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This Is the Most Promising Climate Tech Company, According to People Who Know Plus, the technology our experts say is least ready for primetime.

Experts say Fervo Energy is one of the most promising climate tech companies out there.

It is "slated to open a 100-megawatt enhanced geothermal system next year," @heatmap.news reports.

CCL's Geothermal Action Team is hosting an event next week to hear from them!

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EPA move shows urgent need for congressional climate action Today’s decision reveals in stark terms that regulations alone are not a reliable path to enduring climate action.

Today's news lands heavily for all in the climate/public health space. Years of scientific work led to the #endangerment finding. Its repeal matters for emissions & trust in science. At @cclusa.org we remain focused on durable bipartisan solutions in Congress citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/news/ep...

America's aging power grid infrastructure is tested every time we experience intense weather events. Relying on fossil fuels just isn't a long-term strategy. 👎

E&E News: How Congress came to approve a long-shot carbon trade bill Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer kept a “cone of silence” around his "PROVE IT Act" as it was tucked into a spending package.

Language from the PROVE IT Act was included in a funding package that is now law!

"It's like so many legislative accomplishments. It starts years before it's accomplished," Sen. Cramer told @eenews.bsky.social.

CCL is part of the story of those years... 🧵 subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Volunteers at the Citizens Climate Lobby booth in Minneapolis

Thank you Minnesota Citizens Climate Lobby for hosting a booth at this year's Great Northern Festival here in Minneapolis! @cclusa.org empowers every day people to drive climate solutions in Congress.

We can disagree on policy and still agree that violence that violates human life is unacceptable. What is happening in Minneapolis, especially this morning’s horrifying, senseless shooting crosses that line. For the sake of protecting life, dignity, safety and de-escalation, ICE needs to leave MN.

The EU’s CBAM enters a New Phase: Why the EU’s Carbon Border Tax Matters CBAM is now fully operational.

Major #carbonpricing news this month:

The EU has "fully implement[ed] a functioning border carbon adjustment policy."

In order to trade certain goods with Europe, "importers must now pay for the greenhouse gas emissions contained on their products."

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NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.

Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.

Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.

Unbelievable.

Thank you Senator @whitehouse.senate.gov for your climate leadership!

Whitehouse and DelBene Reintroduce Carbon Border Adjustment Bill to Boost Domestic Manufacturers and Tackle Climate Change - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Congresswoman Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-01) today reintroduced the Clean Competition Act, legislation aimed at making American companies more...

CCL applauds the reintroduction of the Clean Competition Act from @whitehouse.senate.gov & @repdelbene.bsky.social!

The bill "would give domestic companies a step up in the global marketplace while lowering emissions at home & abroad," Sen Whitehouse says.

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Headline text: "Earth can't afford to lose its lobbying team in 2026." Button: "Donate Now." Photo of CCL volunteers waving from the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Progress meter on the bottom of the photo shows we have raised $1,143,690 of our $1,250,000 year-end fundraiser goal.

We are in the final days of our biggest fundraiser of the year, and your support right now will determine how strong we enter 2026. We’re currently $107,000 away from reaching our $1.25 million year-end goal, with only 2 days left to give.

Human-caused climate change is settled science.

Our grassroots volunteers will continue to lobby Congress for evidence-based climate solutions, no matter what the EPA's website says.

Our Fix Our Forests advocacy in 2025 As the Fix Our Forests Act awaits a floor vote in the Senate, let’s take a look back at our 2025 advocacy efforts to advance this bill.

U.S. forests offset 12% of our annual climate pollution, with the potential to do even more. But with wildfires increasing, they need some help.

That's why we've worked hard to support the #FixOurForests Act this year!

Here's what we've been up to: citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/policy/...

Support Brett Cease - CCE 2025 Year-End Fundraiser By day, I'm CCL's VP of Field Operations. But outside of my work life, I love spending every moment I can outdoors with friends and family. And one of the traditions I engage in annually is the Americ...

