Why taxing bad things is good; Trainings on Holiday Break; Happy
Holidays
Click to view this email in a browser.
[link removed]
[link removed]
CCL Weekly Briefing, Dec. 21, 2022
[link removed]
Table of Contents:
GCSA in omnibus package
Take action this week
Sierra Sun profiles CCLer
Growing Climate Solutions Act added to omnibus
Citizens' Climate Lobby applauds the inclusion of the Growing Climate
Solutions Act in the omnibus spending bill expected to be passed this
week. The legislation would help all farmers and foresters to access
carbon credit markets and get paid for using climate-friendly practices
that sequester carbon.
Since it was introduced last year, the bill has garnered broad
bipartisan support, thanks in great part to the lobbying efforts of CCL
volunteers throughout the country who contacted and met with their
senators and representatives. The legislation cleared the Senate last
summer with overwhelming support, 92-8. The House version of the bill
gathered 100 cosponsors, demonstrating support that helped it to be
included in the must-pass omnibus spending bill.
"This is one more win in a year that has seen tremendous progress on
climate solutions," said Madeleine Para, CCL Executive Director. "The
agriculture sector is experiencing great hardship from climate change,
and this legislation makes it easier for farmers to be part of the
solution."
CCL Vice President of Government Affairs Ben Pendergrass was quoted in
the Washington Post's Climate 202
[link removed]
about the act.
"Right now, it's kind of like the Wild West," Pendergrass said. "This
will put some guardrails around carbon markets, giving people who are
buying these credits more assurance that what they're buying is actually
sequestering carbon."
While the RISEE Act did not make it into the omnibus package, this
policy may be back on our agenda in 2023. We will be sure to update you
on this and other policy areas once the 118th Congress is in session.
You can find more information in our press release below.
READ MORE
[link removed]
In other news this week:
• Trainings on break: CCL's volunteer training will resume after the
holidays on Jan. 5, 2023. To see past trainings, visit the Training
Topics page of CCL Community
[link removed]
.
• Why taxing bad things is good: In this piece
[link removed]
, CCL Research Coordinator Jonathan Marshall explains the benefit of
taxing tobacco, alcohol, and even carbon emissions.
• With Gratitude #5: Read more
[link removed]
about what volunteers are doing to fight climate change, such as
organizing parade floats and digging for fossils.
[link removed]
Take action this week
If you have a little time: Donate to CCL
Citizens' Climate empowers a growing network of 210,000+ best lobbyists
that money can't buy: everyday people motivated to save what we love
most . And, we're effective. Our approach gives ordinary people the
tools, training, and organizational support to effectively build bridges
in their local communities and bring more folks to the table on climate
advocacy. As a result, our ranks are full of steadfast citizen lobbyists
who go above and beyond in the fight for a livable world. Now, we're
rolling up our sleeves again: strengthening our outreach and
mobilization to better advocate for the policies we need to meet—and
even exceed—the climate goals set in the Paris Accords. But we need your
support to be successful. Will you help us hit the ground running and
secure big climate victories in 2023? Make a tax-deductible donation to
Citizens' Climate Education today.
[link removed]
If you have more time: Relax and enjoy the holidays
You've worked incredibly hard this year. You've attended conferences,
lobbied Congress, voted in the midterms, called and written your members
of Congress, gone to meetings, and made a huge difference in your
community. Set aside some time this holiday season to eat your favorite
holiday goodies, and spend time with the family members and friends who
motivate you to work as hard as you do. From all of us at CCL, happy
holidays.
Find your CCL chapter
[link removed]
| Check out our Action Teams
[link removed]
| Browse upcoming events
[link removed]
[link removed]
Sierra Sun interviews CCL volunteer
The Sierra Sun recently interviewed CCL volunteer Sam Ruderman in their
monthly climate profile, which spotlights environmentalists in the
community. Sam has six years of experience in the environmental field,
and uses his experience in his chapter of CCL. In the interview, Sam
discusses how he got involved in CCL, and some of the work he's done as
a volunteer.
"I attended my first meeting and was equally impressed by the
dedication, intelligence, and thoroughness of the chapter leaders and
members," Sam recalls. "It was inspiring and refreshing, and I wanted to
contribute to the organization's progressive efforts to influence
change."
READ SAM'S STORY
[link removed]
Donate now to support our climate action work
Donate Now!
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
www.citizensclimatelobby.org
[link removed]
|
[email protected]
eNewsletter Design & Development by
[link removed]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Copyright © 2020 Citizens' Climate Lobby
Our address is 1330 Orange Ave #309, Coronado, CA 92118, USA
Our Canadian Address is 435 Notre Dame Avenue, Lower Level, Sudbury ON P3C 5K6, Canada
To change your email address with Citizens' Climate please write to
[email protected]
If you do not wish to receive future email to
[email protected], click here
[link removed]
To choose which email you would like sent to
[email protected] from Citizens' Climate, click here
[link removed]
