Contact Congress about a price on carbon; Local media hits about 2023
June Conference and Lobby Day
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Weekly Briefing, June 28, 2023
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Table of Contents:
Write to Congress today
Take action this week
Featured: CCL OC Laguna
Upcoming trainings
Heat and wildfire smoke show we need to act faster on climate
Climate change is undeniable across America this week. Record-breaking
heat is blanketing the South. "Temperatures will be up to 20 degrees
above normal for much of the region through at least the weekend, with
no nighttime relief," the New York Times
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reported today. Scientists are confidently saying that human-caused
climate change made this heatwave at least five times more likely
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At the same time, smoke from ongoing Canadian wildfires has spread to
the Midwest and is moving east. This has prompted air quality alerts
across 17 states, according to the Washington Post
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. Climate change is, of course, exacerbating the hot, dry conditions
that fuel wildfires.
All that news is enough to give you a hefty dose of eco-anxiety. You can
visit CCL's Resilience Hub
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and check out the top article about coping with those feelings. Pro tip:
One of the best ways to cope is to actually 👏 do 👏 something 👏
Our suggestion? Write to your members of Congress today! Our online tool
will identify your representative and senators, and it includes a
template message that you can personalize. Tell Congress these extreme
weather events show we need to move faster on climate solutions like a
price on carbon.
Send My Message Now
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In other news this week, our recent June Conference and Lobby Day
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continues to make headlines in local news around the country:
• North Carolina meteorologist Elisa Raffa published a piece
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about rising carbon levels, tying in quotes and lobby day photos from
CCL volunteers in Charlotte.
• Virginia's WHRO public radio station featured some of our student
volunteers
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from the College of William and Mary discussing their trip to D.C. and
their meetings on the Hill.
• Georgia CCLer Gage Bailey wrote a moving op-ed
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about his lobbying experience, calling for more bipartisan climate work.
"We are one people, one country, and have the same crisis staring us in
the face," he writes.
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Take action this week
Sign up for text alerts. Each month, we send our volunteers a timely
climate action. Our June action was to write to Congress
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about clean energy permitting reform, and you've sent 10,923 messages so
far! We'll have a new action coming up in July. Sign up for CCL text
alerts
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to make sure you never miss an action.
Featured chapter: CCL Orange County Laguna
"The OC Laguna chapter might not be the biggest, but we are one of the
most prolific LTE writing chapters," says volunteer Jim Light. In
January 2021, OC Laguna chapter member Gary Stewart kicked things off
with a letter writing workshop for the chapter (pictured above).
That event and the chapter's ongoing media efforts have resulted in an
amazing streak of published letters to the editor. "Since that time, we
have had a letter published every single month for 30 months running,"
Jim says. "We have averaged slightly over four LTEs published per month
from our chapter."
Letters in local newspapers make a big impact on members of Congress, so
these efforts are an integral part of our climate advocacy work. Great
work, CCL OC Laguna!
CCL hosts a national LTE workshop on Zoom every month, open to all
chapters or individual volunteers. Join us for the next one on July 11.
Let's Write Letters
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Upcoming trainings
6/29: Clean Energy Permitting Reform Updates and Q&A - Join Research
Coordinator Dana Nuccitelli to learn what's happening on clean energy
permitting reform since our June Conference and Lobby Day. What was
included in the debt ceiling bill, what more do we need in a
comprehensive package, and what are the prospects of a bipartisan clean
energy permitting reform deal this year? Bring your questions! Join us!
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7/6: Summer CCL/CCE Fundraising Ideas and Resources - No other
organization trains citizens to be heard by their government the way CCL
does. Join Elli Sparks and Brett Cease for a training about how to
support that unique and important work through local fundraising
efforts. Join us!
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To see other topics and past trainings, visit the Training Topics page
of CCL Community
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timely actions via text message. This will be critical once a bill is in
congress. You can opt out at any time. Sign up today!
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CCL Climate Advocate Training
Do you want to be a more effective volunteer? Start by joining our
Informational Session, and then register for our Climate Advocate
Training.
The Info Session is held weekly on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.
Join Info Session
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CCL's Climate Advocate Training workshop is offered live several times a
year ahead of our big lobby days. Click below to sign up or find out
more information.
Register for Climate Advocate Training
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Donate now to support our climate action work
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