Citizens' Climate Lobby, or CCL, is the country’s largest volunteer based lobby, with at least one chapter in every congressional district in the country, as well as chapters across the world on every continent. CCL has one goal: to pass a revenue neutral carbon fee and dividend policy. Their policy is a flat tax on carbon at the source, where all money beyond administrative fees is given to the citizens directly, an equal share to every person with half shares to children. CCL’s policy is simple, effective, and thoroughly researched. They have been working on this for over ten years, and they go to Washington DC every year to directly lobby every congressional office, as well as set up various meetings in the home offices of legislators. They were integral in establishing the Climate Solutions Caucus in the House of Representatives, and in all their work they are non-partisan.
Their policy has been independently studied by Regional Economic Models, Inc (REMI), a reputable Washington-based non-partisan group, which concluded that this policy will result in a 50% carbon emissions decrease, the creation of 2.8 million jobs, and growth to GDP over the first 10 years of implementation.
Please participate in our national call-in day on June 9th. Before over 1,000 volunteer lobbyists go to congress next week, we are asking everyone to call their Congress members and give them your opinions on the climate and that action is needed now. I also encourage you to endorse carbon fee and dividend specifically if you are comfortable with that.Here is the link to the local Facebook event and here is CCL’s call in tool. I truly believe that CCL’s non-partisan approach and direct dividend approach is the most realistic first step we can take legislatively to save our planet. I hope you will join us in calling this Friday and share with your network.
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