Project

Citizens' Climate Lobby - Boulder
Send volunteers to Washington D.C. to lobby

Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) is a non-partisan, nonprofit organization that empowers people from all walks of life to become effective advocates for a livable world. Our thousands of volunteers across the country speak powerfully to their elected officials, the news media, and their local communities to urge for climate protection.

CCL is working to pass national legislation that would levy a gradually increasing carbon fee on fossil fuels and distribute all revenues to U.S. households. According to a recent study by Regional Economic Models, Inc., our strategy would cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 33% within 10 years and 52% in 20 years. It will also create 2 million jobs nationally in ten years and 2.8 million in 20 years.

Since 2010, CCL volunteers have traveled to Washington D.C. every June to urge our members of Congress to pass carbon fee and dividend legislation. In 2015, there were about a thousand volunteers who made this trip, usually at their own expense. Thirty-five of those represented Colorado’s ten CCL chapters (including all congressional districts).

Your donation will help defray travel expenses for volunteers who would otherwise be unable to attend in June 2016. Thank you for your generosity.