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Amy Bennett, CCL’s guide to helping thousands discover power as climate activists, offers advice as she retires  By Steve Valk After more than a dozen years on staff, Amy Bennett, Director of Congressional Liaisons and Lobby Days for Citizens’ Climate Lobby, is retiring. During her tenure, CCL grew from an unknown grassroots organization with less… Continue reading Amy Bennett, CCL’s guide to helping thousands discover power as climate activists, offers advice as she retires 

How the Inflation Reduction Act can bridge the partisan divide By Jonathan Marshall The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) squeaked through Congress last summer on a strictly partisan vote, clearing the Senate with a bare one-vote majority. Yet one of its most profound long-term impacts may be bringing more Republicans around to supporting clean technology. If… Continue reading How the Inflation Reduction Act can bridge the partisan divide

COP27 Report: Citizen participation can unlock a climate-smart future By Joe Robertson The COP27 round of United Nations Climate Change negotiations — which took place last month in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt — had a long list of high-stakes challenges to work out. This complex landscape of intergovernmental negotiations included work toward new agreements on: locally-led… Continue reading COP27 Report: Citizen participation can unlock a climate-smart future

Episode 79: How to tell a climate change solution story In this episode, host Peterson Toscano looks at climate stories that reveal the impacts of climate solutions. This is a harder story to tell because many of the best solutions are still on the table. In fact, CCLers are working hard to get lawmakers and… Continue reading Episode 79: How to tell a climate change solution story

With Gratitude #7: A CCL blog series By Katie Zakrzewski As 2022 draws to a close, this is a great time to reflect on all that we’ve accomplished this year, and everything that we have to be thankful for. Fortunately, we have a lot to be thankful for, especially this year. One of the best… Continue reading With Gratitude #7: A CCL blog series

With Gratitude #6: A CCL blog series By Katie Zakrzewski As the holiday season draws near, this is a great time to reflect on all that we’ve accomplished this year, and everything that we have to be thankful for. Fortunately, we have a lot to be thankful for, especially this year. One of the best… Continue reading With Gratitude #6: A CCL blog series

Why Taxing Bad Things is Good: ‘Putting a Price’ on Tobacco, Alcohol, and Carbon Emissions By Jonathan Marshall For over a century, economists have advocated taxing goods or services that impose greater costs on society than their price reflects. The idea isn’t to raise revenue, even if that’s a nifty benefit, but to discourage the… Continue reading Why Taxing Bad Things is Good: ‘Putting a Price’ on Tobacco, Alcohol, and Carbon Emissions

CCL applauds inclusion of Growing Climate Solutions Act in omnibus FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC, DEC. 20, 2022 — 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… Continue reading CCL applauds inclusion of Growing Climate Solutions Act in omnibus

With Gratitude #5: A CCL blog series By Katie Zakrzewski As the holiday season draws near, this is a great time to reflect on all that we’ve accomplished this year, and everything that we have to be thankful for. Fortunately, we have a lot to be thankful for, especially this year. One of the best… Continue reading With Gratitude #5: A CCL blog series

Former U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo opening keynote, December 2022 conference In this opening keynote address from former U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, Mr. Curbelo discusses the impact that CCL had on his work as a conservative and bipartisanship as part of creating a lasting change. Read and watch below as Mr. Curbelo shares his appreciation for… Continue reading Former U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo opening keynote, December 2022 conference