Citizens' Climate Lobby
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A CCL Conversation with Dr. Katharine Hayhoe About ”Saving Us”
October 29, 2021 22:43 - 56 minutes - 106 MBJoin world renowned climate scientist and CCL Advisory Board Member Dr. Katharine Hayhoe for a CCL-exclusive one hour conversation with our favorite climate communicator about her new book! In SAVING US: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World Dr. Hayhoe draws upon interdisciplinary research and personal stories to demonstrate that whether you’re a parent or a person of faith, a beachgoer or a sports fan, a foodie or a travel junkie, climate change affects someone...
Big Tent Climate Talks | National Wildlife Federation | October 2021
October 29, 2021 22:13 - 44 minutes - 83.4 MBThis month's conversation featured CCL's Senior Business Relations Manager Kyle Kammien talking with Shannon Heyck-Williams, National Wildlife Federation's Senior Director on Climate and Energy Policy. Join us for Big Tent Climate Talks, a new, engaging, monthly conversation that spotlights leaders in the climate community outside of CCL doing important work in building coalitions around effective climate solutions. At CCL, we know solving climate change requires a variety of policies and p...
CCL Training: Online Conference & Lobby Days Q&A
October 27, 2021 15:36 - 28 minutes - 52.8 MBAre you curious about what to expect about the November Conference and Lobby Days or have a question about any final details? Join Amy Bennett, CCL Director of Congressional Liaisons & Lobby Days and Alison Kubicsko, National Events Manager, for a final walk-through of the who, what, and where for the November Conference and Lobby Days to help you prepare for what to expect with the schedule, logistics, and details. Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Intro & Agenda (2:25) CCL ...
CCL Training: Research on Rural Economic Benefits of Climate Policy
October 22, 2021 22:02 - 25 minutes - 47.3 MBIt turns out that strong climate policy, similar to the Energy Innovation Act, would provide substantial economic benefits to America’s rural communities. Wind and solar energy would expand dramatically, and construction and maintenance of these renewable projects would bring jobs and money to communities in need of the boost. Further, over 80% of the financial benefits would flow to District’s currently held by Republicans! CCL has worked with consultants to generate estimates of the direct...
CCR 65 Extreme Heat and Insurance Solutions with Kathy Baughman McLeod
October 21, 2021 20:07 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBKathy Baughman McLeod, SVP, Atlantic Council & Director, Adrienne Arsht - Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center reveals the many risks that come with extreme heat. She also provides multiple solutions, including innovative ways to use insurance to change the way we build and respond to extreme weather. Kathy Baughman McLeod leads the Center’s work to reach one billion people worldwide with climate resilience solutions by 2030. She also chairs the Extreme Heat Resilience Alliance which pa...
CCL Training: 7 Steps For Media Actions To Support Carbon Pricing in Reconciliation
October 15, 2021 20:13 - 17 minutes - 31.7 MBJoin CCL's State and Local Media Coordinator Charlotte Ward for a training that will be focused on how you can best utilize CCL's amazing suite of media resources to amplify the importance of including an ambitious price on carbon in the emerging reconciliation process, including customizing and submitting one of CCL’s op-ed templates, asking an editor for an editorial, writing more local letters to the editor and amplifying your media work on social media. Skip ahead to the following secti...
CCL Training: 7 Steps For Media Actions
October 15, 2021 20:13 - 34 minutes - 64.9 MBJoin CCL's State and Local Media Coordinator Charlotte Ward for a training that will be focused on how you can best utilize CCL's amazing suite of media resources to amplify the importance of including an ambitious price on carbon in the emerging reconciliation process, including customizing and submitting one of CCL’s op-ed templates, asking an editor for an editorial, writing more local letters to the editor and amplifying your media work on social media. Skip ahead to the following secti...
Rep. Ray Ward | Citizens‘ Climate Lobby | October 2021 Monthly Meeting
October 09, 2021 18:25 - 40 minutes - 74.8 MBIs carbon fee and dividend really the policy that can bridge the divide between Republicans and Democrats? On this month's call we'll talk to Dr. Ray Ward, a Republican state representative in Utah, about why he likes the policy. When he's not working in the legislature, Ward is a family physician in Bountiful, Utah. Earlier this year, he signed on to an op-ed in the Deseret News with two dozen other Utah Republicans endorsing carbon fee and dividend. Skip ahead to the following section(s):...
