CRBA OUR CLIMATE MOMENT TEAM ZEROS IN ON KEY PRIORITIES
The Our Climate Moment (OCM) campaign, working through Climate Reality Chapters across the country like ours, is putting unrelenting pressure on Congress and the Biden Administration to act quickly on targeted policy solutions. Climate Reality Bay Area is all in, and we invite you to join in, too, as we develop strategies to influence federal legislation, contacting and meeting with our Members of Congress to encourage their support of strong climate bills and engaging our communities to advocate for this critical action.
The CRBA OCM team has identified top two legislative targets – the THRIVE Act and the For the People Act. The THRIVE Act is a transformational economic recovery package putting millions to work, addressing climate change, and racial injustice with a budget of $10 trillion over ten years. It addresses four of the five pillars of the OCM campaign – just transition to clean energy, zero-carbon transportation, climate justice/public health, and building green communities.
The For the People Act (HR1, S1) addresses the fifth pillar of OCM – protecting our democracy. This bill expands voting rights, tackles election integrity and security, campaign finance, and ethics for the three branches of government. It passed the House of Representatives on a near party-line vote of 220–210 and is now in the Senate. We can help keep it moving!
Our Climate Moment is also supporting the following federal legislation:
The American Jobs Plan: Fact Sheet
Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator, H.R.806
National Climate Bank, S.283
Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability (WATER) Act of 2021, H.R.1352
Environmental Justice For All Act of 2021 , more here
Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021: HR 516 and S 101
This is an exciting time to be a climate activist. We are already seeing the new administration take bold action. Now it is up to us to support these efforts and get critical climate legislation passed.
This is truly OUR climate moment – we can’t afford to waste it. Join us!
- Audrey Heller, CRBA Our Climate Moment Communications Lead