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New FERC rule is a positive step, but Congressional action still needed May 17, 2024 – Citizens’ Climate Lobby is encouraged to see the new FERC transmission rules adopted this week. The swift buildout of our outdated and significant transmission infrastructure is a key step to getting more clean energy on the grid and lowering… Continue reading New FERC rule is a positive step, but Congressional action still needed

Citizens’ Climate boards hire new Executive Director After a search process spanning several months and hundreds of candidates, the governing boards of Citizens’ Climate Education and Citizens’ Climate Lobby are excited to announce Rachel Kerestes as the organizations’ new incoming Executive Director. A trained biologist and public policy analyst, Rachel Kerestes’s career spans the worlds… Continue reading Citizens’ Climate boards hire new Executive Director

Elizabeth Rush, author of “The Quickening, Creation, and Community at the Ends of the Earth” Episode 94: Antarctic Awakenings: Unveiling Climate Change at the Ends of the Earth with Elizabeth Rush and Brett Cease In this episode of Citizens’ Climate Radio, co-hosts Peterson Toscano and Erica Valdez explore the theme of climate change and its… Continue reading Episode 94: Antarctic Awakenings

Driving change: Bill Barron’s journey to spark climate conversations across the Mountain West By Nabila Wilson Picture this: 16 days, 3800 miles, and three states ablaze with the colors of Colorado, New Mexico, and Montana. Bill Barron, the Mountain West Regional Director for CCL, embarked on a road trip through some of America’s most scenic… Continue reading Driving change: Bill Barron’s journey to spark climate conversations across the Mountain West

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Right-of-center climate advocates meet with 47 Republican offices March 2024 — Earlier this month, conservatives from across America gathered in Washington, D.C., for Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s annual Conservative Climate Leadership Conference and Lobby Day.  “It was an incredible opportunity for CCL’s right of center volunteers to connect with each other and the… Continue reading Right-of-center climate advocates meet with 47 Republican offices

New modeling from the Hamilton Project and Brookings Institution explores the effectiveness of a variety of climate policies. A carbon price is still critical to meet America’s climate commitments By Dana Nuccitelli, CCL Research Coordinator We at CCL have been advocating for Congress to put a price on carbon pollution for a long time. We’ve… Continue reading A carbon price is still critical to meet America’s climate commitments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New White House permitting rule is a win for climate May 1, 2024 – Citizens’ Climate Lobby is encouraged to see the new permitting reform rule announced this week from the White House Council on Environmental Quality. The rule implements permitting reform measures Congress passed in last year’s debt ceiling deal. Notably,… Continue reading New White House permitting rule is a win for climate

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New White House permitting rule is a win for climate May 1, 2024 – Citizens’ Climate Lobby is encouraged to see the new permitting reform rule announced this week from the White House Council on Environmental Quality. The rule implements permitting reform measures Congress passed in last year’s debt ceiling deal. Notably,… Continue reading New White House permitting rule is a win for climate

Author, speaker, and activist Eileen Flanagan Episode 93: What is Your Climate Change Role? In this month’s episode of Citizens’ Climate Radio, Eileen Flanagan, a writer, social change teacher, Quaker, and activist, dives deep with host Peterson Toscano into four different roles people have traditionally taken in change movements. In addition, Erica Valdez and Horace… Continue reading Episode 93: What is Your Climate Change Role? 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 70 conservatives from across America to meet with Republican offices on climate March 2024 — Later this month, conservatives from across America will gather in Washington D.C. for Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s annual Conservative Climate Leadership Conference and Lobby Day.  “This is a really unique event,” says Drew Eyerly, Conservative Outreach Director for… Continue reading 70 conservatives from across America to meet with Republican offices on climate