10 more cosponsors for Energy Innovation Act; CCLers posting virtual
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CCL Newsletter, June 2021
Table of Contents:
Save Our Future Act
Take action this week
Featured lever: Lobbying
Upcoming trainings
This week on the CCL blog
Sweeping carbon pricing bill, Save Our Future Act, introduced in Senate
The drumbeat to price carbon continues as Senators Sheldon Whitehouse
(RI) and Brian Schatz (HI) today introduced the Save Our Future Act,
comprehensive legislation that dramatically reduces emissions and
protects environmental justice and coal communities.
In a statement
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, CCL Executive Director Mark Reynolds said, "The Save Our Future Act
would place an ambitious price on carbon to reduce America's emissions,
but it doesn't stop there. This legislation would also address
long-standing environmental justice concerns by directly pricing
emissions of fossil fuel co-pollutants in frontline communities, and it
would invest in coal communities to support them through the transition
to a clean energy economy."
The bill is drawing positive comments from unions and environmental
justice organizations.
"Senators Whitehouse and Schatz are leading the difficult but important
conversations about how America's energy transition impacts almost
100,000 individuals working in coal and mining facilities today," said
Utility Workers Union of America President James Slevin.
"It's past time for polluters to be held accountable for their
transgressions against people and planet alike," said the New York City
Environmental Justice Alliance and New York Lawyers for the Public
Interest in a joint statement. "Senators Schatz and Whitehouse have
introduced a commonsense emissions pricing mechanism that, if ratified,
will end the practice of polluting with impunity by the fossil fuel
industry and associated harmful processes."
Learn more about this legislation in Sen. Whitehouse's press release.
READ WHITEHOUSE'S PRESS RELEASE
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Speaking of carbon pricing momentum… In the past two weeks, 10 more
House members have cosponsored the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend
Act
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, bringing the total number of cosponsors to 68. With CCL volunteers
conducting lobbying meetings this month, we can expect to see more
cosponsors in the weeks ahead. Tweet your thanks to the new cosponsors
with CCL's online action tool
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Looking for a job? Citizens' Climate Education currently has openings
for four positions candidates can apply for: Director of Government
Affairs
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, Conservative Outreach Coordinator
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, Content Marketing Manager
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, and Government Affairs Coordinator
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Take action this week
If you have a little time : Retweet, like and comment on CCL's statement
on Twitter
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about the Save Our Future Act, the carbon pricing bill just introduced
by Sen. Whitehouse and Sen. Schatz.
If you have more time: Watch recordings
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from last weekend's virtual conference, "The Push for a Price on
Carbon." If you weren't among the 2,126 people who joined the conference
Saturday on Airmeet, you can hear keynote speakers Jerry Taylor and
Jasmine Sanders
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from our opening session or Adele Morris
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from our closing session. Recordings are also available from our Take
Action breakout sessions, our "Who Supports Carbon Pricing?" breakouts,
and our deeper dive Sunday workshops.
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.
Lobbying: CCLers connect with MoCs online
CCL's June lobby meetings are in high gear this week. Most of these
meetings, if not all, are still occurring online through platforms like
Zoom. Members of the Atlanta chapter (shown above) met with Rep. Hank
Johnson (lower right), who is an original cosponsor for the Energy
Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. Henry Slack (lower left), CCL's
state coordinator for Georgia, said, "Rep. Johnson was very gracious as
always." Paul Friederich (upper left), the CCL liaison for Johnson's
office, said, "I like the flexibility virtual meetings give us. Even
though it's not the same excitement of meeting in person, there is a lot
to be said for people being able to participate from many locations
without the expense of travel."
CCL volunteers and members of Congress like Rep. Johnson are tweeting
about the meetings. Check out his tweet and other meeting posts in our
Twitter thread.
SEE TWEETS FROM MEETINGS
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Upcoming trainings
6/24: Climate Central: Making It Local, Making It Real - Join Karen
Florini from Climate Central for a look at resources her organization
offers for climate advocates, including Climate Matters, WeatherPower,
Sea Level Rise, and Realtime Climate . Join us
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6/24: Big Tent Climate Talks - Join CCL's monthly series of
conversations with people from organizations outside of CCL as we work
to build coalitions with others who are doing important work around
climate solutions. Join us
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Need training on the basics? Catch our next session of Core Volunteer
Training, made for newer volunteers:
6/22 Communicating with Progressives - Learn how to talk with
progressives about the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. Alexis
Hermosillo, CCL's State Level Carbon Pricing Coordinator, leads the
training. 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
CCL testimony for carbon pricing hearing: Earlier this spring, Alex
Brill from American Enterprise Institute testified at a Senate Finance
Committee about the benefits of carbon pricing. Senators had a few
follow up questions, and CCL was happy to provide answers in written
testimony that was submitted to the committee. Read more
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Don't miss out on updates from Citizens' Climate. Make sure our messages
are getting to your inbox.
Get CCL in Your Inbox
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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.
Join Info Session
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Climate Advocate Training is held the first Wednesday of every month at
1 pm ET and the third Wednesday monthly at 8 pm ET (adjust for your
local time zone).
Register for Climate Advocate Training
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Core Volunteer Training is held weekly on Tuesdays at 8 pm ET, 5 pm PT.
RSVP for Core Volunteer Training
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Sign up for CCL Text Messages
As we build political will for climate solutions, CCL can notify you of
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!
Sign up for CCL Text Messages
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Sign up for CCL Community
Connect with other CCL volunteers! Our online volunteer portal is filled
with amazing resources for education, outreach and taking action.
Community's Weekly Bulletin will keep you current on all the latest CCL
news.
Request a CCL Community Login
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Donate now to support our climate action work
Donate Now!
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