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Montana is feeling the effects of climate change first-hand: heatwaves, droughts, dwindling snowpacks, wildfires, and floods. The severity of wildfire smoke prompts people to leave the state for the summer.
In June, Montana Citizens’ Climate Lobby volunteers are headed to D.C. to meet Senators Daines and Tester and Representatives Zinke and Rosendale. Their mission? To advocate for proactive climate bills to avoid the worst of climate change, and protect us from harm.
Key legislation includes the Energy Innovation Act, Increased Technical Service Providers Access Act, the BIG WIRES Act, and the Prove It Act.
Combined, these bills reduce government spending, protect our health, and cut our carbon pollution 50% by 2030 in the most cost-effective way. They help accelerate transmission line permitting and construction, and pave the way for clean, reliable domestic energy. They encourage other countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions like the carbon dioxide that is produced by burning fossil fuels.
You can help.
Contact our members of Congress and voice your concerns about our overheating climate. Ask them to enact market-based climate policies. They only respond to us if they hear from us.
Endorse these policies! See https://citizensclimatelobby.org/our-climate-solutions/endorse/.
Serious about fighting climate change and want to volunteer? Join us! CCL is a nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy climate change organization focused on national climate policies.
We all breathe the same air and need a safe place to live, reliable water sources, food security, and a stable climate. Together, we can all win and protect our communities now and for the future.
Alexandra Amonette,
Big Timber
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