Call 202-951-7780 to be connected to your local lawmakers and urge them to take bold action on climate this fall.
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Over the next six weeks, the Community Food Co-op is joining 160 businesses around the nation in calling for bold climate action. We are raising our voices, calling our members of Congress, and urging them to take decisive legislative action this fall. We hope you'll join us.
In August, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a major scientific report which made it clear: there is no longer any doubt that climate change is real, human caused, and going to get much worse if we do not act now.
Perhaps the report’s most powerful finding is that we still have a small window of opportunity to act to stop things from getting even worse. That window is closing, which is why we must act now.
According to the IPCC's report, this summer’s climate-fueled disasters—which personally impacted nearly 1 in 3 Americans—are only a preview of the years ahead. But the report’s most powerful finding is that we still have a small window of opportunity to act to stop things from getting even worse. We cannot delay.
This September and October, Congress will debate the most significant climate legislation in a generation. We don’t know when there will be an opportunity to get legislation like this passed again. It is critical that members of Congress hear from their constituents NOW. They need to know we want them to take bold action on climate at the scale of the crisis.
We are asking lawmakers to ensure four key elements of climate legislation:
1. Enact a Clean Electricity Payment Program that gets us on the path to 100% clean power by 2035. Cleaning up the power sector is affordable and technologically achievable by rapidly scaling up wind and solar production. It would create over 500,000 jobs in the next decade. Clean electricity is the backbone of climate action—allowing us to electrify our cars and homes and run them on clean power. Getting to 80% clean power by 2030 will get us over halfway to meeting President Biden’s goal of cutting carbon pollution 50% this decade. To learn more about the Clean Electricity Payment Program, click here.
2. Direct 40% of funding to disadvantaged communities to support those on the front lines of the climate crisis. Black, brown and indigenous communities continue to suffer from the legacies of toxic pollution, systemic racism, and economic disinvestment. Investments in environmental justice in these communities can begin to redress some of these harms done through funding for renewable energy, energy efficiency, public transit, clean water infrastructure, and affordable housing. To learn more about building an equitable and just climate platform, click here.
3. End fossil fuel subsidies, including the $15 billion in direct subsidies the federal government spends every year. We must stop the flow of taxpayer dollars to fossil fuel corporations that spew pollution into our communities and impede climate action. President Biden has already committed to ending fossil fuel subsidies, now it's Congress’s turn to follow through. No more federal handouts for fossil fuel companies. To learn more about ending fossil fuel subsidies, click here.
4. Create a Civilian Climate Corps (CCC) that employs millions of Americans and creates a pathway into good-paying union jobs. The Climate Corps would put a generation to work with a living wage and benefits. It would train people for stable jobs in the clean economy while jumpstarting a nationwide climate workforce. To learn more about the Civilian Climate Corps, click here.
Remember, you don’t have to be an expert on climate to make a call. It is enough to say you are a citizen concerned about the effects of climate change.
Nervous about calling? Call after hours or on weekends and leave a message. Send an email if it's all you can do. Multiple calls and an email are better yet! You can go to call4climatenow.com for an optional script to recite when you call.
Remember, you don’t have to be an expert on climate to make a call. It is enough to say you are a citizen concerned about the effects of climate change.
Every call matters. Every voice matters. There is no time to waste.
