Tag: 2020 elections

  • Fossil fuel industry in the hot seat at CNN Climate Town Hall

    It’s been a few days since the CNN Climate Town Hall marathon of climate discussion wrapped up, and we’ve had a moment to catch our collective breath, read the hot-takes, and think about what it was that we spent seven hours of our life watching. Here are a few takeaways we here at Oil Change think are worth highlighting…

    It was basically good!

    The Climate Town Hall was, by and large, better than expected. We had been worried about potentially awful questions, boring or weak responses from candidates, and little or no drama or interesting moments. And for the most part we got the opposite. The questions — particularly from audience members — were generally thoughtful, save for a few questions about hamburgers, straws, or light bulbs that we would do without. Likewise, the responses from candidates were mostly passionate and engaging, and there were several 2020 contenders seemingly competing to give the most ambitious answers. And finally, we saw some drama, which we’ll get to below.

    My colleague Collin summed up the sentiments of many about how far the discussion has come:

    “Cancel culture takes aim at oil and gas industry.” 

    Some of the best questions from audience members and CNN hosts were about policies and plans to ramp down fossil fuel production in the United States. Oil Change International analysis has shown two important things: First, existing fossil fuel projects around the globe have more oil, gas, and coal beneath them than we can afford to burn if we want to meet our climate goals; second, the oil and gas industry is eyeing a massive expansion of production in the United States over the coming decades. Something has to give, and our next president needs to stand up for communities and the climate by implementing a just and managed phase-out of fossil fuel production. Two critical questions during the CNN Climate Town Hall helped to draw this out:

      • Near unanimous support from candidates for ending new fossil fuel leasing on public lands and offshore waters. This is a major win for local communities and a climate movement that has been fighting for this federal action since the Obama years and before. Fossil fuels from public lands account for nearly a quarter of U.S. emissions, so this is an important step toward a full phase-out of fossil fuel extraction.
      • Majority support for a ban on fracking. While Senator Klobuchar went so far as to parrot the fossil fuel industry talking point of gas as a bridge fuel, most other candidates who were asked if they supported a fracking ban expressed support for banning this dangerous extraction process that is driving an out-of-control expansion of oil and gas production in the U.S.

    In general, we saw a new and appropriately combative posture towards the fossil fuel industry from many candidates throughout the night. As Vox put it, the oil and gas industry (and I would add coal) was a “loser” in the Climate Town Hall. This is a very good thing. We know that we already have more fossil fuels under active production than our climate can afford, and there is no room for negotiation with an industry that has been blocking progress, buying off politicians, and obscuring science to protect their profits for decades.

    In the past we’ve seen candidates at all levels suggesting a softer approach towards this industry or even putting forth industry-endorsed plans, but this time there were multiple candidates talking about holding this rogue industry to account, through lawsuits for lying to shareholders and the public, ending fossil fuel subsidies, charging them for their pollution, and more.

    Journalist Antonia Juhasz summed it up well:

    And, as Dave Weigel of the Washington Post put it, “Democrats are done with ‘all of the above’ energy.” Good riddance.

    The No Fossil Fuel Money pledge has a (viral) moment.

    As alluded to above, there was also some drama amidst the climate plan specifics and bold, anti-industry positions. During former Vice President Joe Biden’s segment, Isaac Larkin, a young activist affiliated with the Sunrise Movement, was given the mic to ask a question about Biden’s ties to the fossil fuel industry. Isaac challenged Biden on the fact that, despite having taken the No Fossil Fuel Money pledge, Biden was set to attend a fundraiser hosted by a fossil fuel company founder the very next day (as revealed by CNBC earlier in the day). 

    Biden was simultaneously rattled by the question and armed with a talking point using a technicality in the pledge’s rules to maintain he was not breaking his pledge. The question and answer is worth a complete viewing, found here:

    I posted a thread of tweets responding to this exchange, clarifying that while it may technically be the case that the fundraiser didn’t break the letter of the rules spelled out in the No Fossil Fuel Money pledge, it clearly goes against the pledge’s spirit (click the tweet for the full thread):

    This exchange quickly became the most talked-about moment of the entire seven hours. The issue was covered by the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, Politico, CNBC, Vox, Huffington Post, the Associated Press, Reuters, Bloomberg, and many more. In essentially every outlet, the conclusions were the same: If a candidate intends to stand up to the fossil fuel industry, it’s probably not a good look to have a fossil fuel company founder, host a high-dollar fundraiser to benefit your campaign (even if they may not technically be an executive at the company).