Happy #GivingTuesday2025! There's so many important causes to give to today. In honor of our shared work at @cclusa.org I set up a fun fundraiser for climate friends as I train for the #AmericanBirkebeiner to help celebrate winter & support our ongoing advocacy
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Steady progress toward big wins: Our 2025 fall lobbying and call-in campaign CCL volunteers are holding more than 300 meetings and have placed more than 800 calls as part of our fall lobbying push for climate policy.

CCL volunteers are holding more than 300 grassroots lobby meetings and have placed more than 800 calls as part of our fall lobbying push!

Learn more from our Government Affairs team about the climate policy ideas and bills we're lobbying for:

We've just kicked off today's program with an opening message from CCL Interim Executive Director Ricky Bradley and a fantastic keynote from @azevin.bsky.social!

Follow along with the rest of our virtual conference on our YouTube livestream:

Thanks to Peter Trapp from @crow.house.gov 's office for meeting with volunteers from @cclusa.org this morning. Thanks for sharing your insights on energy infrastructure permitting reform and forest policy.

Thanks to Shane Londagin, Ashton Knepell, and Megan Day from Senator John Hickenlooper's @hickenlooper.bsky.social office for meeting with @cclusa.org this morning. We appreciated hearing your insights on energy permitting reform and forest policy.

Tell Congress to Work on Clean Energy Permitting Reform We made progress on clean energy permitting reform last Congress, but we need to move faster with a new, bipartisan legislative package in this Congress.

This week, I will be lobbying Congress along with 100's of other members of @cclusa.org to get more clean energy and transmission lines on the grid so we can accelerate away from fossil fuels. Give your Reps and Senators a call here to give us a boost.

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Thanks Sarah in the office of Rep. Jenn McClellan for meeting with your @cclusa.org constituents!

Grateful to meet with staff from @replsimon.bsky.social office during @cclusa.org Lobby Week. Strong leadership on clean energy and wildfire resilience is essential for #CA12. #ClimateAction

Today I joined other volunteers from @cclusa.org for a lobby meeting with the office of @sarajacobs.house.gov. We had a chance to push for action on energy permitting reform. We also spoke in favor of passing the Fix Our Forests Act when when it comes back to the House.

Thank you @susielee.house.gov and staff for meeting with @cclusa.org volunteers yesterday to discuss legislation to protect forest health and speed clean energy permitting!

Citizens' Climate Lobby @cclusa.org Colorado Members had a good discussion with Senator Bennett's @bennet.senate.gov staff on permitting reform. Together we hope to make desperately needed and sensible changes to our aging electrical grid

Woman on phone with phone icon and text: "Call your Members of Congress: Advance Permitting Reform Legislation"

Help amplify our Lobby Week ask for bipartisan permitting reform! We want to reach 1,000 extra calls to Congress in addition to our 300+ virtual lobby meetings this week. Visit cclusa.org/pr

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.

Hosted by CCL NJ: Phone bank into New Jersey Join the Environmental Voter Project and Citizens' Climate Lobby New Jersey to turn out low propensity environmental voters in New Jersey ahead of their November 4th gubernatorial election!

🚨 Calling all CCLers!

Join CCL New Jersey this coming Tues., Oct. 28th to mobilize environmental voters for the New Jersey general election!

Sign up and spread the word!

cc: @cclusa.org

www.environmentalvoter.org/cclnjoct282025

Citizens Addressing our Changing Climate: Bemidji derecho increases worries about local wildfires By passing the Fix Our Forests Act, senators can protect lives, livelihoods and lands by reducing wildfire risk, strengthening local economies, and ensuring science-based forest restoration.

CCL volunteer Polly Merhar shares personal reflections on the impacts of growing wildfires in a new op-ed for the Bemidji Pioneer.

She calls on Minnesota's Senators @klobuchar.senate.gov and @smith.senate.gov to support the #FixOurForests Act.

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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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Fact-checking a Trump administration claim about climate change and crops » Yale Climate Connections A recent Department of Energy report falsely states that rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will boost agricultural yields. In fact, climate change is much more likely to make food scarcer...

For @climateconnections.bsky.social today, with the help of @bobkopp.net & @andrewdessler.com's team of 85 climate scientists and the National Academies, I fact checked the EPA/DOE's claim that carbon pollution is good for food production. Spoiler alert: it's not. Article and 🧵 (1/9):