CCL Training: Understanding U.S. State Severance Fees
October 08, 2021 12:41 - 17 minutes - 33.1 MBJoin CCL State Level Carbon Pricing Coordinator Alexis Hermosillo and CCL's legislative interns Amanda Christophe and Matias Alberola for a training that will examine the connection between severance fees and carbon pricing, and help attendees understand current trends and future steps for action. Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Introduction & Agenda (2:41) Introduction of Severance Fees (4:14) Scope of U.S. Severance Fees (7:34)Tax Revenue Use (9:47) Relation to Carbon ...
CCL Training: Ten Social Media Actions to Take To Support A #PriceOnCarbon in Budget Reconciliation
October 01, 2021 22:20 - 40 minutes - 76.1 MBJoin CCL's Marketing Manager Ashley Hunt Martorano for a training that walks you through the strategic ways you can leverage the power of their own social media profiles to amplify and support the actions CCL is taking to help ensure strong climate policy like a carbon price is included in the emerging details of the budget reconciliation process. Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Intro & Agenda (4:00) Why Take Action Now? (11:09) Twitter Actions (19:15) Facebook Actions (25:38...
CCL Training: Communicating With Conservatives
September 25, 2021 05:23 - 29 minutes - 54 MBJoin Nate Abercrombie CCL Conservative Outreach Coordinator for a training on communicating with conservatives regarding carbon pricing policies Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act. Nate reviews conservative messaging on climate change, especially with regard to the printed word and highlight the conservative support aligning with key messages and underlying components, connecting how these policies align with conservative values. Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Intro & A...
CCL Training: Ask Community Leaders to Champion their Support to Congress
September 25, 2021 04:30 - 21 minutes - 39.1 MBContact community leaders you know and ask them to personally call to urge their members of Congress to support carbon pricing in climate legislation. Join CCL Action Director Todd Elvins and CCL leaders Robin Paone and Mark Welsch to find out how you can take action locally. Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Intro & Agenda (2:03) Why now and which community leaders? (6:38) How they should contact their members of Congress? (8:15) How else to highlight support? (9:50) Voluntee...
CCR Ep 64 Hinduism and LGBTQ climate work with Hari Venkatachalam
September 24, 2021 09:05 - 30 minutes - 41.3 MBHow does an American Hindu approach the climate crisis? What ancient values and teachings apply to modern life in America today? And how does this relate to LGBTQ issues and public health? Hari Venkatachalam connects his faith, work, heritage, and even his sexual orientation to living in a climate-changed world. In the episode Hari reveals how extreme weather, which affects everyone, disproportionally impacts LGBTQ homeless youth. Citizens Climate Radio host, Peterson Toscano, explains, U...
CCL Training: Budget Reconciliation Explained
September 17, 2021 21:54 - 53 minutes - 98.9 MBJoin CCL Strategy Director Tony Sirna for a background review of the budget reconciliation process, understand how this process might apply to carbon fee and dividend related legislation and review additional climate legislation emerging from the Senate and House packages. Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Intro & Agenda (2:23) Background on Reconciliation & Filibuster (4:37) More about Reconciliation & Budget Resolution (11:53) Carbon Fee & Dividend in Reconciliation (16:33) O...
Aaron Cosbey | Citizens‘ Climate Lobby | September 2021 Monthly Meeting
September 11, 2021 18:48 - 43 minutes - 80.5 MBBorder carbon adjustments, a mechanism to shield businesses in nations with robust climate ambition, have been a hot topic recently. The European Union has announced it will impose such taxes starting in 2023, and Senate Democrats in the U.S. have included it in the budget reconciliation resolution. To learn more, we turn to Aaron Cosbey with the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Aaron is an economist with 30 years of experience in the areas of trade, investment and sustai...
CCL Training: Getting New Volunteers Engaged
September 10, 2021 22:10 - 27 minutes - 50.3 MBWe're having a surge of new members join CCL! Want to brainstorm ideas on how to best support your own local efforts? Join Elli Sparks, CCL Field Development Director, for a training review that pulls on some of the best ideas from the Onboarding and Group Development Coaches action teams to offer tips and suggested strategies for bringing new people aboard CCL so that they acquire the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviors to become empowered CCL volunteers. Skip ahead to the following...
CCL Training: CCL‘s Transformational Organizing Guide
September 03, 2021 20:20 - 37 minutes - 69.6 MBJoin CCL leaders for a review of CCL's training on our five pillars of transformational organizing to help us strengthen our leadership development and capacity throughout our organization. We'll review suggestions and ideas in our groups will increase the number of highly engaged and motivated people that we work with and enable us to reach our goals! Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Intro & Background (3:19) The Pyramid of Engagement (9:50) The CCL Way (15:06) The Conditions...
