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Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
The 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) Climate & Health Benefits
(1:52:47) Impact on Jobs
(2:27:02) Distribution & Fairness Concerns
(3:01:48) Regulations & Complementary Policies
Full White Paper: https://static.smallworldlabs.com/cclobby/content/contents/training/Economics/Econ_Benefits_CFD_Paper.pdf
*All studies cited in the footnotes of the slides on CCL Community's training page:
https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/398
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Join 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, and sickens thousands more." Increasing levels of greenhouse gas concentrations in our atmosphere bring about human health consequences. The release of toxic pollutants is hardest on vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly, frontline communities and those with asthma or cardiovascular disease.
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
- (0:00) Introduction
- (3:18) Health Impacts Overview
- (6:09) Fetal & Maternal Impacts
- (9:04) Nutrition Impacts
- (12:40) Air Quality
- (17:43) Health Benefits
- (20:38) Next Steps
- Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/health-impacts (all studies are footnoted in the speaker notes)
- Health Impacts of Climate Change & Burning Fossil Fuels on CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/473
- CCL's Health Action Team: https://community.citizensclimate.org/groups/home/961
- Business Climate Leaders Health & Medical Sector: https://www.businessclimateleaders.org/health-medical-sector
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
At 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, “One of the things we can do to make [our country] better is look and see the humanity of others and to be humble.” He’ll talk about how to bridge differences and listen to each other to find common ground.
Friday Apr 09, 2021
Friday Apr 09, 2021
Join 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 Closer Look
(10:50) Alternative Compliance Payments
(14:30) Responding To Concerns
(23:49) Talking Points on Emissions, Policy Details & Costs
Additional Q&A (https://youtu.be/7EqdvRuuLY4)
Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/understanding-ces
Understanding Clean Electricity Standards: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/484
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Outreach 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) Overview & Agenda
(2:16) Agriculture & Climate Change
(5:58) Reaching out to Farmers
(13:26) Growing Climate Solutions Act
(22:34) The Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act
Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/agriculture-outreach
CCL Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/151
CCL' s Agriculture Action Team: https://community.citizensclimate.org/groups/home/968
BCL Agriculture Sector Team: https://www.businessclimateleaders.org/agriculture-sector
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2021 has been reintroduced into the House by Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL-22) and 28 original cosponsors. Join this training by Mark Reynolds, Citizens' Climate Lobby's Executive Director, Madeleine Para, CCL's President, Dr. Danny Richter, CCL's Vice President of Government Affairs, and Lesley Beatty CCL’s Director of Marketing for an overview of the new bill, it's legislative details, action steps, and messaging recommendations.
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Overview
(3:01) Legislative Details
(14:29) Action Steps
(19:26) Messaging Recommendations
Helpful resources:
Use our Action Tools to write to your members of Congress: http://cclusa.org/write
Send a postcard to President Biden about this policy: http://cclusa.org/postcard
Write a letter to the editor about this bill: http://cclusa.org/lte
Amplify the news on social media: http://cclusa.org/facebook
Check out the current cosponsors of the bill here: http://energyinnovationact.org
Learn more about how the bill works here: http://energyinnovationact.org/how-it-works/
The bill is a “carbon fee and dividend” approach to carbon pricing. You can learn more about that idea here: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/price-on-carbon/
Check out Columbia University’s assessment of this legislation: https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/research/report/assessment-energy-innovation-and-carbon-dividend-act
Noah Kaufman’s “Nature Climate Change” paper that Danny referenced: https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/research/article/near-term-net-zero-alternative-social-cost-carbon-setting-carbon-prices
You can sign up for our text alerts here: http://cclusa.org/text
You can join our Monthly Calling Campaign here: http://cclusa.org/mcc
You can contribute to CCL by visiting http://cclusa.org/donate
Tonight’s Reintroduction Presentation Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MpKiPwHlIg71PwfpQ-c53Z59Wf9RaquerGTMVVmXf8U
Community page on the bill: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/energy-innovation-act
Comparison between the new bill and the one from last Congress: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/486
Q&A on the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/285
Friday Mar 26, 2021
Friday Mar 26, 2021
If you are feeling up, down or somewhere in between, hopefully by the time you finish this episode you will feel encouraged in the great work you are doing.
Dr. Krista Hiser is teaches at Kapiʻolani Community College and is currently serving as the Director of the Center for Sustainability Across the Curriculum in Hawaii. Her research uses focus groups, interviews, and reflective writing to learn more about student and faculty perspectives on climate change and sustainability. To share the findings she and her colleague Matthew K. Lynch co-wrote the paper, Worry and Hope: What College Students Know, Think, Feel, and Do about Climate Change. It appears in the Journal for Community Engagement and Scholarship.
This study is being replicated at universities in the USA and reveals how students are feeling about climate change and where they are learning about it. With this data, Kr. Hiser leads workshops to help faculty expand their teaching strategies in order to help students manage complex emotions related to our climate predicament.
Dr. Hiser has published on community engagement, service-learning, organizational change, post-apocalyptic and cli-fi literature. She is also the author of Field Notes: Teaching Climate Change in Higher Education, a blog available through Medium.com
The Art House
Sarah Jaquette Ray is a professor of environmental studies, a writer, and a mom. She doesn’t necessarily see herself as an artist. In taking on climate change though, she recognizes the essential role of the arts. On Earth Day 2020, in the midst of an urgent Coronavirus pandemic, she published a book that is helping people navigate their strong feelings about climate change.
