Two more cosponsors for Energy Innovation Act; Share new video from Sen.
Whitehouse about push for climate legislation
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Weekly Briefing, July 28, 2021
Table of Contents:
Newspaper endorsements
Take action this week
Featured lever: Media
Upcoming trainings
This week on the CCL blog
Major newspapers tell Congress and Biden we need a price on carbon
Two major newspapers — the Washington Post and the Houston Chronicle —
recently published editorials calling on Congress and the Biden
administration to include carbon pricing in climate legislation expected
to be taken up this year.
Citing Europe's approach and the need to follow their lead, the Post
said, " What is clear is that [Europe's] basic outline — price
emissions, recycle the revenue back to consumers, impose a border
adjustment — is the most rational policy response to climate change."
The Chronicle, published in the city considered to be the energy capital
of the world, said, "Biden should seize the moment and adopt the carbon
tax idea that Democrats have been fighting for on and off for decades
and which now has the blessing of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce…"
Editorials like this are an indication that pressure is mounting for
Congress to include a carbon price in the reconciliation bill expected
to be the vehicle for major climate legislation.
CCL volunteers are building momentum for a carbon price with our current
campaign to write and call senators
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. Less than halfway through our three-week campaign, we've reached 70
percent of our goal of getting 14,000 constituents to contact Senate
offices. Check to see how your state and chapter are doing here
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Read more about the Post and Chronicle editorials in our blog post.
READ AND SHARE THE BLOG
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In other news this week:
More cosponsors for H.R. 2307: The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend
Act
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picked up two more cosponsors this week: Rep. Kaiali'i Kahele (HI-02)
and Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01). There are now 80 House members who back
this effective carbon pricing legislation.
Conservative outreach : CCL staffers Topher Anderson, Drew Eyerly and
Don Addu were tabling at the Young Republican National Convention in
Indianapolis last week. They had great conversations with hundreds of
attendees. Check out our tweet
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Jobs available with CCL: Citizens' Climate Education is currently hiring
for two full time positions: Student Engagement Manager
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and Grant Writer
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. We are also hiring for two six-month-long contract positions: Indiana
Conservative Climate Field Organizer
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Fall internships: CCL is accepting applications for a variety of
internships that begin in the fall semester. Check out the positions and
apply here
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. Deadline for applications is July 31.
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Take action this week
If you have a little time: Watch and share on Twitter
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a video from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse in which he lays out the push for
major climate legislation, including a price on carbon. In the video,
Whitehouse gives a nice shoutout to CCL.
If you have more time: Pledge to get 1, 3, 5 or more people to write and
call their senators during our three-week senate action campaign
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. Start by asking for a favor (to give them the option of declining),
ask them to write and call their senators with our online action tool
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and then offer to do the action with them.
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: Houston CCLers met with Chronicle
The recent editorial in the Houston Chronicle
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urging Biden to include carbon fee and dividend in climate legislation
may sound familiar to CCL volunteers:
"At its core, a carbon tax would impose a fee on coal, natural gas and
petroleum...based on how much carbon is released when they are burned.
That tax would in most cases be passed onto consumers, and consumers
would be paid a check each year to offset those higher costs."
The Chronicle's endorsement came after Houston CCL volunteers met with
the editorial board on April 28. CCL member Joe Garfunkel said plans to
meet with the Chronicle started back in December. Following several
requests to meet with the board, Deputy Opinion Editor Michael
Lindenberger responded that he was working on an editorial project and
asked if CCL could meet them the next day.
"It was extremely fortunate for us that we had completed all of our
preparation work and we were completely ready to meet, even with only
one day of advance notice," said Joe. " Our meeting lasted for one hour,
with extreme interest from the Chronicle editorial board. They had well
prepared questions, and they actively engaged with us during the
meeting."
The big takeaway from the Houston group's success is that patience and
persistence eventually pays off. If you're interested in meeting with
your newspaper's editorial board, we have a training on Community that
offers guidance.
CHECK OUT THE TRAINING
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Upcoming trainings
7/29: Recommendations for Texting Your Group - Want to communicate with
your group through text messaging? This session provides recommendations
on how to text your group's volunteers, including setting up a system to
provide data privacy and other important considerations. Join us
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8/5: Getting Your Community to Contact Congress - CCL leaders from
around the country will share best practices with grassroots and
grasstops outreach to generate letters and phone calls to members of
Congress. Join us
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Need training on the basics? Catch our next session of Core Volunteer
Training, made for newer volunteers:
8/3: Climate Change Science & Health Impacts AMA - Join our
ask-me-anything webinar to learn how greenhouse gas emissions affect
human health with Dr. Drew Shindel, Nicholas Distinguished Professor of
Earth Science. 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
About that GOP endorsement in Utah: Just how did 25 Republicans in Utah,
most of them state legislators, come to endorse carbon fee and dividend
with an op-ed in the Deseret News? It happened because of the patient
and persuasive work of Utah CCL volunteers, an effort that started
shortly after the 2020 election. 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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