CCR Ep 63 Climate Change Theatre Action 2021
September 03, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutes - 34.4 MBChantal Bilodeau tells us about Climate Change Theatre Action (CCTA) 2021. Founded in 2015, CCTA is a worldwide series of readings and performances of short climate change plays presented biennially to coincide with the United Nations COP meetings. CCTA was originally founded by Elaine Ávila, Chantal Bilodeau, Roberta Levitow, and Caridad Svich following a model pioneered by NoPassport Theatre Alliance. It has since evolved into a U.S.-Canada collaboration between The Arctic Cycle and the ...
Pamela Benson Owens | Citizens‘ Climate Lobby | August 2021 Monthly Meeting
August 14, 2021 18:39 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBWhether lobbying a member of Congress or doing grassroots outreach to enroll volunteers, the ability to really listen is a valuable asset. Our guest this month, Pamela Benson Owens, will coach us on constructive listening. Pam is the President and CEO of Edge of Your Seat Consulting, Inc., a consulting firm that is dedicated to helping for-profit, non-profit and faith-based organizations. Pam leverages humor and honest storytelling to create memorable and applicable strategies that organizat...
CCL Training: Introduction To Using Tiktok For Grassroots Outreach
August 13, 2021 22:04 - 52 minutes - 98 MBJoin CCL's Media Manager Ashley Hunt-Martorano for a training that will introduce you to TikTok and CCL's active channel on it (https://www.tiktok.com/@citizensclimate) as well as enhancing you and your group’s use of the newer social media platform to support your social media goals and interact with the millions of users online. Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Intro & Agenda (2:57) Why TikTok? (6:05) What is TikTok? (12:00) Getting Started! (26:03) CCL's TikTok Strateg...
Take Action on a Price on Carbon in the House
August 11, 2021 01:48 - 38 minutes - 72 MBJoin CCL Executive Director Mark Reynolds, President Madeleine Para and Vice President of Government Affairs Danny Richter for a special CCL webinar for all-leaders because now is the time for a big push in the U.S. House of Representatives. Review the legislative landscape as context for this campaign, understand how CCL will amplify our asks to both Democrat and Republican House offices, and take action to help ensure a price on carbon is included in the reconciliation package. Skip ah...
CCR 62 Hispanic Republicans with Geraldo Cadava
July 30, 2021 15:00 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBGeraldo Cadava is the author of The Hispanic Republican: The Shaping of An American Political Identity, from Nixon to Trump published by Ecco. He chatted with Citizens Climate Radio about the long history of Hispanics and the Republican party. He reveals what is often misunderstood about the political diversity of Latinos in America. The most asked question he gets is why any Latino voted for Donald Trump. He talks about this and a lot more. He also considers the question about Hispanic Repu...
CCL Training: En-ROADS Update & Hosting Climate Simulations
July 23, 2021 23:32 - 47 minutes - 35.7 MBJoin CCL Education & Engagement Director Brett Cease and CCL Michigan Liaisons Coordinator Lisa DelBuono, MD, for a training that will review the background, details, and how to host a simulation event with Climate Interactive's climate policy simulator, En-ROADS, built with MIT Sloan. Lisa demonstrates two sample presentations using the tool to help groups explore the power of a steadily rising price on carbon through policies like the Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act as well as othe...
Take Action on a Price on Carbon in the Senate
July 20, 2021 21:21 - 28 minutes - 22.2 MBJoin CCL Executive Director Mark Reynolds, President Madeleine Para and Vice President of Government Affairs Danny Richter for a special CCL webinar for all-leaders because now is the time for a big push on the Senate. Review the Senate legislative landscape as context for this campaign, understand how CCL will amplify our asks to both Democrat and Republican Senate office, and take action to help ensure a price on carbon is included in the reconciliation package. Skip ahead to the followi...
CCL Training: Engaging With CCL Community
July 16, 2021 21:33 - 38 minutes - 71.8 MBNewer to CCL and excited to make a difference? Be sure to join us for the beginning of our next cycle of Core Volunteer Training, a series specifically created to support you in becoming more active with CCL and answering any questions you might have across a wide range of topics. This initial training focuses on helping participants navigate our websites and opportunities for harnessing the talents, experience and interests you bring to CCL with Tamara Staton, Greater Pacific Northwest Regi...
