Record heat waves in Europe; prevent climate advocacy burnout; making
climate an election issue with EVP

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CCL Weekly Briefing, July 20, 2022

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Table of Contents:

After Manchin news, what next?

Take action this week

Media: Texas editorial nods to CCL

Trainings

What next? Manchin won't deter climate advocates

News broke

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late Thursday evening that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has rejected the
climate elements in the budget reconciliation package the Senate is
considering, citing concerns over economic inflation. He has since
suggested that he may be open to climate action

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after seeing the July inflation numbers, but his colleagues in the
Senate are signaling that the window of opportunity has closed

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. The White House is now considering administrative action to combat
climate change

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This reconciliation news has many climate advocates wondering: what
next?

It's time to make climate a central issue in the upcoming midterm
election. Anyone running to represent Americans — whether in a red or
blue district or state — should understand the scale of the climate
threat and have robust, committed plans to address it.

For this reason, Citizens' Climate Lobby will continue to apply
grassroots pressure on both Democrats and Republicans by spending the
next few months elevating climate as a central midterm election issue.
It is critical that we, as climate advocates, ensure a future where
significant climate policy not only passes, but enjoys bipartisan
support.

Here's what you can do today to help make that happen:

Get more environmental voters to the polls

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with Environmental Voter Project

Attend candidate town halls

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and ask questions about climate change

Write letters to the editor about climate change, using our Election
Season Media Kit

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Choose an action from the above list and get started. Have questions
about these actions? Post your question in the CCL Community forums so
staff and volunteers can support you.

GO TO THE FORUMS

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In other news this week:

• Preventing burnout as a climate advocate: It can be a challenge to
participate in climate advocacy and process a wide range of emotions.
Check out this training

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on recognizing and preventing burnout as a climate advocate so you can
bounce back stronger than before.

• Record heat waves across Europe: Climate change is hitting hard across
the globe. Temperature records of over 100 degrees Fahrenheit are being
smashed across Europe as an unprecedented summer heat wave sets in. Read
more here

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• Volunteer Spotlight: Jim Hopf: For July's volunteer spotlight, we hear
from Jim Hopf, a retired nuclear engineer who is the founder and leader
of CCL's Nuclear Action Team. Read more here

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• June conference gives hope through action: CCL Utah sent several
students to Washington, D.C., for CCL's conference and lobbying last
month. Hear their firsthand experiences

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with lobbying, which one student called "heartwarming, to say the
least."

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Take action this week

If you have a little time: Like this tweet about the GOP climate gap

A new study conducted by the Pew Research Center illustrates the growing
concern for climate change among younger Republicans. As this concern
continues to grow, Republicans in Congress will have to begin addressing
climate change. Share that study here

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I f you have more time: Check out this extended Q&A with EVP's Nathaniel
Stinnett

Following the lack of climate provisions in the reconciliation bill,
it's time to make climate an election issue. Join us for an extended Q&A
with Nathaniel Stinnett from Environmental Voter Project as he shares
how his organization is changing the voting behavior of
environmentalists. Watch and see how you can get involved!

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Find your CCL chapter

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| Check out our Action Teams

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| Browse upcoming events

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Express-News editorial on SCOTUS decision

The San Antonio Express-News recently published an editorial focused on
the Supreme Court ruling regarding the EPA's ability to regulate
greenhouse gases. In this editorial, the San Antonio Express-News points
out the work that Congress has put forward so far on addressing climate,
before turning to address climate issues in San Antonio.

"San Antonio is warming — an obvious reality underscored by this
particularly searing spring and summer."

The Express-News emphasizes the effect that extreme heat has already
played on electricity bills, as well as the droughts that threaten the
high water supply. The publication gives a nod to CCL as well.

"And at the federal level, Congress should approve a fee-and-dividend
program, as the Citizens' Climate Lobby has proposed," the editorial
reads. CCL volunteers in the San Antonio area helped to generate this
editorial by meeting with the editorial board.

READ AND SHARE THE EDITORIAL

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Upcoming trainings

7/28: Big Tent Climate Talk — July's BTCT will feature a conversation
with Kyle Kammien, CCL Senior Business Relations Representative, on the
Supreme Court's recent decision on West Virginia v. EPA. This Supreme
Court decision impacted the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gases.
Join us.

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

7/26: Communicating with Conservatives — Join Nate Abercrombie, CCL
Conservative Outreach Coordinator, for a training on communicating with
conservatives regarding carbon pricing policies. Nate reviews
conservative messaging on climate change and highlights the conservative
support aligning with key messages and underlying components. Join us!

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To see other topics and past trainings, visit the Training Topics page
of CCL Community

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