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CCLers excited for new advocacy possibilities after policy expansion

Since CCL announced our policy expansion, many volunteers have expressed excitement about these fresh angles for effective climate advocacy.

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Flannery Winchester delivers a legislative update on clean energy permitting reform.
Permitting reform kicks off in Congress

CCL’s Senior Director of Communications, Flannery Winchester, provides a legislative update on permitting reform.

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Does making fossil fuels more expensive eliminate jobs?
How clean energy creates more jobs

Clean energy creates more jobs, at comparable wages, than continued fossil fuel extraction. If a carbon fee is part of the policy portfolio and revenue is used for carbon cash-back payments to households, this also stimulates job growth in businesses outside the energy sector.

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Fix Our Forests: Why are healthy forests important for mitigating climate change?
Why are healthy forests important for mitigating climate change?

Healthy forests mitigate climate change by reducing pollution, cooling down our local communities, and easing electricity usage.

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an illustration depicts two buckets, showing the financial incentives that the IRA offers. One bucket is labeled 'tax credits' and the other bucket is labeled 'rebates'
Learn about the IRA’s homeowner electrification and efficiency incentives

Incentives for homeowners in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will be key in achieving the building electrification and efficiency.

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What is the RISEE Act?
What is the RISEE Act?

The RISEE Act (Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems Act) was introduced with bipartisan support in 2021 focusing on wind energy.

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CCL’s Big Tent Climate Talk features an electrification discussion with Rewiring America

CCL’s policy expansion into forests, electrification and efficiency, and permitting reform, calls for building relationships in these sectors

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What's the science behind climate change?
The Science of Climate Change

What's the science behind climate change? As the sun heats the earth, it radiates part of that heat back into space as infrared radiation. Greenhouse gases interact with this outgoing heat radiation, keeping the surface temperature higher than it would be without them.

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How to make carbon pricing more popular
How to make carbon pricing more popular

If carbon pricing is worth doing, and experience proves it’s possible, how can we raise the odds of implementing it?

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Building Electrification & Efficiency Breakout Session, December 2022 conference

Legislative strategy session with Rewiring America on electrifying homes and communities and incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act

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