Citizen's Climate Lobby
Presented by Judith Ashton
March 5, 2019, 7:30pm
San Bernardino County Museum, 2014 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands
Judith will focus on the “Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019,” H.R.763, introduced in January. The bill encompasses the goals of the CCL, including a 40% reduction in carbon emissions in the first 12 years, creating over two million new jobs, and returning a dividend to American households. At press time, the bill has nine co-sponsors, four of them from California but none local.
The Citizen’s Climate Lobby is a grassroots environmental group advocating for a revenue-neutral carbon fee and dividend at the federal level. Founded in America in 2007, it has affiliates in 37 other countries and 400 local chapters worldwide. The CCL trains and supports volunteers to build relationships with their elected representatives to order to influence climate policy.
Judith is a Sierra Club member but her main environment work is with the Citizen’s Climate Lobby. She is a member of the Redlands Human Relations Commission. She is retired from her previous jobs as Dean of Humanities and Social Science at Crafton Hills College and head of the English Department at San Bernardino Valley College.
