Citizens' Climate Lobby

CCL Training: Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms and the PROVE IT Act

Join CCL's Research Team to dive into an understanding of what Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms (CBAMs) are, the importance of accurate carbon content calculations and what the PROVE IT Act does to help the U.S. get a firmer understanding of our domestic industry's lower carbon content advantage. 

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:02) What is a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM)?
(16:19) How does a CBAM work?
(19:39) What’s happening with CBAMs in the USA and around the world?
(22:19)  What role does the PROVE IT Act play in developing a CBAM?
(29:04) How Carbon Fee & Dividend complements a CBAM

Helpful resources: 
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/prove-it-cbams 
Take Action: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-take-action/prove-it-act/ 

Reports:
CLC's America's Carbon Advantage: https://clcouncil.org/reports/americas-carbon-advantage.pdf 
RFF CBAM explainer: https://www.rff.org/publications/explainers/border-carbon-adjustments-101 

More about the bills: 
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1863 
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4355 
https://www.coons.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/one_pager__fair_transition_and_competition_act_-_117.pdf 

CCL Training: What Climate Funding Is Available From The Inflation Reduction Act For Your Community?

Join us for a training that will review the many training and resources available online to help you and your community explore the climate funding available from the Inflation Reduction Act. We'll be sure to review the primer on what’s available for homeowners, renters, community organizations, non-profits, religious institutions, and local governments. Bring your questions and resources that you've found useful as well!

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(3:00) Inflation Reduction Act Overview
(7:27) Resources on CCL Community
(10:17) Support on CCL Community
(13:41) Outside Resources

Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/climate-funding-slides 
CCL Community Topic Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/inflation-reduction-act 

CCL Training: Summer Tabling Opportunities

Members of your community are out and about in the summertime attending fairs, festivals, art walks, and other outdoor events. Join CCL's Vice President of Programs Brett Cease for a training that will help you and your team identify, reserve, and schedule summer tabling and clipboarding, bring CCL flyers (including the additions like clean energy permitting reform) and other engaging  materials to the events, and educate, activate and recruit the people you meet about climate action. 

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(1:31) Why Table?
(4:20) How To Prepare
(11:08) Review of Available Materials
(19:17) How To Connect

CCL Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/290 
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/summer-tabling-outreach  

CCL Training: Summer of Fun Fundraising

You’ve brought a fresh energy to CCL’s work in 2023! Join Elli Sparks for a training that will review how to use this momentum to help raise funds for CCL/CCE. No other organization trains citizens to be heard by their government the way CCL does. Chances are your friends and family are proud of your work and will want to support it. Elli will review how you can use new resources to create any of the following:

A Facebook fundraiser: anyone in your chapter can host an individual fundraiser for CCL — an easy and lightweight option. 

A donation party: Gather your friends and families together for an in-person celebration, like a backyard barbeque. At the party, share a bit about your involvement with CCL and why it matters, and ask for donations. 

An activity a-thon: Set a goal and collect pledges from your friends and family. Your challenge can be anything — number of miles run, games of chess won, mittens knitted, or conversations about climate change. Here’s your chance to get creative!

Skip ahead to the following section(s):

• (0:00) Intro & Goal Setting
• (3:38) Facebook
• (4:56) Donation Party
• (18:36) Activity-a-thon
• (21:35) Fundraising Toolkit

Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/summer-fundraising-slides 
CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/343 

 

CCL Training: Citizens’ Climate Roadmap for the 118th Congress

With our expanded policy agenda, it can be tough to keep track of how we expect to make progress in each area. Join Topher Anderson, Senior Development Officer, for a training that will provide a high-level overview of how we move the needle for each policy area, and what we specifically aim to do in the 118th Congress. This presentation was also originally written as a fundraising document, so you can share it with potential donors as well.

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(3:49) What Makes Us Unique
(6:37) Our Method For Moving Legislation
(12:01) Our Policy Agenda
(22:11) Concluding Thoughts

Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/roadmap-slides  
CCL Community Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/544  

CCL Training: Leading a Lobby Team

This training is 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.

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(1:44) The Importance of Leads
(9:14) Advance Planning
(23:43) This June's Primary & Supporting Ask Suggestions
(31:05) Additional Leadership Considerations

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/lobbylead 
Training on CCL Community: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/working-with-congress/lobbying-401  

CCL Lobbying Basics: Transformative Power of Constituent Advocacy

This training is part of the “Working With Congress” training series, designed to empower you - an important member of our volunteer network - to be ready for lobby meetings, both in-district and in D.C. Learn about citizen advocacy, the advantages we hold as citizens in transforming our government and the policies we adopt, and hear stories from CCL volunteers around the country who demonstrate how citizens can build meaningful, long-term relationships with their congressional office. 

