(Coronado, CA, Friday, January 21, 2022) – On November 19, 2021, the House passed the Build Back Better Act (“BBB Act”), which contains several provisions, including more than $500 billion over 10 years in climate action, clean energy jobs and environmental justice. The bulk of that money would be tax credits to incentivize clean electricity and transportation as well as energy efficiency for property owners.
In 2021, grassroots climate activists like the Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) have generated tens of thousands of emails and calls to Congress and the White House, asking for major climate solutions like a price on carbon to quickly cut America’s carbon pollution in half by 2030. While the version of the BBB Act that the House approved is largely void of punitive payments for dirty energy, there is still time for the Senate to add a price on carbon to the bill.
Communications Director Flannery Winchester began volunteering with CCL in 2015 and joined the communications staff in 2017. She is based in Atlanta, GA, but supports CCL volunteers to generate media in their communities across the U.S. Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change solutions. The organization has more than 195,000 U.S. supporters organized into 452 chapters nationwide.
This interview opportunity is provided by Citizens’ Climate Lobby.