CCL members Andrew Zeiler, Siarrah Gomez-Boyiddle, Amber Barbella, and John Purser traveled from Durango to Washington D.C. in June to lobby for bipartisan solutions to climate change.

The Durango CCL team was joined by Susan Ludwig from Denver and Rebecca Cotton from Edwards for a meeting with Congressman Scott Tipton.  Thanks to Rep. Tipton, staff from Senator Gardner's office, and all the CCL members who helped make Lobby Day 2019 a success!

For over a decade, our volunteers have asked their Members of Congress to work together to solve climate change. A viable climate change solution needs to be big and lasting — which means bipartisan legislation. We fully support the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. This policy will drive down America’s carbon pollution while unleashing American technology innovation and ingenuity.

• It puts a price on carbon pollution and returns the revenue to American families on a monthly basis. Visit energyinnovationact.org for more details about how it works.
• It’s bipartisan. Republicans and Democrats are both on board, solving the problem of climate change together.
• It's effective. This is a big, broad solution that will reduce America’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% in the first 12 years.
• It's good for people, improving health and saving lives by reducing pollution that Americans breathe. Additionally, the carbon dividend puts money directly into people’s pockets every month to spend as they see fit, helping low and middle income Americans.
• It’s good for the economy, creating 2.1 million additional jobs in the first 10 years.