Capitol Call-In: Amplify CCL’s Message this Lobby Day, July 22
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What is Lobby Day?
Every summer, CCLers from all across America head to Washington, D.C. for our annual Summer Conference and Lobby Day. After a day of education and training, we mobilize, taking hundreds of meetings on Capitol Hill.
Grassroots citizens enter Congressional offices ready to talk policy with our elected representatives.
When our volunteers meet with Congress, they don’t speak just for themselves, but for thousands of constituents back home. You may not be in the room, but your voice can still be part of the conversation.
Call Congress on July 22 and say: I stand for better climate laws — and I’m not backing down.
We’re not going anywhere. Not after tough votes. Not when things get hard. Not ever. After every setback, we keep showing up. That’s what movements do.
Call today. Stand with climate advocates on the Hill.
What Are CCLers Asking Congress Today?
CCL volunteers are meeting with members of Congress today to ask for a series of policies that support America’s clean energy transition. These policies will protect our climate while providing reliable and affordable power:
As Congress considers FY26 appropriations, we urge continued support for programs that enable private-sector investment, strengthen U.S. energy leadership, and ensure our grid can meet rising demand. Proposed cuts to key Departments of Energy initiatives risk slowing innovation, weakening our global competitiveness, and increasing long-term costs to taxpayers and ratepayers.
We urge Congress to reject proposed cuts and fully fund the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E), both of which are essential for energy innovation and reliability.
The reconciliation bill went too far in cutting a range of clean energy tax credits that have played a critical role in lowering energy costs, helping to meet growing electricity demand, and spurring domestic manufacturing and job creation. Among the most important—and most severely cut—are 48E and 45Y, which support low-cost wind and solar development, and 25C, which helps homeowners invest in energy-saving upgrades.
We urge Congress to reject any guidance that further restricts these credits and consider new policies that ease their phaseout, reduce uncertainty, and encourage market stability.
Permitting bottlenecks are holding back American energy. Meeting America’s future energy needs will require doubling or even tripling transmission capacity—something we can’t do without serious permitting reform. Permitting reform should be done responsibly—streamlining project approvals while preserving community input and upholding the integrity of our core environmental protections.
We urge Congress to resume bipartisan efforts towards permitting reform. A strong starting point is the bipartisan Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 introduced in the last Congress.
Who is Citizens’ Climate Lobby?
Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan grassroots advocacy climate change organization that exists to create the political will for climate change solutions by enabling individual breakthroughs in the exercise of personal and political power.
Our consistently respectful, nonpartisan approach to climate education is designed to create a broad, sustainable foundation for climate action across all geographic regions and political inclinations.
CCL empowers everyday people to work with their community and their members of Congress. Our supporters cover the political spectrum and work in more than 450 local chapters. Together, we’re building support for a national bipartisan solution to climate change.
