Episodes
Friday Feb 02, 2024
CCL Training: 2024 Media Opportunities
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Join CCL's Communications Team Flannery Winchester and Charlotte Ward for a training that will provide a broad overview of the opportunities chapters have as we begin 2024 to engage with their local news media on climate solutions.
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:27) Why Is Media Work Important?
(9:46) Looking Ahead For 2024
(24:03) Media Resources
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/2024-media-opportunities
Media Resources: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources#media-relations
Friday Jan 26, 2024
CCL Training: 2024 Farm Bill Legislative Overview
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Join CCL's Vice President of Government Affairs Ben Pendergrass for a training that will orient CCL volunteers towards what we expect the Farm Bill process to look like for the year, what CCL's priorities will be within the package and how CCL advocates can work with their members of Congress to help ensure that the climate provisions are maintained.
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:18) Farm Bill Overview
(12:09) Inflation Reduction Act: Conservation and Climate Money
(17:00) CCL's Focus and Goals
(28:45) Conclusion and Next Steps
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/farm-bill-overview
Friday Jan 12, 2024
CCL Training: Developing Your Chapter’s 2024 Action Plan
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Looking for what actions your chapter can take to help CCL advance climate policy this year? Join Todd Elvins, CCL's National Actions Director for a training that provides a process for developing an effective chapter action plan for your year ahead. Start by asking everyone to reflect on what their own center of climate advocacy. Then use the plan to take all of your volunteer's interests and apply them to CCL's core areas of focus for the year ahead with our template to create your Chapter Action Plan.
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:25) Step One: Developing Your Plan
(5:48) Step Two: What Is The Center Of Your Climate Advocacy?
(10:34) Step Three: Using The Template
(14:57) Chapter Growth and Policy Agenda
(19:01) Step Four: Sharing Your Plan With Your Chapter
Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/chapter-action-slides
CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/384
Friday Jan 05, 2024
CCL Training: Comparing the new Carbon Border Adjustment and Tariff Bills
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Senate Republicans in November introduced the Foreign Pollution Fee Act to impose a carbon tariff on certain imported goods. Congressional Democrats followed this with a December introduction of the Clean Competition Act to establish a similar carbon border adjustment mechanism. Join CCL Research Coordinator Dana Nuccitelli for a training that will compare these bills and the FAIR Transition and Competition Act border carbon adjustment bill that Congressional Democrats previously introduced, and discuss the prospects for bipartisan agreement on pricing carbon pollution in products crossing US borders.
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
- (0:00) Intro & agenda
- (3:13) Why carbon tariffs and border adjustments are important
- (8:17) Are U.S. Industries relatively low-carbon?
- (12:53) CBAMs are on the way
- (14:06) How are three proposed carbon tariff or CBAM bills similar and different?
- (33:56) What’s next for these bills in Congress?
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/carbon-tariff-slides
Further Research on CBAMs Report: https://cclusa.org/cbam-report
Foreign Pollution Fee Act: www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-leads-introduction-of-foreign-pollution-fee-to-hold-china-accountable/
Clean Competition Act: www.delbene.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3711
FAIR Transition and Competition Act: www.coons.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-coons-rep-peters-introduce-legislation-to-support-us-workers-and-international-climate-cooperation
Friday Dec 15, 2023
CCL Training: What’s in the Fifth National Climate Assessment Report?
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Join CCL Research Coordinator Dana Nuccitelli for a training that will discuss the latest landmark National Climate Assessment report. This is essentially an America-specific version of the IPCC report, outlining climate trends, impacts, and solutions in each region of the country.
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/NCA5-slides
5th National Climate Assessment: https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/
CCL's Nerd Corner: https://cclusa.org/nerd-corner
Friday Dec 08, 2023
CCL Training: 2023 End of Year Media Opportunities
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Join CCL Communications staff for a training that will provide a review of important end of the year media opportunities including CCL's Letters To The Editor Topics and Op-Ed Templates resources. The training starts by having media managers share their proudest media successes of the year, and then we cover our latest resources and opportunities to help you end the year strong. We also hear from Susan Atkinson, a Colorado CCLer with an incredible success rate for pitching and publishing op-eds. Susan shares how she generates ideas and valuable tips for making it into print and building relationships with local opinion editors.