    More broadly, the No Fossil Fuel Money pledge has clearly become a minimum standard for being considered a leading candidate for the Democratic party nomination. Every single one of the participants in the CNN Climate Town Hall had taken the No Fossil Fuel Money pledge, and several spoke about standing up to the fossil fuel industry and breaking its grip on Washington. And it’s no surprise — voters are sick and tired of the way the fossil fuel industry is delaying progress on our climate crisis, and they are demanding that their elected officials stand up to this out-of-control industry in defense of our communities and our climate.

     

    One final lesson we can draw from the CNN Climate Town Hall is that seven hours of discussion only scratched the surface. Our climate crisis touches every aspect of society and politics, and thanks to solid questions and mostly-prepared candidates, we saw that a robust conversation of the climate crisis is both possible and essential.

    With the CNN Climate Town Hall success, #ClimateStrikes coming up in under two weeks, another climate forum hosted by MSNBC, and climate plans being dropped on a near day-to-day basis, the climate crisis has finally landed in the very center of the political discourse. It’s about time.

  • Response to climate plans from Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Tom Steyer

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    July 25, 2019

    CONTACT:
    David Turnbull, david [at] priceofoil.org

    Oil Change U.S. response to climate plans released by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Tom Steyer

    Today, presidential contenders Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Tom Steyer each released their climate plans, both of which include a commitment to end fossil fuel subsidies and to phase out fossil fuel production in the United States. In response, David Turnbull, Strategic Communications Director at Oil Change U.S., issued the following statement:

    “Today’s climate plans released by Senator Gillibrand and Tom Steyer continue the important trend of new Democratic Presidential climate plans that pull no punches and choose to take on the fossil fuel industry directly. Importantly, both plans from Gillibrand and Steyer call for an end to fossil fuel subsidies, an end to the issuance of new leases for fossil fuel production on public lands and waters, and a wind down of fossil fuel production.

    “It wasn’t too long ago that Presidential campaign climate plans were built on vague promises to achieve unclear goals with no reference to the fossil fuel industry that is causing our climate crisis. That time has passed and today’s plans from Gillibrand and Steyer are the latest examples.

    “It’s heartening to see both Senator Gillibrand and Tom Steyer join the majority of their fellow candidates in recognizing that addressing our climate crisis means standing up to the industry at the heart of the problem. This is just the type of bold action candidates are free to propose when they rip off the shackles of the fossil fuel industry by rejecting its money and influence on their campaigns.

    “These types of plans to take on the fossil fuel industry and its dirty ways by keeping fossil fuels in the ground are precisely what we need Democratic candidates to be discussing from the stump and the debate stage. That’s why we stand alongside allies across the progressive movement to call on the Democratic Party to hold a debate centered on the climate crisis. We look forward to other candidates for president laying out their plans, and for the Democratic Party to give this critical issue the time and depth of discussion it deserves.”

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    Notes to Editors:

    – Sen. Gillibrand’s full policy paper can be found here:
    https://medium.com/team-gillibrand/my-plan-to-tackle-climate-change-751ba2ae59e6

    – Tom Steyer’s climate plan can be found here: https://www.tomsteyer.com/climate-plan-framework/

    – Research by Oil Change International has found that without government action to limit fossil fuel production, including on public lands, the U.S. is poised for a massive expansion of drilling and carbon pollution: http://priceofoil.org/2019/01/16/report-drilling-towards-disaster/

  • We Brought Our Call for a #ClimateDebate Right to DNC Headquarters

    The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is still refusing to host a climate debate – and we’re still fighting.

    This morning in Washington, DC, we joined coalition partners to deliver over 217,000 signatures directly to the DNC at their national headquarters. Powerful speakers from US Youth Climate Strike, Hip Hop Caucus, and more spoke out on why the DNC is making the wrong call on one of the most critical issues of our time. In addition to the hundreds of thousands of petition signatures, 15 of the Democratic presidential candidates have now come out publicly in support of a climate debate (including Joe Biden, yesterday).

