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US helps sink world’s first global carbon tax | CNN A fierce Trump administration push to stop the global shipping industry from paying for its own climate pollution appears successful.

We're disappointed that the Trump administration took such a strong oppositional stance to the IMO's exploration of a carbon price on global shipping.

Pricing carbon pollution is smart, effective policy, and we remain committed to building more support for it in the U.S.

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🚨 Registration is now OPEN for CCL’s Fall Virtual Conference — Sharper Than Ever: CCL’s Next Chapter (Nov 14-15)

Learn about permitting reform, reconnect with our values, and sharpen your advocacy skills.

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Chart: Batteries are set to surge onto the US grid The transition to renewable energy — particularly solar — relies on energy storage. A ton more batteries are about to come online.

Chart: Batteries are set to surge onto the US grid #energysky -- via Canary Media:

No high-level US representatives will go to UN climate talks, Trump officials say Decision to stay away from Cop30 meeting in Brazil underscores administration’s hostility to climate action

No high-level US representatives will go to UN climate talks, Trump officials say #Climate

Two men in climate stripes ties

In DC with my dear friend @brettcease.bsky.social, lobbying for clean energy appropriations and climate action in Congress with @cclusa.org

Sporting @edhawkins.org warming stripes ties.

On Capitol Hill today with @cclusa.org lobbying for our climate! #solutions

Make Electricity Cheap Again - part 1. We succeeded in making "Electrify Everything" an idea. We failed to make electricity cheap. Lets make electricity cheap again.

The best thing the US could do right now -- for its economy or for decarbonization -- is make electricity cheaper. Here's how:

From Semafor news on the clean energy tax credits

Join us tomorrow on Zoom for our monthly chapter meeting.

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Our Citizens' Climate Radio podcast has a brand new format in which the charming Elissa Tennant and I discuss the pressing climate policy happenings of the day. The first episode with this new format, on what's happening with the critical #IRA clean energy tax credits, is out today 🤓 #EnergySky

Talking Climate | Katharine Hayhoe | Substack Subscribe to Katharine's newsletter for a clear-eyed and hopeful look at climate science and solutions. Receive weekly climate updates, good climate news, event information, ideas on things to do and ...

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* Heat stress & pollution affect fertility, miscarriage & maternal health?

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MindLab: Weekly Mindfulness Sessions Scientists and science advocates are invited to join MindLab weekly mindfulness sessions for science-based techniques to manage stress and navigate uncertainty. Join us on Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. ET, s...

Delighted to see this new weekly offering from @ucs.org: free weekly mindfulness sessions to "to help scientists and science advocates to manage stress, regulate emotions, and navigate uncertainty with greater clarity and calm." Check it out!

NOAA ending its "billion-dollar disasters" database NOAA announced that it is decommissioning several databases, including its widely reported annual compilation of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters.

NOAA announced Thursday that it is decommissioning several databases, including its widely reported annual compilation of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters.

Protect our Public Lands and Waters Text SIGN PZULKX to 50409 to send this to your officials.

Here’s a letter I wrote to my Senators and Representative to tell them to protect our public lands and waters. Click on the link to send a copy of the letter to your Members of Congress.

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Global investment in clean energy and fossil fuels, 2015-2024 – Charts – Data & Statistics - IEA Global investment in clean energy and fossil fuels, 2015-2024 - Chart and data by the International Energy Agency.

The global transition to clean energy is happening. Get on board or be left behind, the train has left the station.

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A siege on science: How Trump is undoing an American legacy In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has slashed federal agencies, canceled national reports, and yanked university funding.

Why we need a National Climate Assessment --

“For thousands of years, we humans have been making decisions based on the past: like driving down the road looking in the rear view mirror. But now, thanks entirely to human actions, we're facing a curve in the road greater than humans have ever seen.”

National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.

