Primary Ask (Leave Behind)
When you hold a lobby meeting, whether with an aide or with a member of Congress, they want to know what actions we want them to take. Our Primary Ask (Leave Behind) sheet lets them know.
A primary ask should be made in every meeting. For full instructions for how to use these documents, see the Reviewing Primary & Secondary Asks training.
We recommend using these primary ask resources to help frame the conversation in your lobby meetings.
For the Summer 2024 Lobby meetings, we also recommend emailing the resource (and any 1-page Secondary Ask document(s) you plan to include) to your member of Congress or staffer ahead of your lobby meeting to help them prepare.
If you have any questions, email liaison.coordinator@citizensclimatelobby.org.
Additional Support Information
- CCL's Research team chart for the projected emissions reductions from each of CCL's policy agenda areas (additional details and sources here):
- If it's helpful in framing the importance of clean energy permitting reform you can highlight that if the U.S. doesn't begin building clean energy infrastructure faster, we are projected to only achieve ~20% of the potential carbon pollution reduction from climate policies that are already in place. In other words, ~50% of the potential emissions reductions delivered by the Inflation Reduction Act in 2030 are lost if transmission expansion is constrained to 1%/year, and roughly 25% are lost if growth is limited to 1.5%/year (Princeton REPEAT Project).
- See CCL's Clean Energy Permitting Reform training series for additional information.