum. But voices on the left tend to dominate the climate discussion — we don’t hear as much from political conservatives. That’s why we’re hosting CCL’s Conservative Climate Leadership and Lobby Day ... more

March 22, 2023 House Republicans focus on permitting reform in H.R. 1 Last Wednesday, House Republicans unveiled an energy and permitting reform package called the “Lower Energy Costs Act,” or H.R. 1.  Permitting reform  is one of the policy areas CCL is working on, so we wanted to bring you an update about this latest development and what you can do to ... more