    Pressure is building. After DNC Chair Tom Perez rejected our demand for a climate debate, over 50 DNC members – more than 10% of the voting membership – submitted their own resolution calling for a climate debate. And the executive committee of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party in Florida (the site of the first Democratic debate) also just passed a resolution demanding a climate debate. More and more voices within the Democratic Party are joining the call every day.

    Ahead of the DNC’s next meeting on June 29, we’ll continue ramping up the pressure and – with the future of humanity on the line, we’re still not taking “no” for an answer. Here are some pictures from the delivery event today, along with next steps to keep pushing on the DNC:


    Want to join our efforts and make sure that Tom Perez and the DNC keep hearing from us? Here are two quick actions you can take right now:

    1. Send a Tweet to DNC Chair Tom Perez today calling him out on this decision, and telling him that the people demand a #ClimateDebate.
    2. Make a quick phone call to the DNC and tell them this decision is unacceptable and that you demand a #ClimateDebate. We’ve set up a call tool with a simple script to make this process easy. If phone lines are busy, you can keep trying – that means they’re feeling the pressure of our movement.

    In declining to host a climate debate (so far), the DNC is ignoring the reality of the urgent crisis we are facing, as well as the voices of hundreds of thousands of petition signers, 15 presidential candidates, and the majority of Democratic voters who say that climate change is their number one issue.

    Want to watch today’s event and hear from the excellent speakers?
    Check out the full livestream provided by our friends at CREDO. 

  • 60 Questions We Could Ask at a #ClimateDebate

    This week, Tom Perez, the Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), informed Jay Inslee (and later the public via Twitter) that the DNC does not plan to host a climate debate. This comes after over half a dozen top-tier candidates have expressed a desire for such a debate, and hundreds of thousands of young people and voters signed petitions demanding one as well. It comes after multiple polls have shown that the climate crisis is one of the very top concerns of Democratic voters, and major candidates have released a raft of robust climate plans more detailed than ever before in a presidential primary.

    In the aftermath of the DNC’s out-of-touch and premature refusal, young people, voters, advocates, and some candidates themselves have doubled down in their demands, unwilling to take no for an answer. Oil Change U.S. is proud to stand with the youth of this country and with our partners and continue demanding a dedicated debate on candidates’ plans to confront the fossil fuel industry and address the mounting climate crisis.

    As news of the denial broke, #ClimateDebate began to trend on Twitter, and the DNC apparently went to work recruiting surrogates to defend the decision and attack proponents of the idea. They trotted out tired arguments such as not having enough time to devote full debates to specific issues, and hard-to-believe assurances that climate change will get its due attention during the usual debates (particularly hard to swallow given the history of climate change discussions in previous debates, as outlined by Lisa Hymas from Media Matters for America here).

    But one argument from some really stuck out as so beyond the pale that it deserves some attention. The suggestion was that there simply is not enough to ask candidates about to fill an entire debate on the climate crisis.

    [I’ll pause here to allow you to stop laughing and compose yourself.]

    This is obviously a ridiculous assertion that shouldn’t need a response, but it got us wondering…off the top of our heads, just how many questions could we come up with that we’d like to see candidates asked about the climate crisis? So we made a list. To spare you from being forced to read a novel on climate wonkery, we decided to limit it to 60…enough to ask one question per minute for a full hour, although each of these deserve to be discussed at far greater length.

