BEST Act passes in House bill; CCL conservatives featured in EcoRight
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Weekly Briefing, Sept. 30, 2020

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Table of Contents:

Post-election scenarios

Take action this week 

Featured lever: Media 

Upcoming trainings

This week on the CCL blog

Looking ahead to post-election scenarios on climate legislation

With only weeks to go before an election that could dramatically change
the makeup of our government, CCL VP for Government Affairs Danny
Richter offers an assessment of former Vice President Joe Biden's plan
for climate change and what that might mean for carbon pricing.

The good news, Danny says, is that the Biden plan shows that "climate
change is a priority at the highest levels of American politics." And
while the Democratic nominee's plan does not specifically mention carbon
pricing, Danny notes the plan talks about "an enforcement mechanism that
will be based on the principle that polluters must bear the full cost of
the carbon pollution they're emitting."

CCL Strategy Director Tony Sirna is also considering potential
post-election outcomes and the approaches CCL would take under each of
those scenarios. In a new blog post, Tony writes, " I know that many of
us are thinking about what the election results might imply for CCL's
work." Read his blog

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to find out.

As we await the results of an election that determines the direction our
nation will take in the coming years, CCL plans to push forward on
climate solutions in line with our values .

WATCH DANNY'S VIDEO

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Other news this week:

BEST Act passes in House bill: The Better Energy Storage and Technology
(BEST) Act, one of our supporting asks during June lobbying, was
included in a bill the House passed last week. Read the backstory

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of how CCL helped get dozens of cosponsors on this legislation.

Makeover for UK carbon pricing? CCL Global Strategy Director Joe
Robertson is one of the endorsers of a new report

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in Great Britain to explore how carbon pricing in that country might be
redesigned to look more like fee and dividend. "The most efficient way
to... repurpose whole economies to do more good, is a fair, effective,
economy-wide price on carbon that builds clean local economies," said
Joe.

CCL on EcoRight podcast: CCL Conservative Outreach Director Jim Tolbert
and Conservative Fellow Kelsey Grant are featured on the latest episode
of the EcoRight Speaks podcast

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, a production of our friends at republicEn.org. They talked about the
role of CCL's Conservative Caucus in lobbying Republican members of
Congress on climate change.

Latinx outreach on YouTube: Our Spanish language team recently posted
two videos ( here

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and here

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) with an appeal to the Latinx community that connects the message of
Pope Francis in "Laudato Si" to the work of Citizens' Climate Lobby. If
you have Spanish-speaking friends, be sure to share with them.

Take action this week

If you have a little time: Take the " With malice toward none

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" pledge, an initiative from Braver Angels. Braver Angles is a citizens'
organization of red, blue and other Americans working for less rancor
and more goodwill in our politics. The pledge's goal is for us to regard
our fellow citizens who vote differently with dignity and to recommit
ourselves to renewed citizenship. After you take the pledge, share the
pledge link on your social media and invite others to join you.

If you have more time: If you have a favorite brewery or winery, share
with them the Brewers' Climate Declaration

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or Wine Industry's Climate Declaration

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, organized by Business Climate Leaders. Ask them to sign onto those
declarations and encourage them to speak up to their members of Congress
about how climate change is impacting their business.

You can also connect with your nearest CCL chapter

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to take action in your community, or join one of CCL's national online
Action Teams

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to take action on specific topics like agriculture, health, faith, and
more.

Browse CCL Community's Event Calendar

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to find upcoming events, trainings, and calls you can join.

Media: Taking on coal in Nigeria

It's hard to solve a problem until you acknowledge it exists, and media
coverage is an effective way to alert the public about something that
needs fixing. David Michael "Mike" Terungwa , CCL's regional coordinator
in Africa, recently collaborated with other environmentalists in Nigeria
to hold a press conference that called on the government to stop issuing
coal mining licenses. At the press conference, covered by EnviroNews
Nigeria

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, the activists said coal extraction is polluting their water and land
and contributing to climate change. The press conference was held on
Sept. 25, which was declared a Global Day of Climate Action to coincide
with UN Climate week.

CCL volunteers are regularly activating the " five levers

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" of political will in their communities. If you'd like to learn more
about how to pull the media lever like Mike did, watch or read this
training on Generating Media Coverage.

CHECK OUT THE TRAINING

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Upcoming trainings

10/1: Social Psychological Framework for Citizens' Climate Activists -
The views of Republicans and Democrats are not as far apart as we
perceive. Join psychologists David Sherman and Leaf Van Boven (shown
above) to deepen your understanding of this psychological framework that
relates to CCL's organizational practices . Join us

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10/8: Using CCL's New Action Tracker - We're updating CCL's system for
filing field reports with the new Action Tracker tool. CCL's IT team
will provide a training for the new tool. Join us

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Need training on the basics? Catch our next session of Core Volunteer
Training, made for newer volunteers:

10/6: Engaging With CCL Community - The CCL Community website offers a
wealth of resources, training and support to help volunteers put their
talents to work. Find out how to navigate this essential tool with CCL's
Tamara Staton. Learn more and RSVP

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To see other topics and past trainings, visit the Training Topics page
of CCL Community

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This week on the CCL blog

Citizens' Climate Radio: Adaptation & resilience: Doug Parsons, host of
the America Adapts podcast, shares what he has learned from interviewing
climate change adaptation experts and explores the differences between
adaptation and resiliency. Read more

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Supporting Hispanic Heritage Month: Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 is Hispanic
Heritage Month, a great opportunity to do outreach in the Latino
community. CCL's Latinos Action Team offers ways for you to support
these outreach efforts. Read more

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Share your story: Are you interested in being featured in a video or on
CCL's blog? Sign up to share your story

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about COVID-19, your climate advocacy, or anything else on your mind.
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CCL Climate Advocate Training
Do you want to be a more effective volunteer? Start by joining our
Informational Session, then register for our Climate Advocate Training,
and wrap up with our Core Volunteer Training.
The Info Session is held weekly on Wednesdays at 8pm ET, 5pm PT.
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RSVP for Core Volunteer Training
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