Engaging With CCL Community [Core Volunteer Training]
July 16, 2021 21:33 - 34 minutes - 63.8 MBNewer to CCL and excited to make a difference? Be sure to join us for the beginning of our next cycle of Core Volunteer Training, a series specifically created to support you in becoming more active with CCL and answering any questions you might have across a wide range of topics. This initial training focuses on helping participants navigate our websites and opportunities for harnessing the talents, experience and interests you bring to CCL with Brett Cease, Senior Director of Education and...
CCL Training: COVID & Service Grassroots Outreach Updates
July 16, 2021 21:08 - 30 minutes - 22.9 MBJoin CCL Program Director Don Addu for a training that will provide volunteers with important updates to how CCL is supporting chapters transitioning back to in-person outreach with the best available recommendations regarding COVID-19 as well as covering an update to how CCL is incorporating the important element of service within its third lever of political will. Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Intro & Agenda (1:42) COVID-19 Update (5:37) The Importance of Service (9:4...
Allie Kelly | Citizens' Climate Lobby | July 2021 Monthly Meeting
July 10, 2021 18:42 - 42 minutes - 78.4 MBOne of the virtues of carbon pricing is that it will spur technological innovation. What kind of innovation? For a glimpse of that potential, we turn this month to Allie Kelly, Executive Director of The Ray, a nonprofit that is reimagining our roadways to be greener and safer. The Ray is working on a living highway test bed to develop ways to capture solar energy, charge electric vehicles and provide a drive-through tire safety station. Allie has over 15 years of experience working in public...
CCL Training: How To Use CCL's Branded Resources In Your Outreach
July 09, 2021 22:14 - 56 minutes - 105 MBJoin CCL's Marketing Manager Ashley Hunt-Martorano and Designer Breanna Cooke for a training that will walk you through and explore the many branded resources that CCL provides our volunteers to help you with your own local outreach, including Graphic Design Templates in Canva and CCL Brand Guidelines. Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Intro & Agenda (3:03) Why Is This Important? (7:52) Finding Resources (17:25) Branding Guidelines (20:19) Canva Templates (32:38) CCL Logos (45:...
CCL Training: The Power of Republican State Legislator Support For Carbon Pricing
July 02, 2021 21:43 - 41 minutes - 77.1 MBRecent initiatives in Utah, Oregon, Delaware and beyond have successfully gained the support of conservative state-level legislators to publicly support carbon pricing policy principles, including the Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act. Join this CCL training to hear directly from CCL leaders who have been building these successful relationships and learn how you can best leverage this momentum in your own climate endorsement and conservative outreach. Skip ahead to the following sect...
Big Tent Climate Talks | Nature For Justice | June 2021
June 25, 2021 21:01 - 45 minutes - 84.3 MBOur June event featured a conversation with Kyle Kammien, CCL Senior Business Relations Representative and Kevin Bryan, Nature For Justice, Co-Founder and Managing Director. Kevin has 20 years of experience building coalitions, developing organizational strategy, and fostering collaboration between organizations to support the growth of promising organizations and opportunities for people of color. He currently advises national organizations and coalitions as they shift their program framewo...
Big Tent Climate Talks | Hannon Armstrong | May 2021
June 25, 2021 20:39 - 44 minutes - 82.5 MBOur May event will feature a conversation with Sara Wanous, CCL Research Coordinator, and Gil Jenkins. Gil is the vice president of communications and public affairs for Hannon Armstrong, a leading investor in climate change solutions. In this position, he is responsible for guiding the company’s communications strategy, including media relations, brand marketing, social media, and external partnerships. He also supports the firm’s government affairs, community relations, and philanthropic f...
CCL Training: Making It Local, Making It Real with Climate Central
June 25, 2021 19:01 - 35 minutes - 65.7 MBJoin Karen Florini, Vice President for Programs at Climate Central, for a training that highlights the toolbox of climate communication tools available to climate advocates from Climate Central, including Climate Matters, WeatherPower, Sea Level Rise, and Realtime Climate, all of which provide timely, personalized alerts on climate impacts & solutions – for every community in the U.S. Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Intro & Agenda (5:25) Climate Matters https://medialibrary...
