Phone Banking and Art-Making party for the Climate Day of Action!

Phone Banking and Art-Making party for the Climate Day of Action!

Get ready for Climate Action!

Our Climate Day of Action is coming up fast and we need your help making this event a huge success!

Join us in our preparations, there will be something for everyone. For those more artistically inclined you can help us make interesting visuals and signs for the rally. While those who prefer to keep their art skills secret, you can give phonebanking a try to help ensure a great turn out on April 13th.

Here are the details:
What: Art build and Phone-bank
When: April 10th 6:00-8:30 PM
Where: Unicorn Habitat, 607 L St NE Washington D.C. 2002
Why: We need your help making eye-catching signs and ensuring we have a great turn out for our lobby day
Who: Everyone is welcome

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DC Environmental Film Festival: Spread the word about the carbon price!

DC Environmental Film Festival: Spread the word about the carbon price!

March 15-25

Join us at the biggest film event of the year as we spread the word about the “Put A Price On It, D.C.” campaign!

Every year, the D.C. Environmental Film Festival premiers a showcase of environmentally themed films.This year, the Environmental Film Festival starts Thursday, March 15th and ends Sunday, March 25th. This is the largest environmental film festival in the world. And it’s a great opportunity for us to spread the word and build momentum to victory!

But we need your help! We have many volunteer opportunities for you to help us collect petitions and recruit new volunteers for the campaign. The screenings will take place at museums, embassies, libraries, universities and local theaters throughout the city.

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Where’s the Bill? Day of Climate Action

Where’s the Bill? Day of Climate Action

April 13th 12:30-3:00 pm

We’re bringing EVERYONE together to descend on the D.C. Council Building to urge our Councilmembers to support and pass a carbon fee-and-rebate policy.

On April 13, we’ll kick off an action-packed day with a rally at 12:30pm outside the Wilson Building led by students and professors from across D.C. Then at 1:30pm we’ll head inside to meet our legislators face to face.

The day’s events will focus on students and D.C. youth because their immediate futures are at risk. However, everyone who cares about the future of the city is invited to join and support the students as we work together to pass a carbon fee-and-rebate this year!

Here are the details:

What: Where’s the Bill? Day of Climate Action
When: April 13th 12:30-3:00 pm
Where: John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 506 Washington, DC 20004
(2 blocks south of Metro Center)
Details: Wear yellow! We’ll have some yellow campaign shirts to loan, but please wear yellow if you can.
Why: It’s time to pass a carbon fee and rebate in D.C!

 

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Discussion on Climate & Environmental Justice: A Carbon Fee & Rebate in DC

Discussion on Climate & Environmental Justice: A Carbon Fee & Rebate in DC

Monday, February 26, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20011

Join us for a discussion with climate scientist Danielle J. L. Meitiv and director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network’s “Put A Price On It DC” campaign, Camila Thorndike.

Danielle will present her research and how it can be used to enhance our understanding of the climate crisis. She will also share how the climate movement in Montgomery County is progressing.

Camila will then share with us how efforts are progressing with the DC City Council introducing and passing the bill for a carbon fee-and-rebate policy this year. The policy tackles climate change and inequality by cutting greenhouse gas emissions 20% by 2032, and laying the groundwork for a universal basic income. The Climate and Community Reinvestment Act of D.C. would require companies that buy and sell fossil fuels to pay a fee on every ton of greenhouse gas emissions they produce. The majority of the fees would be returned through a quarterly “rebate” to D.C. residents and invested in D.C. clean energy.

Metro D.C. Democratic Socialists of America have not yet endorsed the bill, but this meeting will serve as an opportunity for area residents to learn about the policy and discuss whether MDC DSA should support it.

There will be an open discussion and a Q&A period—you can submit questions or concerns ahead of time here.

More information on climate change and the proposed carbon fee-and-rebate policy can be found below:

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The rally was amazing. Time to say thanks

The rally was amazing. Time to say thanks

Message from Camila Thorndike, Carbon Pricing Coordinator at the Chesapeake Climate Action Network


Holy moly. Last week, nearly 150 PEOPLE turned out to the Wilson Building to call for a price on carbon in DC. We stood alongside Councilmembers Robert White (At-Large), David Grosso (At-Large), and Charles Allen (Ward 6), as well as labor, faith, and justice advocates, who all gave compelling calls to pass this policy. Our movement is truly breaking ground.

Now, we need to amp up the pressure.

Will you send a quick message to your Councilmember encouraging them to introduce a carbon fee-and-rebate policy? Tell them we can’t wait — it’s time to introduce the Climate and Community Reinvestment Act. You’ll also have the opportunity to say thanks to the Councilmembers who came out to last week’s rally.

On Wednesday, SEIU Local 32BJ member Judith Howell shared how pollution from idling trucks filled her apartment and sickened her lungs that very morning, calling for the carbon rebate to clean up the air. Reverend Kip Banks from the East Washington Heights Baptist Church made us laugh with tributes to Beyoncé’s lyrics “put a ring on it” and shout to put a price on pollution if we love Creation. Mike Tidwell of CCAN urged you and I to make this mission part of our daily life until we win. And of course, our champion Councilmembers all spoke passionately about why they are fighting for a carbon rebate in the District. Then we stormed the building to inspire the rest of the Council!

Want to relive the excitement?  Check out the coverage from NPR and teleSUR, and browse this great photo album. And I hope you’ll take a second to read the press release of the Councilmembers’ calls for action and share it with anyone skeptical that we can get this done.

Our vote count estimates are getting mighty exciting. But every one of us needs to push hard until all 13 Councilmembers and Mayor are out there celebrating victory on the front steps.

Take one second right now to send your Councilmembers a message of support for the carbon fee-and-rebate solution.

As NPR reported, “D.C. could become one of the first jurisdictions in the country to put a tax on carbon emissions.” This is because of your focused activism. This is direct democracy in action, my friends–take the high-five and pass it on.

It’s time to advance precedent-setting climate protection and economic justice, right here in the District of Columbia Our proposed carbon fee-and-rebate policy would hold polluters accountable for the costs of climate change, level the playing field for clean energy, and lift up every resident of DC (that’s you!) with frequent carbon rebate checks in your bank account.

Send your Councilmembers a message today! Tell them we can’t wait for strong climate action in D.C.

Thanks for rocking it last week and every day,

Camila