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Raritan Valley, NJ chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby, an international climate action organization. We are nonpartisan and support big-effective, large-scale solutions at all levels of government.

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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 16h
Some Dems opose BAAJA, thinking they can get a better bill after the midterms. But as Grist points out, even if they take both houses, they'll need some GOP support. And with Trump blocking clean energy at every turn, a flawed bill is better than no bill. grist.org/politics/per...
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The bipartisan energy bill tearing the climate movement apart
Is it more important to build renewables or block dirty fossil fuels?
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is why CCL supports a fee-and-dividend plan, where the fees on polluters fund a regular payout to households. citizensclimatelobby.org/carbon-fee-a...
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Carbon fee & dividend: the best climate solution you've never heard of
Americans shouldn't have to live with price spikes and energy inflation. Carbon fee and dividend will deliver predictable prices and affordable clean energy. Learn More.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Good article, but it's unfair to say carbon pricing has "proved to be a political disaster" across the board. Rather, carbon pricing can succeed when the price starts low, rises steadily, and is used to pay for visible benefits. citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/policy/... (1/2)
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We definitely need more energy on the grid. But we can limit our need for new supply by using less - and this simple tool could save us gigawatts. www.canarymedia.com/articles/ene...
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This hidden device could free up gigawatts of power for the US grid
Millions of electric motors run inside the country’s buildings, often inefficiently. Variable frequency drives can slash motors’ power use and reduce grid…
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
NJ is considering establishing a new state energy agency to help us expand power production - with a focus on clean energy - and rein in utility bills. newjerseymonitor.com/2026/10/06/n...
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NJ panel mulls giving state more control over energy generation — and utility bills • New Jersey Monitor
Several NJ lawmakers think creating a state energy department will help them better expand energy capacity and control utility costs.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
You can also see the recording here: community.citizensclimate.org/events/item/...
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All-Supporter Action Call: A Bipartisan Opportunity for Clean Energy - View Event - CCL Community
CCL has endorsed the newly introduced Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA), a major permitting reform package that can help America build clean energy ... - CCL's Online Comm...
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Just attended the Action Call on BAAJA, the new permitting reform bill. If you missed it, there are lots of resources here to learn about the bill: cclusa.org/baaja-toolkit Learn about it, then write to your Senators to promote it: cclusa.org/baaja
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Welcome to CCL's Online Community - CCL Community
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So, if you're not tabling with us, watch the National Call at www.cclusa.org/meeting. If you are, catch the recording later. And either way, join our rescheduled chapter meeting next Wednesday, 10/14, 6:30pm at UUCS or 7pm on Zoom. community.citizensclimate.org/groups/event...
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Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise cloud communications.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This Saturday, 10/10, is CCL's National Call at 1pm. But it's also our Bedminster tabling event (slots still available, especially for teardown: signup.com/client/invit...) (1/2)
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Bedminster Fall Fest 2026
SignUp.com makes it easy to coordinate school events & classroom activities, fundraisers, snack schedules, potlucks & more!
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Join us Tuesday, 10/6, 8pm on Zoom to learn about the bill and contact Senators! (CCL asks that you NOT contact Congress before this meeting.) RSVP here: community.citizensclimate.org/events/item/...
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All-Supporter Action Call: A Bipartisan Opportunity for Clean Energy - View Event - CCL Community
CCL has endorsed the newly introduced Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA), a major permitting reform package that can help America build clean energy ... - CCL's Online Comm...
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It's on! @cclusa.org has officially endorsed the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act. citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/policy/... (1/2)
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CCL endorses Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act
Citizens' Climate Lobby is excited to mobilize our grassroots volunteers in full support of this bipartisan permitting reform package.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Join us at the next CCL Town Hall, Wed. 10/14, 8-8:45pm on Zoom, to learn what we're up to this month. You can submit questions ahead of time to conference.inbox@citizensclimate.org. community.citizensclimate.org/events/item/...
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Town Hall with CCL Executive Director Ricky Bradley - View Event - CCL Community
Join a Town Hall style event to hear organizational updates from CCL's Executive Director, Ricky Bradley.All are welcome, especially CCL supporters just starting their CCL ... - CCL's Online Community...
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We have liftoff! Still need to dig into the details of the bill, but it's broad and bipartisan--two of our must-haves.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The oldest solar farms are nearing retirement. This is an opportunity. Upgrading them with newer, more efficient panels could add another 67GW to the grid - no new construction required. Add batteries, and you gain up to 92GW more. www.crux.com/reports/rech...
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Recharged: Repowering America's Solar Fleet with Storage for a New Era of Demand
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
All too true.
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Citizens' Climate Lobby @cclusa.org · 14/09/2026
Part 2 of our six-part series of webinars on carbon pricing will take place Thursday, Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. We hope to see you there! ➡️ Register: cclusa.org/carbon-pricing-series/
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The author of this piece, YCC editor-in-chief Sara Peach, will be our speaker on next month's National Call, October 10. Sign up here: www2.citizensclimatelobby.org/acton/ct/178...