CCR 61 Avoiding High Conflict and the Big Mistake with Amanda Ripley and Katie Patrick
June 25, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutes - 41.3 MBThis episode is designed to help you improve your climate communication and outreach. Amanda Ripley, author of the new book, High Conflict—Why We Get Trapped and How to Get Out, explains how easy it is to fall into the high conflict trap. She provides insights about how to avoid these traps, and how to hear, truly hear, what an opponent is saying. Amanda Ripley is an investigative journalist for The Atlantic and other magazines and a New York Times bestselling author. Her other books inclu...
June 2021 Lobby Training #2: Final Preparations
June 11, 2021 19:17 - 32 minutes - 24.3 MBJoin CCL's Vice President of Government Affairs Dr. Danny Richter for a training that will provide up to the moment insights on the dynamics in Congress, legislative strategy, and how to talk about endorsements/ statements of support most effectively in meetings to support our agenda. This is a recommended training for any CCL volunteer planning on being a part of their group's 2021 June Lobby Meeting (as well as last week's - Lobby Training #1 - CCL's Primary & Supporting Asks). Skip ahead...
CCL's June 2021 Lobby Training #1: Primary & Supporting Asks
June 04, 2021 18:32 - 57 minutes - 42.8 MBJoin CCL's Vice President of Government Affairs Dr. Danny Richter for a training that reviews the updates and context for CCL's 2021 Primary and Supporting Asks as well as guidance for lobby teams as they plan their online meetings. Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Intro & Agenda (3:20) Primary Asks (34:12) Big Picture (47:17) Supporting Asks (https://youtu.be/lVaLK-KwYTs) Separate Q&A Discussion Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/june-asks-slides CCL Community Tr...
CCR 60 60 Sovereignty, Land Rights, and Climate Change with Mary Kathryn Nagle and Jacques Kenjio
May 28, 2021 11:04 - 30 minutes - 41.3 MBAs impacts of climate change affect the places where we live, conflicts and questions arise. This is what happened to Jacques Kenjio and his family in the costal city of Douala, Cameroon. Although a tribal chief provided them with legal documentation to occupy the land, the government forced them and hundreds of others to leave without providing any compensation. This motivated Jacques to learn about social justice and to pursue higher education in the United States. Jacques Kenjio is a Ph....
CCL Training: Messaging For The Energy Innovation Act
May 21, 2021 21:38 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBJoin CCL's Marketing Director Lesley Beatty for a training that will provide an overview of the important role of focus and resonance in communicating the four key points behind the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, as well as additional messaging recommendations, depending on your audience, and where to find all of the supporting resources. Skip ahead to the following section(s): Four Key Leading Messages (2:49) Using The Expanded Messages (19:45) Supporting Graphics & Videos (29:...
CCL Training: Understanding Border Carbon Adjustments
May 14, 2021 22:00 - 42 minutes - 77.9 MBThis training with CCL Board Chair Dr. Ross Astoria reviews the basics of border carbon adjustments, how they're viewed constitutionally and in terms of trade legality and the practical aspects of border carbon adjustment implementation along with its constraints. Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Intro & Background (2:29) Context & History of International Trade (6:37) What Are Tariffs & Resolving Disputes (16:24) Adjustment Design For Fossil Fuels (19:14) Carbon Intensiv...
Andres Jimenez | Citizens' Climate Lobby | May 2021 Monthly Meeting
May 08, 2021 18:43 - 43 minutes - 80 MBPeople of color are likely to be the most impacted by environmental and climate degradation. And yet, they are typically the most underrepresented in environmental organizations and the national conversation about cleaning up our environment. Our guest this month is Andrés Jimenez, Executive Director of Green2.0, an organization dedicated to increasing the diversity of voices being heard at the table when it comes to environmental justice. Before joining Green2.0, Andres was Senior Director ...
CCL Training: 2021 Updates From Around The World
May 07, 2021 22:21 - 48 minutes - 89.1 MBJoin Director of Programs, Citizens’ Climate International, Cathy Orlando for a training that highlights what is going on around the world in 2021 with CCL’s network, what other countries are doing in terms of carbon pricing and citizen engagement, and how CCL is engaging in international civil society meetings. Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Intro & Overview (2:58) About Citizens’ Climate International (10:58) International Progress on Carbon Pricing (25:30) Stories From...
CCL Training: How To Host Online Zoom Meetings
April 30, 2021 22:47 - 49 minutes - 92.7 MBCCL mainly uses Zoom for our video conferencing and training. This training with Alison Holtzschue will walk through the process of setting up and hosting an online group meeting on Zoom, including important considerations to get your meeting all set up online. In the meantime, Zoom's Training Center offers many live training webinars, recordings and video tutorials for everyone, and they're available here. CCL mainly uses Zoom for our video conferencing and training. This training with...
