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On March 24, the Washtenaw Community College Political Science Club sponsored a Climate Change Summit.  It began with a brief introduction to some of the key concepts of climate change, presented by club vice president, Joe Chapman.  Joe’s presentation was followed by a panel discussion.  Due to a last minute conflict, scheduled speaker Representative Adam…

On the Wednesday, March 2 edition of WEMU’s Issues of the Environment program, host David Fair interviewed Stephen Raiman, a member of the Ann Arbor Energy Commission, to discuss CCL’s Carbon Fee and Dividend proposal.  The Energy Commission passed a resolution endorsing Carbon Fee and Dividend and has recommended that Ann Arbor City Council also support…

Our February guest on the national conference call is Jeffrey O’Malley, Director of the Division of Data, Research and Policy for UNICEF.  He is responsible for shaping research and evidence priorities, ensuring that evidence in turn shapes UNICEF policies and strategies. Mr. O’Malley joins our February call to discuss UNICEF’s report, Unless We Act Now, about…

On Tuesday, January 12th the City of Ann Arbor Energy Commission voted nine to one to endorse the carbon fee and dividend proposal of Citizens’ Climate Lobby! According to Commissioner Stephen Raiman, who introduced the resolution in support of CCL’s proposal, “Carbon pollution is expensive for society, and the market should reflect that. The Citizens’…

Our guest speaker at our January meeting is Hahrie Han. Han is the Anton Vonk Associate Professor of Environmental Politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She specializes in the politics of environmental and social policy, focusing particularly on the role that civic associations play in mobilizing participation…

Retired Navy Rear Admiral David Titley Our guest for the December call is Dr. David Titley, a professor of practice in meteorology at Pennsylvania State University and the founding director of their Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk. He was also NOAA’s chief operating officer from 2012-2013. Before assuming these positions, he was a…

On November 14, Barbara, John and Ginny gave a presentation about CCL to the Adrian Dominican Sisters, at the Weber Center in Adrian, MI The sisters were very welcoming and receptive to the presentation.  Unexpectedly, there was at least one person in the audience who disputed the premise that climate change is happening.  It made…

Our next meeting is Saturday, December 5, 12:45 – 2:45 pm, First Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 4001 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd.  Starting in January, meetings will be on the second Saturday of the month. Recent op-eds and columns we discussed today: Detroit News op-ed by Lisa Wozniak, director of the Michigan League of Conservation Voters. MLive op-ed…

Please mark your calendars now for the Michigan Climate March! Saturday, December 12, 2015 starting at 2:00 pm in front of the Federal Building (200 E. Liberty) in downtown Ann Arbor Whether or not you have been active with CCL up til now, this is a great opportunity to come out and demonstrate your support…

Rob Williams from Resources for the Future Our guest for the November call is Rob Williams, Senior Fellow and Director of Academic Programs at Resources for the Future (RFF). He’ll discuss results from two recent papers RFF published that examine the different impacts a revenue-neutral carbon fee would have across U.S. states and across income quintiles if…