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:45) Sharing Successes
(9:13) Our Year's Media Accomplishments in Review
(14:50) Media Resources Updates
(21:43) Susan Atkinson Interview
Helpful resources:
LTE Topics: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/456
Op-Ed Templates: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/431
Writers Circle: https://community.citizensclimate.org/groups/home/992
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/year-end-media-opportunities
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Join Nick Burger, Deputy Director of Energy Administration in D.C.'s Department of Energy & Environment, for an overview of how state-level entities are applying for grants related to the Inflation Reduction Act and the important dates in the application process. Nick will also highlight helpful resources to use to estimate benefits in terms of climate reductions and other co-benefits as well as how CCL volunteers that want to be a support to their local city/state planning offices can be most effective in helping provide public support and momentum.
Tracker- Home Energy Rebates Program: Status of State Applications: https://www.energy.gov/scep/home-energy-rebates-program-status-state-applications
How States Are Applying: https://www.naseo.org/members-states
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/local-implementation-ira-slides
Friday Nov 03, 2023
CCL Training: Leading A Lobby Team
Friday Nov 03, 2023
Friday Nov 03, 2023
Join CCL staff for a training designed for those who wish to learn more about leading a lobby meeting with a member of Congress or staff. In this training, we review the role of a lobby team leader, how they assign team roles, coordinate practice times and how to handle other special situations. This training is Part IV in the “Working With Congress” training series, designed to help our more experienced volunteers and citizen lobbyists get ready for lobbying in-district or in D.C.
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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:06) The Importance of Leads
(10:54) Advance Planning
(20:14) Additional Leadership Considerations
(30:45) Final Recommendations
Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/lobbylead
Training on CCL Community: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/working-with-congress/lobbying-401
Lobby Meeting Plan Template: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/241
Friday Oct 27, 2023
CCL Fall 2023 Lobby Training #2: Legislative Plan, Review, and Q&A
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Join CCL's Vice President for Government Affairs Ben Pendergrass and Senior Director of Government Affairs Jennifer Tyler for a training that will review more details and the context for CCL's Fall 2023 Primary and Secondary Asks, as well as guidance for lobby teams as they plan their online meetings.
This is a recommended training for any CCL volunteer planning on being a part of their group's Fall 2023 Lobby Meeting (as well as CCL's Fall 2023 Lobby Training #1 on Primary and Secondary Asks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVj9mcmJHi4)
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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:11) Reminders & Review
(7:20) What's Happening In Congress?
(10:00) Primary & Secondary Asks
(15:55) Q&A Discussion
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/lobby-slides-2
Primary Ask: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/237
Secondary Ask: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/240
Overview and Benefits of the BIG WIRES Act Training: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egIHZrz077Q
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
CCL Fall 2023 Lobby Training #1: Primary & Secondary Asks
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Join CCL's Vice President for Government Affairs Ben Pendergrass and Senior Director of Government Affairs Jennifer Tyler to participate in strategizing for the upcoming fall lobby meetings, get more information on the meeting asks, and have time to get your questions answered by CCL's government affairs team! This is the first of two recommended trainings for any CCL volunteer planning on being a part of their group's Fall 2023 Lobby Meeting (as well as this Thursday's Oct 26th Lobby Training #2 -CCL's Legislative Plan.
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Inro & Agenda
(6:40) What's Happening In Congress?
(10:25) Strategy Around the Primary Ask
(19:19) How To Frame An Ask
(22:50) Secondary Asks
(34:57) Final Thoughts
Q&A Discussion (https://vimeo.com/877499787)
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/lobby-slides
Primary Ask: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/237
Secondary Asks: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/240