    In no particular order, and undoubtedly still missing many critical questions…

    1. What do you think is the single most important step you can take as president to show leadership on the climate crisis?
    2. Have you signed the No Fossil Fuel Money pledge? Why or why not?
    3. Describe your plan to put the United States on a managed decline of fossil fuel production in line with climate science.
    4. What do you believe are the key elements of a just transition for workers and communities as we move our economy away from fossil fuels?
    5. Please describe how the principles of environmental justice and concerns from low income communities, frontline communities, indigenous communities, and communities of color will be heard and incorporated in the planning and implementation of your climate agenda?
    6. By when do you believe the US should strive to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions?
    7. Please describe how you would ensure the US lives up to the bedrock principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and capabilities as outlined in the UN Framework Convention on Climate change?
    8. After you commit the United States to rejoining the Paris Agreement, what will your next step on the international stage be?
    9. What do you believe is the appropriate level of ambition for the United States’ next revision to its Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris Agreement?
    10. Describe an action you’ve taken in your career in public service that you believe has been most beneficial to our climate fight.
    11. What level of funding do you believe is appropriate for the United States to contribute to the Green Climate Fund annually?
    12. How will you work with G20 nations to finally live up to the decade-old commitment to end fossil fuel subsidies?
    13. How will you take action to ensure our public lands are put to public good rather than used to dig up more fossil fuels?
    14. In your climate plans, what do you believe can be done through executive action alone, and what will need Congressional action?
    15. In order to get climate policy through Congress, will you support eliminating the filibuster? If not, what is your strategy to obtain 60 votes in the Senate?
    16. Do you support the immediate elimination of federal fossil fuel subsidies?
    17. Do you believe granting oil industry actors immunity from being tried for climate crimes is worth trading away to attract their support for a modest price on carbon that will not promote serious emission reductions?
    18. What lessons can you take from existing cap and trade policies in California and elsewhere to ensure communities at the fencelines of major emitters are protected from local pollution impacts?
    19. How would you define the “Green New Deal” and what role would it play in your administration?
    20. The Permian basin in Texas and New Mexico is set to see the largest increase in oil and gas development in the world over the coming years unless there is some intervention. How would you work with those states to ensure such a dangerous increase in production will be curtailed?
    21. A number of you voted in Congress to eliminate the crude oil export ban. Do you regret that vote? Do you support reinstating the crude oil export ban?
    22. How would you reform the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to ensure it accounts for the climate impacts of natural gas infrastructure in its permitting process?
    23. The Obama administration’s Council on Environmental Quality issued guidance to incorporate climate impacts in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process agencies undergo in consideration of infrastructure projects, which Trump has since rescinded. Would you reinstate that guidance, and/or how would you strengthen it?
    24. Do you support a “Climate Test” for fossil fuel projects?
    25. What can the US do to help shift global financial flows toward clean energy, and away from dirty energy?
    26. How should the US support international climate action through its overseas climate and development finance?
    27. Describe your intended approach to engaging major emerging economies such as China, India, and/or Brazil in partnering with them to achieve climate goals.
    28. Do you support enacting a ban on exporting liquified natural gas?
    29. How will you address the increasing petrochemicals and plastics production in the United States as it relates to our climate crisis?
    30. How will you engage young people in developing and implementing your climate policy agenda?
    31. Do you believe companies like Exxon should be held accountable for lying to the public and shareholders about the dangers of their product and business model as it relates to the growing climate crisis?
    32. What do you believe is the best approach to address emissions related to deforestation?
    33. What do you say to the members of Congress who still deny the realities of the climate crisis?
    34. Do you support the rights of state Governors and governments to reject permits for fossil fuel projects via Section 401 of the Clean Water Act? If so, how will you go about protecting that right from future assaults such as that attempted by President Trump?
    35. Do you support the overturning of President Trump’s executive order forcing the approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline project? If so, how will you ensure the proposed pipeline is put to bed permanently?
    36. How will you approach working with cities and communities who will face sea level rise (e.g. Miami) in supporting their residents as climate impacts grow more disruptive?
    37. What deadline would you set for phasing out internal combustion engine passenger vehicles, and what approach would you take to achieve it?
    38. Do you believe the Republican Party will ever rid itself of the influence of the fossil fuel industry and support legitimate and robust climate action?
    39. How would you adjust transportation policy to ensure cities and states are supported in pursuing public transportation?
    40. How would you adjust agricultural policy in the United States to support climate efforts? How would you include the voices and concerns of farmers, ranchers, and rural communities in ensuring a just transition away from fossil fuels?
    41. What key improvements to U.S. trade policy would you make to align it with our climate imperatives?
    42. Describe how you will deploy public finance for renewable energy to leverage private finance at home and abroad?
    43. What is your view on carbon capture and storage (CCS)?
    44. How would you work with the Energy Information Agency to ensure their energy modeling better guides work to incorporate more renewable energy onto the US grid?
    45. How would you reform the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to ensure their investments are aligned with climate imperatives?
    46. It is estimated that the military spends anywhere from $10.5 to $500 billion annually to secure oil supply overseas. How would you reign in these activities?
    47. Will you instruct the Department of Justice to drop the Government’s request to throw out the Juliana v. United States lawsuit and allow it to go to trial?
    48. What will you be looking for as you fill the positions of Secretary of the Interior, EPA Administrator, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of State and heads of other agencies directly related to our climate efforts?
    49. Do you believe that natural gas – also known as fossil gas, and much of it derived from fracking – is a “bridge fuel” in our climate efforts or that it is a “bridge to climate disaster”?
    50. Do you support a national ban on fracking?
    51. How would you reform campaign finance law to ensure the voices of people are heard over the dollars of fossil fuel companies and other big corporations?
    52. What is your view of new laws that have been passed in multiple states (and proposed by the Trump administration) to promote harsh penalties for protests of oil and gas infrastructure? How will you protect communities’ rights to protest dangerous infrastructure in their communities?
    53. Would you work to repeal the 45Q tax credit, which is used mostly by the oil industry to gain tax credits for injecting CO2 into the ground in order to dig up more oil?
    54. Do you support ending the use of eminent domain for private gain, including the taking of private land to construct oil and gas pipelines owned by private and foreign companies?
    55. How will you adjust U.S. immigration policy to react to the inevitable increase in refugees seeking shelter from climate impacts across the globe?
    56. Do you support ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol to phase down hydrofluorocarbons, a key short-lived climate pollutant?
    57. Do you support removing fossil fuel industry actors from the UN climate negotiations, as has been done with tobacco industry actors in tobacco treaty talks?
    58. Will you acknowledge the rights and sovereignty of Indigenous peoples to protect their traditional lands and waters from fossil fuel extraction and infrastructure projects? How will you work with tribes and nations to achieve this goal?
    59. Do you support a carbon tax? If so, why? If not, why not?
    60. How will you engage the labor movement to ensure they are a key part in our clean energy revolution and that jobs in the burgeoning renewable energy sector are quality union jobs?