National Climate Assessment researchers dismissed
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Republicans are poised to kill tens of thousands of jobs in districts that voted for Trump | CNN There’s a battle brewing between Republicans: Some vocally defend Biden’s tax credits because they’re bringing billions of dollars of investment and thousands of jobs to their districts; others want f...

This is a fight to watch. The IRA tax credits massively, directly benefit numerous Republican districts. Will their voters' interests outweigh their loyalty to Dear Leader Trump? It's an open question.

Join CCL Long Beach at AltaSea’s open house and renewable energy summit in San Pedro tomorrow, Saturday, April 12 at 10:30am www.eventbrite.com/e/urban-rene... @petemarshre.bsky.social @bill4climate.bsky.social @cclusa.org @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social

Earth Day Festival with LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn · Luma LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn Presents: Our annual Earth Day celebration is back! Come learn about clean energy innovations and enjoy crafts, workshops,…

Sign up and join us for this Earth Day festival this Saturday, April 5, in Cerritos lu.ma/otboty53

Join us for Supervisor Janice Hanh’s Earth Day event in Cerritos on Saturday, April 5th

More Americans Are Going to Fall Into Toxic Traps Environmental justice was patching over gaps in federal law that allowed for zones of concentrated harms.

The choice to nuke environmental justice will certainly harm communities of color, but it will also touch everyone, including many of Trump’s supporters, living in a place burdened by multiple forms of environmental stress, @zoeschlanger.bsky.social reports: theatln.tc/MnJDjG9A

Black-led Climate Groups Won’t Yield to Trump’s Crusade on Wokeness | Atmos Federal crackdowns on environmental justice have already begun to impact frontline communities. Black-led climate groups are pushing back.

“When it comes to environmental justice, it always happens in our communities so we need people who look like us to tell us what’s going on.”

Racial justice 🤝 Environmental justice

Let the kids drink sewage water and breathe polluted air to make the 1% richer. This is the GOP way.

E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices

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There Is a Stupidly Easy Way to Make Heat Pumps More Affordable Turns out, when you reduce electricity rates for heat pump owners, more people buy heat pumps.

“Could the solution be as simple as utilities giving heat pump users a discounted rate in the winter?”

Read @emilypont.bsky.social on the one weird trick that could make heat pumps more affordable ⬇️

CERAWeek Loves Chris Wright On the energy secretary’s keynote, Ontario’s electricity surcharge, and record solar power

Energy Secretary Chris Wright told executives and policymakers that the Trump administration sees climate change as “a side effect of building the modern world,” and said that “everything in life involves trade-offs."

Read more in this morning's climate briefing ⬇️

Voices: Trump and Congress should look to Utah and other western states for renewable energy solutions “Our continued reliance on dirty fossil fuels is a tradition that we should challenge,” writes Tom Elder, a volunteer with the Utah chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby, in an op-ed.

Excellent letter from @cclusa.org member Tom Elder.

“Texas, known for its fiscally conservative approach, leads the nation in wind and solar power. Utah, too, is rich in renewable resources, particularly solar and geothermal energy.”

21 House Republicans oppose cutting clean energy credits to pay for tax cuts “Both our constituencies and the energy industry alike remain concerned about disruptive changes to our nation’s energy tax structure,” the letter led by Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., said.

🎉 BIG NEWS 🎉
Remember last year's letter from 18 House Republicans urging Speaker Johnson to protect the clean energy tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act?

We have another letter, this time with 21 Republican members of Congress!

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Americans Are Increasingly Aware That Climate Change Is Harming Their Health - Inside Climate News New survey also shows growing trust in scientists and health professionals as the federal government slashes resources for climate and health research and interventions.

Americans Are Increasingly Aware That Climate Change Is Harming Their Health. Climate justice is health justice. Time to #ActonClimate now! - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/0403202...

E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices An internal memo directs the closure of offices designed to ease the heavy pollution faced by poor and minority communities.

EPA closing all environmental justice offices
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