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#CCL2022 closes out with @SenWhitehouse acknowledging the work of CCL:
"No group in the environmental community has been more determined to get the emissions down...It is not enough to do what is politically possible. It is mandatory to do what nature demands."
"No group in the environmental community has been more determined to get the emissions down...It is not enough to do what is politically possible. It is mandatory to do what nature demands."
"Reconciliation is still alive. It turns into a pumpkin on Sept. 30... The practical expiring date is whenever we leave for August recess. So that's not a whole lot of time, but that's our shot."
"If you know politics, there's a saying: 'Nothing is decided until everything is decided.' But there are things along the way that are decided enough that you set them on the shelf. In my view, the methane program is now on the shelf."
Our afternoon session at #CCL2022 is underway with climate journalists @maxinejoselow @SiegelScribe and @mlavelles.
"Full Democratic control is not promised in the future," said @SiegelScribe, so there's a sense of urgency to get something done.
"Full Democratic control is not promised in the future," said @SiegelScribe, so there's a sense of urgency to get something done.
.@mlavelles notes that @SenWhitehouse wants to get carbon border adjustment mechanisms in the reconciliation bill. This is a policy Manchin has expressed interest in.
.@SiegelScribe doesn't see how CBAM can come together in reconciliation because the policy needs to be paired with a domestic price on carbon. "It's just a tariff if there's no domestic piece."
CCL Exec Director @ParaMadeleine opens #CCL2022 by presenting the future of our advocacy:
"The last five yards are the hardest in football and in politics... I believe that’s where we are now — in the last five yards of budget reconciliation."
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"The last five yards are the hardest in football and in politics... I believe that’s where we are now — in the last five yards of budget reconciliation."
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"Together, we at CCL put carbon fee and dividend into Congress’ playbook. That took years. And since last summer, we helped them run that play and move incredibly far down the field during the budget reconciliation process..."
"...Last fall, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other major news outlets were all reporting that our preferred policy was under serious consideration. That would not have happened without CCL’s advocacy and all your hard work."