Countering Scientific Misinformation AMA with Dr. John Cook, Skeptical Science Founder
April 30, 2021 22:45 - 1 hour - 113 MBJoin Dr. John Cook, research fellow at the Climate Change Communication Research Hub at Monash University, creator of Skeptical Science, and Cranky Uncle for an AMA on Countering Scientific Misinformation. Dana Nucitelli, environmental scientist, writer, and author, interviews Dr. Cook about the beginnings of Skeptical Science, his work on Cranky Uncle, and his perspective on questions from the audience on how to counter scientific misinformation. If you're interested in exploring Cranky Un...
CCR Ep 59 Black Birders Week with Tykee James
April 23, 2021 12:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBAs the government affairs coordinator at the National Audubon Society in Washington, DC. Tykee James has a special role—organizing bird walks with members of Congress and congressional staff! Birding has been important to him ever since he started as a teen in Philadelphia. Last year, after a racist incident against a Black birder in New York’s Central Park, Tykee James and fellow birders decided to create #BlackBirdersWeek. They had only hours to organize the event which included using so...
Big Tent Climate Talks | Evangelical Environmental Network | April 2021
April 22, 2021 22:31 - 44 minutes - 83.2 MBOur April event features a conversation with Kyle Kammien, Senior Business Relations Representative and Dr. Jessica Moerman is the Senior Director for Science and Policy at the Evangelical Environmental Network. Evangelical Environmental Network: https://creationcare.org/ Register For Next Month: https://cclusa.org/bigtent Join us for Big Tent Climate Talks, a new, engaging, monthly conversation that spotlights leaders in the climate community outside of CCL doing important work in bui...
Understanding Economic Support For Carbon Fee & Dividend Policies
April 22, 2021 01:28 - 3 hours - 420 MBThe economic case for a revenue neutral carbon tax, such as the Energy Innovation Act, has never been stronger. Join CCL Research Coordinator Jerry Hinkle for a training that evaluates the climate and health benefits of the Energy Innovation Act and compares them to the policy costs to outline why there is such widespread support from economists for such policies. Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Emission Reductions & Getting To Net Zero (45:22) Impact on GDP (1:19:56) Clim...
CCL Training: Health Impacts of Climate Change & Burning Fossil Fuels
April 16, 2021 22:40 - 25 minutes - 46.8 MBJoin medical doctors and CCL Health Action Team co-leaders Rob & Lori Byron for a webinar that will explore the health implications of Dr. Shindell's testimony: Health and Economic Benefits of a 2ºC Climate Policy, the research behind CCL's messaging highlighting that the Energy Innovation Act "will improve health and save 4.5 million American lives over the next 50 years by reducing pollution Americans breathe. Poor air quality is responsible for as many as 1 in 10 American deaths today, an...
Pastor Franklin Ruff | Citizens' Climate Lobby | April 21 Monthly Meeting
April 10, 2021 19:00 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBAt a time when distrust and animosity between our political parties appear to be at an all-time high, we need to take a step back and find ways to work together so we can solve the big problems facing our nation. We hear this month from Rev. Franklin Ruff, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Stillwell, Kansas, and past president of American Baptist Churches of the Central Region. He is also the Red Co-Chair of the Braver Angels Kansas City Alliance. Rev. Ruff is a conservative who says, “O...
CCL Training: Understanding Clean Electricity Standards
April 09, 2021 19:46 - 33 minutes - 61.1 MBJoin CCL's Strategy Director Tony Sirna for a training aimed at helping CCL volunteers understand Clean Electricity Standards. As Congress and climate advocates look at how to move forward on climate this year, you may have seen articles popping up that discuss a clean electricity standard. This training covers what a Clean Electricity Standard (CES) is, how it works, and how it compares to a carbon fee and dividend. Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Background & Intro (3:33) A...
CCL Training: Outreach With Agricultural Communities
April 02, 2021 21:55 - 29 minutes - 55.6 MBOutreach to the agriculture community can help cultivate allies and build support of the Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act among farmers with farms of all sizes, agribusiness and consumers. Tune in to this webinar to learn what leaders of CCL's Agriculture Action Team are up to and their recommendations in your own connection-building with your local agricultural community including helping to understand the Growing Climate Solutions Act. Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00)...