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Van Jones delivered a keynote address to CCL’s “Grassroots Rising” conference.  1,492 volunteers attend ‘Grassroots Rising,’ followed by 360 citizen lobby meetings November 2023 — At least 1,492 attendees, determined to build their grassroots climate advocacy skills, came together at Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s fall virtual conference this month.  After a summer of record heat and… Continue reading  1,492 volunteers attend ‘Grassroots Rising,’ followed by 360 citizen lobby meetings

Rep. Young Kim (R-CA-40), one of the Climate Solutions Caucus members who signed the letter, spoke at CCL’s 2022 Conservative Climate Conference Climate Caucus sends letter to leadership urging cooperation on permitting reform By Flannery Winchester Last week, 26 members of the House Climate Solutions Caucus sent a letter to House leadership urging bipartisan climate… Continue reading Climate Caucus sends letter to leadership urging cooperation on permitting reform

Young CCLers preparing for lobby meetings. Nurturing hope and empowerment: Reflections on lobbying By Karen Jackson, volunteer with CCL Salt Lake City, Utah CCL’s November lobby week just came to a close, and we had over 280 virtual meetings held by volunteers across the country! They worked to generate support for our primary and secondary… Continue reading Nurturing hope and empowerment: Reflections on lobbying

Sen. Cassidy appeared on CNN to discuss the introduction of his Foreign Pollution Fee Act of 2023. Republican Senators introduce foreign pollution fee bill By Flannery Winchester Last week, Senate Republicans Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina introduced the Foreign Pollution Fee Act of 2023. That name is pretty snappy compared to… Continue reading Republican Senators introduce foreign pollution fee bill

Up next in November: Here’s what we’re lobbying Congress for CCL’s virtual fall conference on November 4–5 and lobby days on November 6–10 are fast approaching. CCL staff have determined the best “asks” for those lobby meetings and prepared trainings about those asks so you can get up to speed. On Monday, October 23, CCL’s… Continue reading Up next in November: Here’s what we’re lobbying Congress for 

Photo by Kaushal Moradiya  Episode 89: The Best New Climate Change Books and Podcasts As a climate advocate, you want to stay well informed, up to date, and equipped in the work you do. On today’s show the Citizens’ Climate Radio Team will help you do just that. In today’s show they feature the newest… Continue reading Episode 89: The Best New Climate Change Books and Podcasts

Spark of change: The Great School Electrification Challenge By Veda Ganesan, Grade 10 from Flower Mound, Texas  Did you know that schools are among the largest consumers of energy in the public sector? They generate emissions equivalent to those of 18 coal-fired power plants or 15 million cars each year. In an age when sustainable… Continue reading Spark of change: The Great School Electrification Challenge

Zaurie Zimmerman, Board Chair, Citizens’ Climate Lobby The search for CCL’s next executive director We are delighted to announce that the boards of Citizens’ Climate Lobby and Citizens’ Climate Education have jointly initiated a global search for our next Executive Director. We have formed a board search committee and engaged an international executive search firm… Continue reading The search for CCL’s next executive director  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Seven CCL campus leaders participate in Local Conference of Youth USA 2023 Oct. 20, 2023 – CCL is proud to announce that seven of our volunteers — Justin Berg, Lizzie Emch, Katharine Gage, Philip Ignatoff, Roksanna Keyvan, Emily O’Keefe, and Helen Tiffin — have been chosen as delegates for this year’s Local… Continue reading Seven CCL campus leaders participate in Local Conference of Youth USA 2023

CCL Research Coordinator Dana Nuccitelli CCL briefs House Climate Solutions Caucus on clean energy permitting reform When the House Climate Solutions Caucus relaunched this summer, CCL said, “​​We are hoping to see — and our grassroots volunteers will be lobbying for — meaningful bipartisan climate legislation” to emerge from the group. In recent weeks, we’ve… Continue reading CCL briefs House Climate Solutions Caucus on clean energy permitting reform