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Use psychology for better climate communications

[…] 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. We know that climate change is an urgent issue that requires action today, but engaging people in climate action remains a challenge. […]

1,500 climate advocates press Congress for price on carbon

[…] put a fee on carbon and give the revenue to American households. Climate advocates had meetings scheduled with 529 offices in the House and Senate to generate support for the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (H.R. 763). The legislation would place a fee on the carbon dioxide content of fossil fuels that would ramp up to $10 a ton each year. The revenue will […]

Dr. DeJarnett explains how climate change threatens public health

[…] 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 a large-scale threat, but it is also as personal as our own health. Dr. Natasha DeJarnett of the National […]

Editorials play key role in 2021 push for price on carbon 

[…] the paper has been a strong advocate for climate action, including putting a price on carbon. In the summer, the group met with the paper’s editorial board to discuss the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act and, more broadly, the importance of enacting a price on carbon. On July 10, the Chronicle published an editorial, “Biden should back a carbon tax as Europe goes big […]

House ‘Green Dogs’ support carbon pricing

[…] has come out in support of carbon pricing. The inclusion of carbon pricing among the Green Dogs’ priorities no doubt reflects the presence among them of 27 cosponsors of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, more than a third of all the bill’s cosponsors. Rep. Gerry Connolly (VA-11), a founding member and co-chair of the Green Dogs since the 114th Congress, says, “The gravity […]

Perception gap plagues Canada’s carbon price

[…] per month. Even for the high-income households, rebates still exceed costs for a healthy 55%. These results are strikingly similar to those estimated in CCL’s Household Impact Study of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act.  And yet, Poilievre and his allies claim that “the carbon tax will cost most households more than they ever get back.” That claim is drawn from the same  PBO […]

North Carolina volunteers persevere for a municipal resolution

[…] businesses, institutions, and municipalities in support of placing a price on carbon. Just last year, CCL volunteers generated more than 100 local, county, and tribal resolutions in support of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act.  In March of 2021, a town called Knightdale became the latest municipality in North Carolina to pass a resolution calling on the state and federal governments to act on […]

CCL brings dozens of new cosponsors to BEST Act

[…] Dr. Danny Richter on a call with CCL volunteers. “This is the kind of story that will enable us to be at the table on future climate legislation.” While the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act is the primary focus of CCL’s lobbying efforts, in recent years, volunteers have also lobbied Congress on other legislation as “supporting asks.” Our legislative team chooses bills to be […]

Modeling Carbon Fees with the Energy Policy Simulator

[…] but does not have the ability to resolve complex economic feedbacks as thoroughly as the CGE models can. With those caveats in mind, here is how we have simulated the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (Deutch), America’s Clean Future Fund Act (Durbin-Newman), the MARKET CHOICE Act (Fitzpatrick), and the Save our Future Act (Whitehouse) using the online EPS. Carbon price To enter a carbon […]

Austin, Texas, puts a price on carbon

[…] energy options. We can see what’s cleaner in the price itself. To date, 81 members of Congress see the benefit of this approach and have put their names on the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, which would put a price on carbon emissions and give revenue back to Americans as a monthly dividend. Now, every member of Congress can see the idea in action […]