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H.R. 763: The Bipartisan Climate Change Solution

[…] asked their members of Congress to work together on solving climate change. A viable climate change solution needs to be big and lasting—which means bipartisan legislation. We fully support the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (H.R. 763). This policy will drive down America’s carbon pollution while unleashing American technology innovation and ingenuity. We support it because it’s: The Policy is Effective. H.R. 763 will […]

Media buzz about carbon pricing picks up with introduction of Deutch bill

Reps. Deutch, Peters, Chu, and Crist spoke in a press conference about the reintroduction of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. CCL’s President Madeleine Para (center) was also invited to speak. Watch the recording of the press conference here. By Steve Valk Since the 117th Congress was sworn in earlier this year, CCLers have been waiting eagerly for the reintroduction of the Energy Innovation […]

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

[…] achieving the Paris agreement target of limiting global warming to less than 2°C hotter than pre-industrial temperatures. The carbon pricing structure in the paper is similar to that in the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (EICDA), with a few distinctions:  starts at an earlier date (2015) starts at a higher-level ($30 per ton of carbon dioxide pollution compared to the $15 starting point in […]

Four new carbon pricing bills drop in Congress

[…] introducing these bipartisan climate bills today. Both Rep. Rooney and Lipinski have been leaders in the effort to enact a robust price on CO2 emissions as original cosponsors of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (H.R. 763), as has Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL). Rep. Deutch, the lead sponsor of the Energy Innovation Act, has been a passionate and effective voice on this issue in […]

Oregon Senate passed a bipartisan resolution in favor of carbon pricing

By CCL Oregon volunteers  In the first half of 2021, volunteers from around the state of Oregon endeavored to pass a statewide resolution in favor of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, generating robust bipartisan support in the process.  During the previous 2019 and 2020 legislative sessions, Oregon Republican legislators walked out to prevent a vote on a state cap-and-trade bill that they felt […]

How 25 Republicans in Utah came to endorse carbon fee and dividend

[…] This approach does not require heavy-handed government oversight. The fee gives the markets an incentive to move to cleaner technologies, while the dividend protects families from the effect of higher energy prices.”  Quest for endorsements begins At the outset, Moyer knew that securing these endorsements would require a willingness to take bold action. “I think we all recognize this is […]

Rep. Harley Rouda and local advocates discuss climate action, bipartisanship

[…] our chapter’s April CCL meeting, our Congressman, Harley Rouda (D-CA-48), spent an hour with us discussing his commitment to climate action, including his decision to become a cosponsor of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (H.R. 763). For many chapter members who have worked for years to get a carbon fee and dividend bill in Congress, it was a day of immense satisfaction and […]

Climate Interactive: Show, don’t tell

[…] Sara Wanous Each month, Citizens’ Climate Lobby hosts an online meeting featuring a guest speaker to educate listeners on topics related to climate change, carbon fee and dividend, and the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. Check out recaps of past speakers here. Climate Interactive is a think tank that provides modeling for climate policies and tools that show what’s needed to contain global warming […]

Interfaith Power & Light connects faith and climate

[…] Sara Wanous Each month, Citizens’ Climate Lobby hosts an online meeting featuring a guest speaker to educate listeners on topics related to climate change, carbon fee and dividend, and the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. Check out recaps of past speakers here. Climate change is such a pervasive issue because it touches so many parts of our lives: from our homes, to our health, […]

Tina Johnson takes on environmental racism

[…] Elise Koepke Each month, Citizens’ Climate Lobby hosts an online meeting featuring a guest speaker to educate listeners on topics related to climate change, carbon fee and dividend, and the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. Check out recaps of past speakers here.                                              […]