Nov. 4: Dr. Danny Richter will keynote CCL's fall conference; CCL and
CCE boards announce Executive Director search

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Weekly Briefing, Oct. 25, 2023

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Danny Richter keynote Nov. 4

Take action this week

Featured: CCL Portland, ME

Upcoming trainings

Catch a keynote from

Dr. Danny Richter, former CCL D.C. staffer

The program for CCL's November conference, "Grassroots Rising: Leveling
Up in the Climate Fight," is chock full of fantastic content. In
addition to an opening keynote address from CNN commentator, author, and
social entrepreneur Van Jones, we will also have a closing keynote
address from another familiar face: Dr. Danny Richter.

Danny was CCL's first paid staff member in D.C., reinforcing our
volunteer lobbying efforts with regular, year-round relationship
building on Capitol Hill. He served as CCL's Vice President of
Government Affairs until fall of 2022. During his tenure, he shared lots
of delightful video updates at key moments in CCL's efforts — such as
the early days of building support for the Energy Innovation Act

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, the founding of the bipartisan Senate Climate Solutions Caucus

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, and when carbon pricing was covered in the New York Times

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Today, Danny is the head of Richter Capitol Hill Strategies, and he has
filmed one more quick update for us all. Watch his message

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and register for the conference to hear his keynote remarks on Nov. 4.

Register Now

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In other news this week:

• Executive Director search: The boards of Citizens' Climate Lobby and
Citizens' Climate Education have jointly begun the search for our next
Executive Director. This letter

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from board chairs Zaurie Zimmerman and Sandra Kirtland Turner explains
the search process and timeline.

• A podcast to heal our politics: Braver Angels just launched a new
podcast called " A Braver Way

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," hosted by Mónica Guzmán. Mónica will talk with guests from across the
political spectrum to unearth tools, insights, and real life stories to
help listeners move past divisiveness in politics and everyday life.

• Benefits of BIG WIRES : Did you catch our training about how the BIG
WIRES Act would update and streamline America's energy transmission
system? This bill will be a focus of our November lobby meetings with
Congress, so you'll want to know your stuff. Check out the recording

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to learn how the legislation will improve reliability and reduce energy
costs.

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Take action this week

If you have a little time: Ask your members of Congress to cosponsor the
BIG WIRES Act. The BIG WIRES Act takes the next step forward in
successful permitting reform by tackling the issue of energy
transmission. Get the details on the bill and use our easy tool

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to call your representative and senators to ask for their support.

If you have more time: Lock in your November lobbying plans. Does your
local chapter have meetings set yet? Are you planning to join? Connect
with your local liaisons to firm up your meetings with Congress the week
of Nov. 6-10 and your role in those meetings. Here's some more guidance

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about the process.

Featured chapter: CCL Portland, ME

CCL Portland, Maine, is a robust chapter led by Sarah Braik and Peter
Dugas.

"We were the bulk of the 36 Mainers who traveled to the CCL June 2023
conference and lobbying meetings — a state record!" Peter says. The
Portland group included 13 middle and high school students, and they
held meetings with all four Maine offices, three of which were face to
face with the lawmakers themselves.

This summer, the chapter published a wonderful op-ed

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in their local Portland papers, emphasizing the opportunity Mainers have
to push their legislators for climate action. The piece beautifully
highlighted that CCLers come "from all walks of life: young
professionals using their skills for a better world; business owners
motivated to stabilize energy costs; new Mainers knowing the plight of
climate refugees; retirees fighting the injustices of pollution, and
students rejecting cynicism to build the political will for a livable
world."

The chapter is also working the grasstops angle of their advocacy, as
well. They met with the sustainability manager of a major outdoor
recreation retailer in hopes of adding their support to the 150+ Maine
businesses supporting national Carbon Fee and Dividend legislation or
getting their CEO to sign a letter the chapter is assembling to Maine
senators. Great work, CCL Portland!

CCL has nearly 400 chapters across the country. Find your local chapter
today and get plugged in.

Find My Chapter

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Upcoming trainings

10/26: Fall 2023 Lobby Training #2: Legislative Plan - Get details and
context for CCL's Fall 2023 Primary and Supporting Asks from CCL's
Government Affairs team, Ben Pendergrass and Jenn Tyler (pictured
above), as well as guidance for lobby teams as they plan their online
meetings. Join us!

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11/2: Leading a Lobby Team - This training will review the role of a
lobby team leader, how they assign team roles, coordinate practice times
and how to handle other special situations. Join us!

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Need training on the basics? Our Core Volunteer Training series,
happening each Tuesday, is the place for you. The series takes a break
next week for Halloween, but will be back the following week:

11/7: Economics of Carbon Fee & Dividend Policies - Join CCLer and
economist Paul Bernstein to learn the three key elements of carbon fee
and dividend policies like the Energy Innovation Act. 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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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.
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