A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet, provides practical insights and proven techniques for keeping focused on pursuing solutions for a complicated and challenging topic. With warmth, humor, and expertise, Sarah Jaquette Ray will help you better know how to stay engaged without becoming overwhelmed.
Host Peterson Toscano says, “Reading Sarah’s book, I saw how the concepts she covers are not just helpful for students in high school and college. They also are questions and issues artists who are engaged in climate work consider all time. For storytellers, Sarah suggests we adjust the lens of how we look at climate stories. Telling the stories that will have the most impact takes real work.”
You can hear standalone versions of The Art House at Artists and Climate Change
Good News Report
Dr. Anthony Leiserowitz from Yale Climate Connections shares some good news in addressing a long history of injustice. He chats with Cate Mingoya of Groundwork USA, a network of environmental justice organizations. In order to fight inequality in their neighborhoods, some city residents are using maps to reveal what they have known for a long time. They show how racist housing policies of the past have left residents more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change today.
Mingoya says the maps show how the impacts of redlining persist, and provide an important tool for local residents, “to sit down with their local government, with elected officials, with leaders in their community and say, ‘You need to explain why this is still the case and you need to explain what you’re going to do to make things look a little bit different.’”
If you have good news to share, leave a voice mail at 518.595.9414. (+1 if calling from outside the USA.)
Dig Deeper
- Kent University Anthropology and Conversation Blog Post: “We must be kind to ourselves and respond rather than react to climate change” – Responding mindfully to eco-anxiety
- CCR Episode 23 Mental Health and Climate Change with Dr. Natasha DeJarnett and Dr. Lise Van Susteren
- Resilience Hub found at CCL Community provides opportunities for building personal and chapter resilience that supports purposeful action on climate.
We always welcome your thoughts, questions, suggestions, and recommendations for the show. Leave a voice mail at 518.595.9414. (+1 if calling from outside the USA.) You can email your answers to radio @ citizensclimate.org
You can hear Citizens’ Climate Radio on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, SoundCloud, Podbean, Northern Spirit Radio, Google Play, PlayerFM, and TuneIn Radio. Also, feel free to connect with other listeners, suggest program ideas, and respond to programs in the Citizens’ Climate Radio Facebook group or on Twitter at @CitizensCRadio.
Thursday Mar 25, 2021
Thursday Mar 25, 2021
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 perspectives. That's why we do this work under a big tent that includes folks from the right, the left, and every spot in between. In our Big Tent Climate Talks, we'll talk to a wide variety of climate leaders outside of CCL to learn more about how we can all work better together. Our March event will feature a conversation with Sara Wanous, CCL’s Research Coordinator and Shayla Ragimov, Research Manager with the Climate Leadership Council.
More information:
Citizens' Climate Lobby: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/
Climate Leadership Council: https://clcouncil.org/
Register For Next Month: https://cclusa.org/bigtent (fourth Thursday of every month at 3:00 pm ET )
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Environmental Justice means focusing attention on the concerns of community members who are suffering because local pollution exceeds the norms in other communities that may be whiter or wealthier. When CCLers want to build relationships with EJ organizers, it's critical to understand past and present injustices, move at the speed of trust, and bring humility and respect to the conversation. Join Climate & Environmental Justice Action Team Leaders Debbie Chang and Lisa Danz for a session that gives background on the Environmental Justice movement and provide strategies for building relationships.
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Introduction & Agenda
(3:59) Environmental Racism
(5:56) Jemez Principles
(13:45) Making the Connection Outreach Deck
(26:32) Local Chapter Example: CCL NY Rochester
(34:07) Next Steps & Actions
CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/153
Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/working-with-ej-communities
Making the Connection: https://cclej.cclsve.org/making-the-connection-slide-deck
Saturday Mar 13, 2021
Saturday Mar 13, 2021
We often say, "Listen to the scientists and create policies based on the science." This month we hear from Jennifer Burney, Associate Professor, Marshall Saunders Chancellor’s Endowed Chair of Climate Policy and Research at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego. Her research focuses on simultaneously achieving global food security and mitigating climate change. She designs, implements, and evaluates technologies for poverty alleviation and agricultural adaptation.
Skip ahead to the following sections:
(0:00) Introductions
(2:42) Dr. Burney's Presentation
(22:46) Questions From Attendees
(29:45) Tribute to Sec. Shultz
(35:25) March's Monthly Actions
(39:51) Fundraiser Video
Helpful Links:
Dr. Jennifer Burney's Research Page: https://gps.ucsd.edu/faculty-directory/jennifer-burney.html
Dr. Burney's Presentation Slides: https://community.citizensclimate.org/content/contents/training/CCL-Monthly-Meeting-March-2021-Slides.pdf
March Fundraiser: https://cclusa.org/donate-to-ccl
March Monthly Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet
Primary Ask (Leave-Behind): https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/237
March Lobby Days Training on Primary and Supporting Asks: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/185
CCL's March Pre-Call Video: https://vimeo.com/522668129