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Weekly Briefing, June 30, 2021

Table of Contents:

Climate bill passes Senate 

Take action this week

Featured lever: Grassroots outreach

Upcoming trainings 

This week on the CCL blog 

CCL-backed climate/ag bill passes Senate with big bipartisan majority

In an overwhelming show of bipartisan support for climate legislation,
the Growing Climate Solutions Act (S. 1251) sailed through the Senate
last week by a vote of 92-8. Sponsored by Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) and
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), the bill would assist farmers and foresters
to access carbon credit markets and get paid for sequestering carbon on
their land.

A companion bill, sponsored by Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE-02), awaits action in the House.

Since the bill was introduced in the previous Congress, Citizens'
Climate Lobby volunteers have played a key role

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in enlisting bipartisan support for the bill, which CCL views as
legislation that would complement carbon pricing by addressing emissions
from agriculture. In lobby meetings last fall and this spring,
volunteers brought up the Growing Climate Solutions Act as a "supporting
ask" with their senators. Late last month, when it appeared the bill
would be heading to the floor, volunteers sent 4,397 messages to
senators asking them to vote in favor of the legislation.

"We are happy CCL was able to play a role in advancing this positive and
pragmatic legislation, and we're proud that it has passed with such
overwhelming bipartisan support," Danny Richter, CCL Vice President of
Government Affairs, said in a press release

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. "CCL staff and supporters are especially grateful to Senators Braun
and Stabenow for their leadership on this issue."

If they voted for the GCSA, write and thank your senators with our
online action tool.

THANK YOUR SENATORS

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In other news this week:

Cosponsors keep coming: Five more House members joined the ranks of
cosponsors for the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act

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— Rep. Marie Newman (IL-03), Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11), Rep. Adam
Schiff (CA-28), Rep. Jerry Nadler (NY-10) and Rep. Lloyd Doggett
(TX-35). There are now 75 cosponsors on this carbon pricing bill
introduced by Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-22).

ICYMI, other carbon pricing bills: If you haven't seen it yet, check out
our recent blog about other carbon pricing bills

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that have been introduced in the 117th Congress. You'll see that there's
more than one way to price carbon, and this overview offers a glimpse of
features that may eventually find their way into legislation.

Republican op-ed mentioned in Times: Earlier this month, CCL volunteers
in Utah got endorsements for carbon fee and dividend from 25 Republican
state officials who expressed their support in an op-ed published in the
Deseret News

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. The op-ed was mentioned last week in a New York Times story

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about Republican engagement on climate change.

Jobs available with CCL: Citizens' Climate Education is currently hiring
for three full time positions: Development Coordinator

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, Content Marketing Manager

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, and Government Affairs Coordinator

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. We are also hiring for two six-month-long contract positions: Indiana
Conservative Climate Field Organizer

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, Utah Conservative Climate Field Organizer. 

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Take action this week

If you have a little time: Send an email to thank your Republican member
of Congress if they joined the recently-launched Conservative Climate
Caucus. Check out this Grist story

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about the caucus in which CCL's Danny Richter and Ben Pendergrass are
quoted. Don't know if your representative joined? Our online action tool

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knows and makes it easy to send your email.

If you have more time: Write a letter to the editor using our online
action tool

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and mention your members of Congress. A number of climate-related
stories are in the news now, like the record-shattering heat wave in the
Pacific Northwest. For ideas on what to write about, download our Letter
to the Editor Topics

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, which is regularly updated. When you get published, share your letter
on social media and tag your members of Congress.

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.

Grassroots: Climate & equity interns in N. Tahoe

In a step to facilitate more outreach in the Hispanic community, the
North Tahoe chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby has brought on three
interns to assess climate awareness in the LatinX community and design
outreach events on climate change and climate solutions. The chapter is
partnering on the project with La Fuerza Latina, a college admissions
and mentoring program. The three students participating in the 10-week
internship are (above from left) Estefania Morales, Daniella
Paniagua-Ruis and Karina Solis Martinez.

The internships were announced in an article in the Sierra Sun. "I am
excited to learn new things through this internship and also be able to
pass it on to my community," said Daniella. Deirdre Henderson, co-leader
of the North Tahoe chapter, said, "We seek out, support and elevate
people whose voices may not have been fully heard. So we are pleased and
grateful to partner with La Fuerza Latina on these internships."

READ THE STORY

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Upcoming trainings

7/1: The Power of Republican State Legislator Support for Carbon
Pricing: Getting support for carbon pricing from Republican lawmakers at
the state level can influence GOP members of Congress. Learn how CCLers
are picking up endorsements in Utah, Oregon and Delaware. Join us

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7/8: How to Use CCL's Branded Resources in Your Outreach - Want to make
quality graphics for your CCL outreach and social media posts? This
session will walk through the resources available in the CCL brand. Join
us

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

7/6: Engaging with CCL Community - If you're new to CCL, this session
will help you to navigate CCL's websites to find the tools, resources
and trainings you need to take effective action. 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

Catholic climate conference: With 30 percent of Congress identifying as
Catholic, CCL Appalachia Regional Coordinator Jon Clark saw that
Catholics could be influential as climate advocates. Last month, CCL's
virtual Catholic conference, "Call to Action to Care for Our Common
Home," drew more than 300 participants with that objective in mind. Read
more

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Citizens' Climate Radio: Conversations about climate change can easily
escalate to heated arguments. On this month's episode of Citizens'
Climate Radio, author Amanda Ripley explains how to avoid falling into
the "us vs. them" trap by truly hearing what an opponent is saying. Read
more

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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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