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How #ElectrifyEverything meshes with CCL’s goals

[…] of dollars in the electric grid and EVs and their charging infrastructure that are now being deployed. The climate provisions currently being considered by Congress as part of the budget reconciliation process include many more investments to accelerate electrification – EV and heat pump subsidies, funding for home electrification and efficiency programs, expanding EV charging infrastructure, and public transit. CCL volunteers […]

CCL campaign uses WWII imagery to link clean energy to fight against Putin

[…] change and move the U.S. away from dependency on fossil fuels is currently stalled in the U.S. Senate. The campaign urges the president and Congress to negotiate a bill in reconciliation that includes all of the climate provisions of the House-passed Build Back Better Act — tax credits and other incentives for clean energy and electric vehicles. Adding a price […]

CCL partners on Rewiring America’s ‘Save on Better Appliances’ campaign

[…] in August 2024. We worked hard to defend the IRA’s economy-wide clean energy tax credits beginning with lobbying last December, and ramping up with a drumbeat of advocacy through the reconciliation process this year. Supporting Rewiring America’s campaign is a fitting way to close out this part of our advocacy, help maximize the pollution cuts from this legislation’s clean energy […]

Is Nuclear Energy Clean (And Are We Ready For It)?

[…] federal government needs to provide the right financial incentives. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 provided tax credits for investments in clean energy, including nuclear power. However, the recent budget reconciliation bill phases these credits out, adding another layer to the difficulty of implementing and building nuclear projects.  Without these incentives, the financial feasibility of nuclear projects becomes more difficult. […]

After Congress cuts clean energy measures, climate advocates are undeterred in D.C.

[…] of climate-focused meetings with members of Congress. Every meeting will focus on asking lawmakers — Republicans and Democrats like — to support America’s clean energy transition. Despite the Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill passing into law with major cuts to clean energy measures, the process did reveal growing support among Republican lawmakers for those very measures. “We had a lot of […]

New research: carbon fee and dividend would reduce poverty and inequality while strengthening the economy

[…] today would make the economy stronger in the long-term. As numerous analyses have shown, while the climate policies and investments in the House-passed version of the Build Back Better budget reconciliation package are historic, they are insufficient to meet the U.S. NDC. If the Senate is able to add a carbon price and dividend to their version of the package, […]

CCL pushes to keep climate in center of ongoing Build Back Better negotiations

[…] not stop fighting until we do.” CCL President Madeleine Para said, “When Congress returns in January, Citizens’ Climate Lobby will advocate for climate policies to be a centerpiece of whatever reconciliation package continues to be debated, and for inclusion of a carbon price. We will remind Congress and the White House of President Biden’s commitment to reduce emissions 50% below […]

What the latest IPCC report says about carbon fee and dividend

[…] efficiency.” Finally, the IPCC heavily emphasizes the urgency of the climate crisis and the importance of implementing immediate climate policy solutions like those being considered as part of the budget reconciliation process, ideally including a price on carbon. “The cumulative scientific evidence is unequivocal: Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health. Any further delay in concerted […]

Statement on the House passage of budget bill H.R. 1

[…] and our efforts succeeded in supporting dozens of Republicans to speak up for the tax credits throughout the negotiations.  Unfortunately, the pull of partisanship is incredibly strong during a budget reconciliation process, and nearly every House member voted along party lines. But CCL’s work to defend these tax credits isn’t over. We urge each Senator to recognize the vast benefits […]

The latest IPCC report has a lot to say about carbon fee and dividend

[…] many scientists are pushing back against counterproductive climate doom talk.  But the IPCC report does make clear how important it is that Congress pass the strongest climate package possible through reconciliation this year, ideally including a price on carbon. Here’s what the IPCC had to say about carbon fee and dividend among the report’s 680 mentions of carbon pricing policies, […]