Month: April 2023

Eric Dean Wilson Episode 83: The Not-So-Cool Effects of Air Conditioning on Climate Change In this month’s episode of Citizens’ Climate Radio, Eric Dean Wilson fills us in on the not-so-cool history of air conditioning and its complicated relationship to climate change. He is the author of After Cooling: On Freon, Global Warming, and the… Continue reading Episode 83: The Not-So-Cool Effects of Air Conditioning on Climate Change

CCL statement on House passage of IRA rollbacks April 27, 2023 – This week’s House vote on the debt ceiling proposal, while not exclusively about climate policy, has major implications for America’s clean energy future. The legislation would gut the climate and clean energy provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), representing a “two steps… Continue reading CCL statement on House passage of IRA rollbacks

By Rick Knight   What is carbon capture, utilization, and storage? Carbon capture is a way to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from some mixture of gases. If CO2 is removed from an emissions source, such as the exhaust gas from a power plant, and then sequestered out of the atmosphere, it doesn’t contribute to global… Continue reading The Role of Carbon Capture in Climate Change Policy

CCL statement on attempts to repeal IRA climate provisions April 20, 2023 – Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) strongly opposes any repeal or reduction of the clean energy and climate provisions included as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) signed into law last year. Climate is a present and growing threat to our communities, to… Continue reading CCL statement on attempts to repeal IRA climate provisions

NBC News covers CCL’s conservative conference WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Conservative Climate Leadership Conference and Lobby Day, hosted by Citizens’ Climate Lobby late last month in Washington, D.C., was a big success, bringing together 100 volunteers, staff, speakers and partners, followed by a day of lobbying two dozen Republican offices on Capitol Hill. The event… Continue reading NBC News covers CCL’s conservative conference

How to meet the grid decarbonization challenge By Jonathan Marshall, CCL Economics Research Coordinator Eliminating climate pollution across every sector of the economy in the next quarter of a century, after two centuries of dependence on fossil fuels, may be the greatest challenge we have ever faced, but it’s also an opportunity to show what… Continue reading How to meet the grid decarbonization challenge

    In this month’s episode of Citizens’ Climate Radio, Peterson Toscano and Ruth Abraham feature four high school students who reveal the secret world of teenage lobbying. Brionna Dulay, Saachi Sharma, Cole Cochrane, and Anna Xies all volunteer for Citizens’ Climate Lobby. We asked them, “Are lobbyists bad?”  Brionna Dulay is a high school… Continue reading Episode 82: Are Lobbyists Bad? 

CCLers excited for new advocacy possibilities after policy expansion By Katie Zakrzewski Since CCL announced our policy expansion at the December 2022 conference, many volunteers have expressed excitement about these fresh angles for effective climate advocacy with Congress and local communities.  Let’s take a look at the doors this policy expansion has opened.  Electrification and… Continue reading CCLers excited for new advocacy possibilities after policy expansion

This article was written by CCL’s environmental scientist Dana Nuccitelli and originally posted on Yale Climate Connections. By Dana Nuccitelli Dana Nuccitelli is an environmental scientist and climate journalist with a Master’s Degree in physics. He has written about climate change since 2010 for Skeptical Science, for The Guardian from 2013 to 2018, and since 2018… Continue reading The little-known physical and mental health benefits of urban trees

2023 Climate Solutions tour sparks excitement in Wyoming By Bill Barron Last year we hatched plans for the 2023 CCL Wyoming tour with our dear friend and CCL Wyoming co-state coordinator, Barb Deshler, in the forefront of our minds. We were saddened by her passing, but wanted to celebrate a life well lived, her important… Continue reading 2023 Climate Solutions tour sparks excitement in Wyoming