Presentation slides: http://cclusa.org/transformative-power 
CCL Training on Lobbying Basics: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/working-with-congress/lobbying-101   
Our June Lobby Day Training Schedule: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/272 

June 2023 Lobby Training #2: Open Q&A Discussion

Join CCL's Vice President of Government Affairs Ben Pendergrass and Senior Director Jenn Tyler for a training that will provide up to the moment insights on the dynamics in Congress and how we can most effectively use our time in meetings to support our agenda. This is a recommended training for any CCL volunteer planning on being a part of their group's June 2023 Lobby Meeting (as well as the previous week - Lobby Training #1 - CCL's June 2022 Primary & Supporting Asks: https://youtu.be/sBRQRnmMyts)
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/june-asks-slides 

Skip ahead to the following section(s):

• (0:00) Intro & Agenda
• (2:45) Primary & Supporting Ask Brief Review
• (6:44) Will CCL provide one-pagers for our primary and supporting asks for our meetings?
• (7:44) Are there restrictions with what we can bring into the House & Senate buildings security-wise?
• (9:16) Who should offices be directed to if interested in co-sponsoring the Energy Innovation Act?
• (10:29) Is there a Republican co-sponsor for this session's Energy Innovation Act and do we anticipate any major changes to the bill?
• (12:21) What are the key components in clean energy permitting reform that could speed up the deployment of clean energy and how do we minimize fossil fuel development in the reform?
• (14:48) What is Government Affairs input on a new bipartisan hydro-electric bill that my Senator has signed off on for my state?
• (17:09) Is there a specific permitting bill we anticipate being able to lobby in support of for June meetings?
• (19:27) Why is it that we don't expect the Farm Bill to pass until next year?
• (21:27) Should we also have a supporting ask directed at protecting Inflation Reduction Act funding given it's at risk currently with the House's proposal in the debt ceiling talks
• (23:35) Should we have one or two primary asks if we are meeting with a House member - and how might we decide between clean energy permitting reform or the Energy Innovation Act?
• (26:05) Do we anticipate changes to the Energy Innovation Act? And why is it still not reintroduced?
• (28:28) Should we also be talking in our meetings with the Senate about carbon pricing? Do we think there will be a bill like the Energy Innovation Act in the Senate?
• (30:49) Is CCL working with the Climate Leadership Council or other groups to help reintroduce the Energy Innovation Act?
• (32:10) Are there specific bills that include domestic mining in the permitting reform discussion?
• (32:53) Should we lobby Republicans on a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) instead of the Energy Innovation Act?
• (35:39) How to best understand concerns for opposition to permitting reform from more progressive groups?
• (39:40) Should we contact our member of Congress's energy staffer to get their input on permitting reform ahead of the meeting?
• (41:12) If the debt ceiling isn't raised by our Lobby Day, how will that impact our meetings?
• (44:40) Why didn't CCL include the FOREST Act in it's supporting asks this June?
• (46:16) Can we get more detail on clean energy permitting reform for our
  primary ask given how much detail we're used to with the Energy Innovation Act?
• (49:57) Would prioritizing community input during clean energy permitting reform expose the process to more NIMBYism?
• (53:53) Why is carbon pricing still needed after the Inflation Reduction Act?
• (55:45) What should we talk about if our member of Congress is already a champion of carbon pricing and clean energy permitting reform?
• (56:40) Concluding Thoughts

CCL June 2023 Lobby Training #1: Primary & Supporting Asks

Join CCL's Vice President of Government Affairs Ben Pendergrass and Senior Director Jenn Tyler for a training that will review the updates and context for CCL's June 2023 Primary and Supporting Asks as well as guidance for lobby teams as they plan their in-person meetings. This is a recommended training for any CCL volunteer planning on being a part of their group's June 2023 Lobby Meeting (as well as the next Monday's - Lobby Training #2 - CCL's Legislative Plan).

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(3:12) What's Happening in Congress?
(9:14) Primary Asks
(25:01) Supporting Asks
(37:18) Conclusion
For Q&A Discussion: https://vimeo.com/828347052/3cc5b1c711 

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/june-asks-slides 
CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/185 

Dr. Adam Simon | Citizens’ Climate Lobby | May 2023 Monthly Speaker

The transition away from fossil fuels and toward clean energy will require massive amounts of metals that go into the production of electric vehicles, batteries, induction stoves, wind turbines and solar panels. Do enough of these metals exist to get the job done? Where can they be found and can they be extracted in a sustainable manner that doesn't lay waste to our environment? For answers, we turn this month to Dr. Adam Simon, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan. His work focuses on the global flow of energy and mineral resources with an emphasis on the geologic availability of energy critical metals. Adam has co-authored two textbooks and published seventy papers in the field of energy and mineral resources.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:29) Dr. Simon's Presentation
(27:42) Legislative Update with Ben Pendergrass
(33:56) May Actions & Communications Update

Register for June 10-13 CCL Conference: https://cclusa.org/juneconference 
CCL May Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet 
Dr. Simon's Presentation Slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t8YliThJbW1epGPFc9lsvAYlgNV14_ck/view