Month: January 2023

By Rick Knight Question: What’s the basic science behind global warming? Answer: The sun heats the earth, which then radiates part of that heat back into space as infrared radiation. Certain gases – ‘greenhouse gases’ – interact with this outgoing heat radiation, returning some of it back to the surface and keeping its temperature higher… Continue reading The Science Behind Climate Change

Episode 80: Unleashing Our Imaginations for Climate Solutions “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein As climate advocates, we need to articulate what it is that we are fighting for. What is the world we want to create? Engaging our imagination is essential to stir up the kind… Continue reading Episode 80: Unleashing Our Imaginations for Climate Solutions 

How to make carbon pricing more popular By Jonathan Marshall, Economics Research Coordinator  You’d think supporters of a climate policy endorsed by more than 3,600 U.S. economists, the  UN Secretary General, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to name a few, would be riding high. Instead, many supporters of carbon… Continue reading How to make carbon pricing more popular

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As CCL focuses on expansion and outreach, presentations prove crucial By Katie Zakrzewski As CCL sets out with an expanded policy agenda, one of our focuses this year is to expand our volunteer base as well. This is done through carefully planned outreach, and a crucial component of that outreach is presentations.  CCLer David Cain… Continue reading As CCL focuses on expansion and outreach, presentations prove crucial

Our recent big win on climate legislation owes much to the grassroots organizing that CCL and others provided. More solutions will be needed to meet our climate goals — like a price on carbon! — which means more grassroots organizing. Joining us this month is CCL Advisory Board member Hahrie Han, who specializes in the… Continue reading Hahrie Han, Johns Hopkins University

CCL provides input to USDA about how to allocate IRA climate-smart agriculture funds By Dana Nuccitelli In last year’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Congress included about $20 billion earmarked for natural climate solutions. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is responsible for deciding how those funds should be allocated to meet… Continue reading CCL provides input to USDA about how to allocate IRA climate-smart agriculture funds