    You probably get the point. The climate crisis is one of the most urgent issues facing the world today. The answers to these questions matter.

    The Democratic primary process needs a chance for voters to hear directly from 2020 candidates on how they plan to tackle the fossil fuel industry, supercharge a just transition to 100% renewable energy, hold climate criminals accountable, and invest trillions in the health and safety of our communities and the climate matters. There’s a major gap between the worst climate plan in the Democratic primary and the best few. And voters have made it clear they want to learn more about these differences.

    Join us and demand a #ClimateDebate from the DNC – in the face of climate crisis, it’s needed now more than ever.

     

  • No More Dilly-Dallying, Dems: It’s Time for a #ClimateDebate

    Back in the 2016 presidential election, there were  zero questions on the climate crisis in the general election debates. That’s right, zero. And in the preceding Democratic primary debates, the few questions that were asked were shallow and inconsistent, not spurring the kind of robust debate required to address one of the most critical issues of our time.

    Those days of climate silence are over. Thanks to the tireless commitment of grassroots activists across the nation, families from coast to coast who are seeing the effects of climate change and recognizing the urgency through first-hand accounts, and specifically the dedicated young people who have been making some serious waves, the climate crisis has become a top-tier issue in the Democratic primary.

    In this critical 2020 election season, we’re joining allies in demanding that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) acknowledge the importance and urgency of the climate crisis – as well as its renewed political prominence – by devoting one of the presidential primary debates entirely to climate change.

    Due to our collective efforts, the debate is changing and the bar for climate leadership is being raised – in a big way. A new poll released from CNN shows that, for the first time ever, climate change is the number one issue of concern for Democratic and Democratic-leaning independent voters. This is big. A full 96% of respondents in these groups feel it’s important that Democratic candidates support “taking aggressive action to slow the effects of climate change.”

