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post-election scenarios
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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 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.
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 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 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, 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 and here) 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. |
