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CNN audience we need
carbon fee and dividend
Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post columnist and host of CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” used the final four minutes of his show on Sunday to tell his audience that the best way to fight climate change is with a carbon fee and dividend. With our current piecemeal approach of regulations and subsidies, Zakaria said, “The government is adding red tape and picking winners and losers. What if instead we unleashed the power of the market to solve the problem? That's what a carbon tax would do.” Zakaria also specifically named “the new concept of carbon dividends.” He explained, “The idea is to take at least some of the revenue raised by the carbon tax and give it back to people, sending out checks every few months.” Some suggestions on using this powerful and persuasive video:
- Share with your members of Congress on social media.
- Play the video at your next chapter meeting.
- Incorporate the video into outreach presentations.
Watch the clip for yourself in Zakaria’s post on Twitter.
In other news this week: Cosponsor list keeps growing: Two more cosponsors have been added to the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act — Rep. Al Lawson (D-FL-05) and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA-02). The bill now has 70 cosponsors along with sponsor Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL-22). You can tweet your appreciation to recent cosponsors with CCL’s online action tool. CCL’s lobbying push: With the possibility of climate legislation moving early in the current Congress, CCL asked volunteers to meet with congressional offices in March. Volunteers also led another surge in meetings this month, following our virtual conference. CCL Director of Congressional Liaisons and Lobby Days Amy Bennett reports that since March, volunteers have conducted 610 meetings, with 110 of them face-to-face with senators and representatives. You can see posts from some of those meetings in this Twitter thread. Save Our Future Act overview: Last week, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Brian Schatz introduced the Save Our Future Act, a comprehensive carbon pricing bill that also protects the needs of environmental justice and coal communities. If you’d like to learn more about this legislation, check out this new video from CCL Legislative Coordinator Morgan McCue. Jobs available with CCL: Citizens’ Climate Education is currently hiring for four positions: Development Coordinator, Director of Government Affairs, Content Marketing Manager, and Government Affairs Coordinator. |
