Dear friends,
My husband Lee and I have been volunteers for Citizens Climate Lobby for the past six and a half years. (I have been on the CCL Governing Board since 2017. Lee is an active member of the national Health Action Team.)
CCL’s mission embraces two goals: first, the political will in Washington to pass legislation to rapidly reduce GHG emissions while protecting the most vulnerable Americans. And second, to help to restore our democracy by enabling ordinary people to build respectful relationships with their political opponents and to lobby their members of Congress to work across the aisle and put a powerful price on carbon.
2019 CCL successes:
Getting a carbon pricing bill introduced in Congress: Seven bipartisan carbon pricing bills introduced in the House this year. Our favorite is HR 763, the bipartisan Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. HR 763 currently has 75 co-sponsors, including Bay area Members of Congress (Barbara Lee, Mark DeSaulnier, Anna Eshoo, Jackie Speier), the Chairs of the Congressional Black Caucus (and 36 other members of that Caucus), the Chair and members of the Asian Caucus, and numerous members of the Hispanic Caucus. At last count more than 1000 major endorsements nationwide from businesses, faith communities, and local leaders.
Building a bipartisan climate solutions movement: CCL has grown from 28 members in 2007 to just shy of 200,000 active supporters this year. There are over 560 active chapters, mostly in the US, but also in 60 countries around the world. CCL has chapters and volunteers working in every Congressional District in the country.
Amid the swirl of increasingly tribal politics in our country, Citizens Climate Lobby has continued to nurture the bipartisan center on climate solutions. The mission of CCL-- and the CCLers we get to work with every day,-- are what sustain Lee and me and enable us to feel hope for Zoe and Ale(jandro) and all of the world’s children in the face of so much evidence to the contrary.
We hope you will join us in supporting the work of this amazing organization by making a year-end gift. If you have already contributed this year, thank you!
To donate, CLICK HERE!
Our deepest thanks,
Mary & Lee