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As CCL focuses on expansion and outreach, diversity and inclusion 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 through carefully planned outreach. Last month, we highlighted the importance of presentations to recruit volunteers and helped… Continue reading As CCL focuses on expansion and outreach, diversity and inclusion prove crucial

By Rick Knight   Question: Does making fossil fuels more expensive eliminate jobs?   Answer:  No. Cutting fossil fuel emissions actually puts more people to work than business as usual at comparable wages.     Fossil fuel employment has been shrinking for years, mainly because of mechanization, not regulation. For example, in 1980, producing 100 tons of coal… Continue reading How clean energy creates more jobs

By Rick Knight   Question: Does making fossil fuels more expensive eliminate jobs?   Answer:  No. Cutting fossil fuel emissions actually puts more people to work than business as usual at comparable wages.     Fossil fuel employment has been shrinking for years, mainly because of mechanization, not regulation. For example, in 1980, producing 100 tons of coal… Continue reading How clean energy creates more jobs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Conservatives to meet and lobby Republicans for climate solutions WASHINGTON, D.C., March 6, 2022 — This month, conservatives from across America will gather in the nation’s capital to explore climate change solutions that they will then take to Republican members of Congress during a day of lobbying.  “With Republicans controlling the House… Continue reading Conservatives to meet and lobby Republicans for climate solutions

CCL Hawaii youths gather during a break at the Climate Future Forum. Young CCLers take the lead in Hawaii By Katie Zakrzewski Young CCLers in Hawaii have been working hard for several months to make their voices heard by local and federal legislators. From publishing letters to the editor and op-eds in local papers to… Continue reading Young CCLers take the lead in Hawaii

CCL Hawaii youths gather during a break at the Climate Future Forum. Young CCLers take the lead in Hawaii By Katie Zakrzewski Young CCLers in Hawaii have been working hard for several months to make their voices heard by local and federal legislators. From publishing letters to the editor and op-eds in local papers to… Continue reading Young CCLers take the lead in Hawaii

In the quest to find common ground between Republicans and Democrats on climate solutions, communities of faith play an important role in bridging the partisan divide. The Evangelical Environmental Network, whose members are focused on caring for creation, is one of the organizations working in this advocacy space. This month, we hear from Rev. Mitch… Continue reading Rev. Mitchell Hescox, The Evangelical Environmental Network

By Katie Zakrzewski At the December 2022 conference, CCL unveiled our new policy areas: Carbon pricing Healthy forests Building electrification and efficiency, and  Clean energy permitting reform You may be wondering: why are healthy forests important for mitigating climate change? As it turns out, having healthy forests and an abundance of trees helps the communities… Continue reading Why are healthy forests important for mitigating climate change?

Episode 81: Women in Wild Places In this month’s episode of Citizens’ Climate Radio, we feature two women so compelled by their experiences in the wilderness that they published books about them. Lilace Melin Guinard, is a poet and non-fiction writer. Citizens’ Climate Radio host Peterson Toscano walks alongside Guinard in northern Pennsylvania’s Hill Creek… Continue reading Episode 81: Women in Wild Places 

Volunteer Spotlight: Mark Taylor By Katie Zakrzewski Climate hero or superhero? Apparently, CCL has them both. Our volunteers run the gamut of hobbies and activities for raising social awareness about the impacts of climate change. But not every CCLer can say that they played a superhero on TV and taught their fans about environmentalism. Mark… Continue reading Volunteer Spotlight: Mark Taylor