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National Academies endorse carbon pricing

[…] of change and unprecedented levels of funding.” The good news? CCL is and has been putting in the work to create sustained public support for carbon pricing policies like the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act that will help our environment, our economy, and the American people. Leading climate scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe recently compared the fight against the climate crisis to climbing Mount Everest, […]

Canada starts ball rolling to price carbon as Trudeau preps for Washington

[…] Minister Justin Trudeau and President Barack Obama will meet at the White House and are poised to sign on to a continental environment and climate-change strategy.  Earlier this year, the Energy Ministers for Canada, the U.S. and Mexico signed a Memorandum of Understanding  on Climate Change and Energy Collaboration. This is great news, because in 2013, pollster Nik Nanos observed, […]

3,700 climate advocates gather online to plan push for carbon price in 2021

[…] to pass carbon-pricing legislation in the new Congress. Following the conference this week, volunteers are conducting virtual meetings with hundreds of members of Congress to seek bipartisan support for the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (H.R. 763).  Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) is expected to reintroduce his carbon-fee-and–dividend bill in the House early in the 117th Congress. At the time of the conference, the legislation […]

In 400+ meetings, CCL volunteers ask Congress for carbon price

[…] backed carbon pricing bills in the 116th Congress and are expected to do so again. In the 116th Congress, carbon pricing also gained traction in the House of Representatives: the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act won the backing of 86 representatives. This legislation is expected to be reintroduced into the House soon. Beyond Congress, members of President Biden’s cabinet such as Treasury Secretary Janet […]

Conservative climate event pushes Congress for carbon price

[…] Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. On Monday, Feb. 3, attendees will receive training in lobbying and communications, as well as a thorough legislative briefing on the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (H.R. 763). This bipartisan carbon pricing bill is currently in the House with 77 cosponsors. It will place a robust price on carbon pollution — $15/ton, increasing $10/ton each […]

CCL’s legislative roundup: What we’ve accomplished

[…] 19, 2021 The Hope for Homes Act was one of CCL’s supporting asks in our June 2021 lobby meetings and throughout the summer. This bipartisan legislation was designed to cut energy costs for homeowners, while also investing in clean energy jobs and technology. This secondary ask passed the House as part of the Build Back Better Act. The Storing CO2 […]

How will carbon pricing impact inflation?

[…] from congressional offices, volunteers, and other stakeholders regarding the potential impact a carbon price would have on inflation. The short answer is that well-designed carbon pricing legislation — like the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (EICDA) and those currently under consideration by the Senate Finance Committee — includes a dividend returned to most or all American households precisely to address the resulting rise in […]

Bipartisan carbon fee bill introduced in House

[…] has seen in over a decade. Sponsored by Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL), Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL), Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Rep. John Delaney (D-MD), the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act is a climate solution that goes further than any national policy to date, creating over 2 million new jobs, lowering health care costs, promoting energy innovation, and encouraging consumer […]

Canada leads the way on carbon pricing

[…] various forms of carbon pricing, but Canada, the largest importer of American goods, is the one that has successfully implemented nationwide carbon pricing featuring rebates to households, much like the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act that CCL supports in the U.S.  This all started with the Canadian province of British Columbia, which took the carbon tax plunge in 2008. By 2019, as their carbon […]

Never say never: A lobbying success story

CCL volunteer Teresa Welch and CCL Senior Director of Government Affairs Jennifer Tyler. Never say never: A lobbying success story CCL volunteer Teresa Welch serves as a liaison to her chapter’s Democratic member of Congress. Through persistent, thoughtful lobbying, Teresa and her chapter helped transform this lawmaker’s stance on carbon fee and dividend. Watch Teresa tell her story here, beginning […]