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October Monthly Meeting - View Event - CCL Community
Each month, Citizens’ Climate Lobby supporters gather locally for a monthly meeting where we educate ourselves by listening to a guest speaker. Go to your local chapter's page to find ... - CCL's Onli...
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In a neat bit of irony, our fossil-fuel loving president has created an "accidental carbon tax" by driving up fossil fuel prices. yaleclimateconnections.org/newsletter/t... (1/2)
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We've got an accidental carbon tax » Yale Climate Connections
Plus, seven climate films to binge-watch this weekend.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you missed last week's CCL Inclusion Conference, you can still catch the videos on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Also, check out the Inclusion Conference Spotify playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/7tM...
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Inclusion Conference Presented by PGM Action Team 2026 - YouTube
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Favorite line: "The Doom Narrative is its own kind of misinformation, and that misinformation is a luxury that we cannot afford if we actually want to fix anything."
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you're looking for an antidote to climate dread, check out this fact-based, yet surprisingly upbeat conversation between two brilliant science communicators, @hankgreen.bsky.social and @hannahritchie.bsky.social, on Hank's Humans podcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFU6... (1/2)
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Hannah Ritchie: The Future Is Not Bleak
YouTube video by Humans with Hank
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thanks to all who took part in last Saturday's postcarding event! Together we completed our commitment of 300 postcards to CCL supporters in New Jersey, encouraging them (and their friends and family) to vote in November.
Six people seated around a dining table covered in postcards, pens, and other supplies, holding up postcards marked, "Hey New Jersey, Make sure your friends and family vote."
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A majority of Americans are worried about climate change. But most don't know other Americans are. So they don't talk about it--and then there's no way for anyone to know. Break the spiral of silence! talkingclimate.com/landscape-as...
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Landscape Assessment
Empowering the messengers people already trust.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If you haven't already, please write to Congress and tell them we need to get this done. citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak...
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Ask Your Members of Congress to Work on Clean Energy Permitting Reform
Permitting reform negotiations have officially restarted in Congress. Ask your representatives to work on comprehensive, bipartisan legislation.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
To sweeten the pot further, Trump has signaled he's willing to back off on his opposition to onshore wind. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026... (2/3)
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POLITICO Pro: Trump will green-light wind energy projects to strike permitting deal
The White House will lift its blockade of renewable energy projects to get Senate Democrats moving on permitting.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Democrats can’t claim to treat climate change as a crisis if they are unwilling to act to solve it. Right now, that means making a deal on permitting with Republican lawmakers and Mr. Trump." www.wsj.com/opinion/dems... (1/3)
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Opinion | Dems Should Permit Trump a Win
If they’re serious about climate change, a permitting-reform deal today would pay dividends the next time they’re in power.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Clean energy wins another round against the Trump administration. A district judge has just ruled that the president can't claw back funds allocated by Congress for the Solar for All program to aid low-income families. pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/09/21/f...
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Federal court strikes down EPA cancellation of $7 billion Solar for All program - pv magazine USA
A U.S. District Court judge rules the Trump administration acted unlawfully when terminating congressionally authorized clean energy grants designed to lower energy costs for low-income households.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Departing UN chief Antonio Guterres says we're falling far short of our Paris Agreement goals on climate. But he also says without the agreement, which "mobilized the world for climate action," things would be worse still. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/c...
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A Departing U.N. Chief’s Dire Warning on Climate Change (Gift Article)
As he nears the end of his term as the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres looks back on his efforts to stop climate change.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The final BRIDGE training, "The Art of Climate Storytelling,"is this Thursday, 9/24, 8-9 on Zoom. Register here: community.citizensclimate.org/events/item/... As always, the video and written material will be available online if you can't make the live session.
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The Art of Climate Storytelling (BRIDGE Training 9) - View Event - CCL Community
Craft and confidently share personal, values-based stories that make climate solutions feel real, human, and worth acting on. Learn the four kinds of climate stories CCL volunteers ... - CCL's Online ...
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Climate Week 2026 is officially under way. www.climateweeknyc.org Follow @wedonthavetime.wsocial.eu for live updates.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Possible silver lining to the EPA claiming it can't regulate greenhouse gases: That means states can.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Bad news, good news: Spiking oil and gas prices due to the Iran war have increased coal use worldwide. But they've also driven a faster shift toward clean energy, which will have longer-lasting effects. www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
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The Iran war pushed countries toward clean energy — and coal
Surging oil and gas prices are boosting coal demand. But the conflict has also spurred cleantech adoption — and fossil-fuel emissions may still drop as a…
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
From the same video: "The world is getting about a third of its electricity from all the renewables together, which is now more than coal and more than any other single source."
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We've all seen the "hockey stick of doom" graph that represents rising greenhouse gas emissions. But have you seen the "hockey stick of hope"? www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGfv...
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The Hockey Stick of Doom.
