CCL op-ed in The Hill on Republican progress on climate; Expressing gratitiude for representative 

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  Citizens' Climate Lobby  
 
  CCL Weekly Briefing, Jan. 8, 2020
   
 
   
Table of Contents:
CCL Australia responds to crisis
Lobbying: CCLers show appreciation 
Thirs week on the CCL blog 
Training topics 
Action Team updates
CCL Australia: Time to wake
up to 'catastrophe unfolding' and price carbon 

 

The new year began with frightening news coming from Australia: an unprecedented bushfire season has claimed dozens of human lives, millions of animal lives, and thousands of homes. 

Tragically, we now have a disaster serious enough to wake up almost all of us to the catastrophe that is unfolding,” said Rod Mitchell, the national director of CCL Australia. 

“Australia needs to know that our government is responding appropriately to both the immediate emergency and to the climate and ecological crisis that is escalating before our eyes,” Rod said. He and other members of CCL Australia will continue to push hard for carbon pricing policy to address the climate change making these fires worse. 

“All of us at CCL are keeping our Australian volunteers, their loved ones, and their entire country in our thoughts during this crisis,” Executive Director Mark Reynolds said. “We will continue to offer them love, encouragement and solidarity as we work together to address the global challenge of climate change.”

READ MORE FROM CCL AUSTRALIA

Other news this week:

Remembering Marshall: Over the holidays, the CCL family received the sad news that founder Marshall Saunders had passed away. E&E News published an excellent obituary, as did the Coronado Times. RESULTS founder and CCL mentor Sam Daley-Harris paid tribute to Marshall in an op-ed in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Sam has given permission for anyone to submit his piece to their local newspaper. You can express condolences and share remembrances of Marshall on our memorial page on CCL Community.

Conservative momentum on climate: Conservative Outreach Director Jim Tolbert has an op-ed in The Hill about Republican engagement on climate change in Congress. If you’re a conservative and would like to participate in CCL’s Conservative Climate Lobby Day (Feb. 3-4), the deadline to register is Jan. 13. Learn more. 

Lobbying: Sánchez gets CCL holiday greetings
 

Appreciation is a powerful tool for building relationships with members of Congress. Over Thanksgiving, CCL members in Rep. Linda Sánchez’s district showed their gratitude for her cosponsorship of the Energy Innovation Act by sending holiday cards expressing their thanks. Sánchez  acknowledged their gesture in a tweet: “Thank you @citizensclimate residents in #CA38 for the Thanksgiving wishes. This year, I’m thankful for all the grassroots energy behind fighting climate change, protecting our planet for future generations, and creating the green energy jobs of the future.” 

CCL volunteers are regularly activating the “five levers” of political will in their communities. To talk with other CCLers about their lobbying work, and get advice or ideas for your own, head to the “Lobbying Congress” forum on CCL Community.

VISIT THE FORUM
This week on the CCL blog 
 
Editorial endorsement in Colorado: Last fall, the Grand Junction Daily  Sentinel published a ringing endorsement for the Energy Innovation Act. CCL Mountain West Regional Coordinator Bill Barron relates the meeting with the paper’s editorial board that generated the endorsement. Read more.
 
Training topics 
 

CCL offers two ongoing learning series: Citizens' Climate University for existing volunteers, and Core Volunteer Training for new volunteers. Here are the next few sessions you can join: 

1/9 Citizens' Climate University: Starting a Calling Congress Campaign - Join CCL leaders from Texas, Ben Boral and Ham Richards, for a training on utilizing a new tool to generate calls across your district to your member of Congress. Learn more.

1/14 Core Volunteer Training: Practicing Effective Lobbying - Join Amy Bennett, CCL’s Director of Congressional Liaisons and Lobby Days, to walk through important considerations in preparing to meet with your member of Congress and what an actual meeting looks like. Learn more.

1/16 Citizens' Climate University: Developing Your 2020 Chapter Action Plan - Todd Elvins, CCL's Action Coordinator, provides a thorough guide for your group to plan and coordinate your areas of focus for the year ahead. Learn more.

To see upcoming topics and past trainings, visit the Training Topics page of CCL Community.
Action Team updates
 

Featured Action Team: Led by Larry Kremer and Charles Gabrys, the Team  OIL Action Team's mission is to liaise with oil and gas companies to understand their positions on climate change and carbon pricing and to educate CCL volunteers and members of Congress on oil and gas industry workings, positions on climate change, and carbon pricing. Cason Swindle (pictured) will be the guest speaker on the team's January 8 call at 8 p.m. ET. Cason is the President of Context Associates, which helps its global oil and gas clients improve worker safety, productivity and reliability. 

You can learn about, join, and get call details on the Team OIL Action Team page. 

Other upcoming Action Team calls … 

  • 1/8 - Youth Action Team call at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Guest speaker Janet Atkinson will speak on Schools for Climate Action.  

  • 1/8 - Grasstops Engagement Action Team call at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Guest speaker Jerry Hinkle will speak on the economics of H.R. 763.

  • 1/9 - Business Climate Leaders Action Team call at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. Guest speaker Geraldine Link will speak on NSAA support for H.R.763 and ski area work on climate solutions.    

  • 1/13 - People of the Global Majority Action Team call at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. 

  • 1/13 - Conservative Caucus Action Team call at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

  • 1/13 - Earth-based Spirituality Action Team call at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Guest speaker is Dr. Adrian Harris, lead editor of the European Journal of Ecopsychology.     

  • 1/14 - Agriculture Action Team call at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT.   

  • 1/15 - Coal Country Action Team call at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT.

  • 1/15 - Climate and Culture Action Team call at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.    

  • 1/15 - Strategic Planning Action Team call at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

  • Visit the full event calendar for dial-in details and future events

To check out all of CCL's Action Teams and join any that interest you, head to the Action Team directory on CCL Community.
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