    A Monmouth University poll specifically of Iowa Democratic voters — some of the first voters who will have an official say on the nomination — released last month showed that climate change is a top issue, right after health care, and polling on voters in early primary states from February found that climate is a key motivating issue and that “having a plan to address the climate crisis is seen as essential and is a driver of vote choice.”

    It’s should be no surprise, then, that candidates are paying keen attention to the electorate and coming out with detailed climate plans that start to meet the scale of the crisis. In addition, the list of major presidential candidates signing on to the No Fossil Fuel Money pledge has now hit twelve as more than half of the field of Democratic candidates refuse contributions from the PACs, lobbyists, and executives of fossil fuel companies. When the primary debates start this summer, we expect those candidates still accepting fossil fuel money to represent a small minority of behind-the-times holdouts –marking a historic shift from past election cycles.

    Now, we need to hear detailed explanations of candidates’ climate plans through a full debate focused on climate change. A climate debate will leave room for an informed moderator to take the time needed to press candidates beyond the usual platitudes and seek out specific details of their plans to tackle Big Oil, Gas, and Coal and ensure a just transition. This way, voters will be able to know that whoever is nominated to take on Trump in 2020 has what it takes to stand up to the fossil fuel industry and fight for the bold solutions to the climate crisis that this moment requires.

    Calls for a climate debate are getting louder by the day, and presidential candidates are raising their own voices in support. On Earth Day, Gov. Jay Inslee penned an open letter in support of our movement’s grassroots call for a robust climate debate, urging his fellow candidates to join him. He wrote, “together, as Democratic candidates, we can speak with one voice and demand that our party truly debates the future of our planet.” Fellow candidates Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Julián Castro have publicly voiced their support. Who will be next?

    As of now, the DNC is planning for twelve Democratic debates during the 2020 primary season, six in 2019 and then six in 2020. Specific details are still being hammered out, but we know the first Democratic primary debate will be June 26-27 in Miami, hosted by NBC News, MSNBC, and Telemundo. We’ll be joining allies to push for substantive climate questions in every single debate – but we’ll keep up our concerted push for a debate dedicated exclusively to the climate crisis as well.

    We need even more pressure to convince the DNC to host a full debate on the climate crisis. Here’s how you can take action today:

     

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  • Week of Action, Feb. 4th to 8th: Demand Real Climate Leadership from New Congress

    We’ve got big plans to keep up the pressure for a bold, just Green New Deal. With Presidential hopefuls announcing their candidacies and the new Congress taking office, we’re working with dozens of partners to build on our momentum and make a bold, unmistakable call for real climate leadership!

    Here’s the plan: From February 4th to 8th, activists will deliver hundreds of thousands of petition signatures to members of Congress at in-person events across the country. We’re demanding that our leaders embrace a Green New Deal to phase out fossil fuel production, take on big polluters, and ensure a just transition to a 100% renewable energy economy where all of us can thrive.

    Join Us: RSVP today for a Real Climate Leadership Week of Action event near you!

    A broad coalition is working together on this Week of Action to send a strong signal to Congress. We demand a Green New Deal, and we’re asking our Representatives to:

    • Halt all new fossil fuel extraction, infrastructure, and subsidies, and transition power generation to 100% renewable energy by 2035 or sooner;
    • Rapidly decarbonize agriculture and transportation sectors and expand access to public transportation;
    • Ensure a Fair & Just Transition led by impacted workers and communities, including low income and communities of color, without relying on corporate schemes or market-based mechanisms;
    • Uphold Indigenous Rights; and
    • Pass a national jobs guarantee, creating good jobs with collective bargaining and family-sustaining wages.

    We’ve already seen the power of activists mobilizing in the halls of Congress – and now we’re building on that success and keeping up the pressure back home. It’s up to all of us to make sure that our leaders listen to the people most impacted by climate change and embrace the bold, just climate action we need to keep fossil fuels in the ground and invest in our futures, not business as usual from Big Oil.

    Are you ready to keep up the pressure for real climate leadership and a bold, just Green New Deal? Click here to find an action near you – or plan a new one.

    We hope you can join us! If you aren’t able to make it to an action next week, we’ll be providing other ways to get in touch with your members of Congress, and to spread the word to your networks about the real climate leadership that’s needed to phase out the fossil fuel industry and invest in a brighter future.