November lobby week; Republican Senators introduce foreign pollution fee
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Weekly Briefing, Nov. 8, 2023
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Table of Contents:
Lobby meetings this week
Take action this week
Featured: CCL Chequamegon
Upcoming trainings
CCL volunteers hold 280+ lobby meetings this week
It's lobby week! After a motivating weekend at our "Grassroots Rising"
virtual Fall Conference, CCLers across the country are now meeting with
legislative offices.
In at least 281 virtual meetings, volunteers are generating more support
for our primary and secondary asks
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: the BIG WIRES Act, the RISEE Act, and the Increased TSP Access Act.
Social media is abuzz with posts from North Dakota
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to North Carolina
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, from New Hampshire
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to New Mexico
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, and everywhere in between!
Check out CCL's X feed
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and our Instagram stories
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to see all the pictures posted from our citizen lobby meetings so far,
and watch for more throughout the week.
See Lobby Week Pictures
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In other news this week:
• Republican Senators introduce foreign pollution fee: Sen. Cassidy of
Louisiana and Sen. Graham of South Carolina have introduced the Foreign
Pollution Fee Act of 2023. This is an encouraging development after
years of our lobbying on this type of policy idea! Get the details in
today's blog post
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• Conference catch-up: The recordings of this weekend's conference
sessions, as well as all the presentation slides, are now available on
CCL Community
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• Open positions: CCL is hiring a Senior Development Officer and a
Development Coordinator. Please share the job listings
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with anyone in your network who may be interested.
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Take action this week
If you have a little time: Call Congress about the BIG WIRES Act. We're
lobbying on the BIG WIRES Act this week, and you can help reinforce our
volunteers' messages by c alling Congress yourself! Use our calling tool
at cclusa.org/bigwires
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and help us reach our national goal of 2,500 calls to Congress about
this legislation.
If you have more time: Watch our biggest-ever info session. Learn about
CCL's mission and methods by watching the recording of this weekend's
informational session
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Featured chapter: CCL Chequamegon
CCL Chequamegon is made up of folks living near Lake Superior in
northern Wisconsin. The group includes 10 to 15 volunteers who regularly
attend chapter meetings, and 20 to 30 more who take occasional action,
including reaching out to their members of Congress, says group leader
Bill Bussey.
This summer in downtown Bayfield — a popular summer tourist destination
— the chapter conducted some informal climate opinion polling using a
poster of the Yale Six Americas graphic
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. "Over the course of 13 Saturdays, we asked passersby to place a pin in
the circle best describing their view on climate change," Bill reports.
"The cumulative results were 1243 alarmed, 437 concerned, 192 cautious,
50 disengaged, 89 doubtful, and 59 dismissive, for a total of 2070
participants."
Chapter member Liz Fentress wrote a column about this effort, saying,
"These astounding numbers have been shared with Sen. Tammy Baldwin
(D-MN), Sen. Ron Johnson (R-MN), as well as Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-MN-07).
We hope the survey results will influence their votes on climate change
policy." Her column went on to share some interesting connections made
through the chapter's outreach, such as a man from Arizona said he'd
relocated to northern Minnesota because of climate concerns, and a
conservative engineer who installs wind turbines. The column appeared in
Wisconsin's second largest newspaper
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, published in Madison, and was also featured by the Yale Program for
Climate Change Communication
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In addition to this recent media hit, the chapter has been publishing a
climate-focused column in the Ashland Daily Press
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each month for the past eight and a half years. Fantastic work, CCL
Chequamegon!
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
1 1/9: CCL 2023 Fall Conference Highlights - R elive the conference
magic or catch up on the highlights with CCL Vice President of Programs
Brett Cease. We'll review short clips of the favorite moments, and you
can bring your own suggestions to add to the party. Join us!
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Need training on the basics? Catch our next session of Core Volunteer
Training, made for newer volunteers:
1 1/14: Grasstops Engagement Basics - Build momentum for climate action
by gaining the support of local community leaders, or "grasstops"
members of your community. In this training, CCL's National Action
Director Todd Elvin will cover how to conduct outreach to grasstops
leaders in your area and beyond. 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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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.
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