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The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act in the USA
Read moreH.R.763. is bipartisan legislation the USA based on a CCL framework to account for the hidden costs of burning fossil fuels. If enacted into law, this policy will drive down greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by stimulating American innovation and ingenuity.
Laser Talk: Canada’s New Food Guide and Planetary Health
Read moreTo develop the Food Guide, Health Canada consulted with more than 6,000 individuals, including doctors, nurses, nutritionists, researchers, educators, and the Canadian public at large. It excluded industry-commissioned reports given the potential for conflicts of interest.
LASER TALK: Tracking Canada’s Climate Action 2008-2018
Read moreAccording to data from Julie Gelfand, Canada’s Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development which is a division of Canada’s Auditor General Office, Canada’s emissions would have gone up significantly between 2008-2012 if it were not for the 2008 recession and actions of the provinces.
LASER TALK: The Five Levers of Political will
Read moreThese are the five core activities that all Citizens’ Climate Lobby chapters leverage to bring citizens into the political process and to ensure their contribution is constructive and makes more good possible. We call these activities the “levers of political will.”
MEDIA RELEASE: Climate Action Counts in Federal Election 2019
Read moreCitizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) is conducting a survey of the climate change-related election platforms of the four major political parties in the national election anticipated in October 2019. This week we are sending the four major political parties our questionnaire to be answered by July 15.