YouTube video by Hank Green
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative helped Northeastern states eliminate coal power plants and cut emissions from electricity. But has it lost its mojo? www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
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Is it time to rethink the Northeast's cap-and-trade system?
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative isn’t having the same emissions-cutting effect it used to. As power bills rise, some wonder if it is worth…
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New bills in Congress would shield fossil fuel companies from lawsuits. You can find your members and urge them to oppose this legislation here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi....
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Find and contact elected officials | USAGov
Use USAGov’s Contact Your Elected Officials tool to get contact information for your members of Congress, the president, and state and local officials.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Less than two months to Election Day! Visit vote.nj.gov to make sure you're registered. If you can, plan to vote early, either in person or via secure drop box. You can find locations for both on this site.
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NJ Voter Information Portal
NJ Voter information about the Elections.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Update: our 9/20 tabling event has been canceled. But we're still doing Branchburg Hops Harvest on Sat. 9/26 and Bedminster Fall Fest on Sat. 10/10. Sign up here: signup.com/Group/646071...
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
If you haven't already, please take this month's action: Write to Senators about the Fix Our Forests Act. (For us in NJ, that's just Kim, as Booker has already opposed it.) citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak...
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Support the Fix Our Forests Act | Citizens' Climate Lobby
Now that Congress is back from recess, tell your senators you support healthy forests, wildfire management, and bipartisan climate solutions.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Court: "No, Mr. President, you can't force an ancient coal plant to keep running at a cost of $180 million to ratepayers." www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
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Court rules that Trump can’t force a Michigan coal plant to keep…
A long-awaited court decision finds fault with the DOE’s use of "emergency" powers to force aging, costly, polluting power plants to run past their…
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We're having another postcarding party this Saturday, 9/19, 1:30-4:30 in Flemington. This one's not for EVP; instead, we're reaching out to CCL members and supporters in NJ to remind them to vote. Sign up here: community.citizensclimate.org/groups/event...
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Welcome to CCL's Online Community - CCL Community
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Earth's coral reefs are at a tipping point. But new research indicates there may still be a chance to tip them back. www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/09/in-a...
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In a first, probiotics helped real coral survive a real heatwave
Past studies of coral probiotics stayed in the lab. This one tested them on wild coral in the Red Sea during an actual marine heatwave—and the microbes held up.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
New tech is making geothermal heating and cooling easier, quieter, cleaner, and cheaper. www.canarymedia.com/articles/geo...
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Dig Energy completes first project with novel geothermal drilling tech
The firm just wrapped work on a heating and cooling system for a Boston office. It says its rig makes drilling cheaper, quieter, and less water-intensive.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you don't have time to read the UN's latest report on "overshoot" (what happens as the planet passes 1.5C of warming), @ayanaeliza.bsky.social can give you the TLDR.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Save the date for session 2 of our Carbon Pricing Education Series: 10/1, 8pm ET. It'll cover research on the carbon pricing/affordability nexus, including how carbon price revenues can improve affordability. community.citizensclimate.org/events/item/...
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Carbon Pricing Education Series Session 2: Affordability and distributional impacts - View Event - CCL Community
Join CCL for a learning series exploring what a decade of real-world carbon pricing can teach us—and how that knowledge shapes stronger, more durable climate advocacy. Join us ... - CCL's Online Commu...
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
More progress on permitting reform: Reps. Scott Peters (D-CA-50) and Gabe Evans (R-CO-8) have introduced the CLEAR Act to streamline the approval of interstate transmission projects. scottpeters.house.gov/press-releas...
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Peters, Evans Unveil Bill to Address Transmission Project Bottlenecks and Lower Electricity Costs
Washington, D.C. — Today, Representatives Scott Peters (D-CA) and Gabe Evans (R-CO) introduced the Certainty in Litigation for Electric Asset Reliability (CLEAR) Act of 2026, legislation to streamline...
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
California is taking a big step toward a circular economy - if they can pull it off. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/c...
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California’s Ambitious Plan for Textile Waste (Gift Article)
A recycling law coming into force now could change fashion.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I assume you mean this one? www.unep.org/resources/li... They probably should have led with "Overshoot is not an argument for resignation, but rather for urgency to action," rather than "exceedance of 1.5°C is now widely assessed as unavoidable."
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Limiting Overshoot - Navigating exceedance of 1.5°C and pathways towards return
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C remains a cornerstone of the Paris Agreement, yet under current policies and alternative near-term trajectories, exceedance of 1.5°C is now widely assessed as unavoida...
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Our monthly meeting is this Saturday, 9-12, 1-3 at UUCS or 2-3 on Zoom. Register here: community.citizensclimate.org/groups/event...
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Welcome to CCL's Online Community - CCL Community
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Two months to the midterms! Make sure you’re ready to vote by checking your registration status at cclusa.org/vote. Then pass the link on to friends and family so they'll be ready, too. #ClimateVoters
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Register to vote in your state | Vote.gov
Find the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government.
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