Citizens’ Climate Lobby -Richmond VA

07/29/2026

40 Virginian CCL volunteers just got home from lobbying Congress on climate legislation. Here are a few of them!

07/04/2026

In Today's Washington Post, a letter from a CCL volunteer-

Gift this to future Americans
I was interested to read the June 30 news article “Dangerous heat to envelop Midwest and East this week” about the current heat dome. The article’s mention of fireworks and July 4 made me sad: Who wants to be outside on the National Mall or grilling in the backyard with this heat and humidity?

As the article noted, next year will probably be the hottest year ever recorded globally, surpassing 2024. That is due in part to higher ocean temperatures from human-caused climate change, which fuels El Niño weather patterns.

The heat is ruining our beloved traditions. For America’s 250th birthday, Congress should give us the gift of renewed climate action. Bipartisan legislation would honor our past and help us keep the best things going for our kids and grandkids.

Lyla Fadali, Rockville

06/26/2026

In today's Richmond Times Dispatch-
Dear Editor-
We are in your debt for your coverage of the Data Center fight. Your coverage, plus attending Tuesday’s “listening tour” with Senators Lucas and Jones in Manchester, has given me a pretty good understanding of the situation.

I understand that the State Senate wishes to kill the tax exemption, that the House of Delegates does not, and that the Governor is stuck in between them. I agree with your article that most of us oppose the construction of a data center in our own community. The only speakers at the listening session who supported data centers were people who worked at one.

While the General Assembly session made wonderful progress on energy policy in many areas, the data center mess has been allowed to become too big for the GA to feel comfortable with decisive action. I’m concerned that the data center explosion will continue with localities wanting the tax revenue and citizens trying but failing to block permits. This will result in electricity rates spiking higher, and the construction of six to eight large methane burning power plants which will kill the Virginia Clean Economy Act by simply ignoring it. Data Centers need to be powered by cheaper clean energy and there is no requirement for that to happen.

Sometimes it is tough to be decisive. But the natural tendency to “study” things that make us nervous is just going to make things worse. It is time to show data centers that they are not the boss of us.
Chris Wiegard

06/17/2026

To live in a fool's paradise, you must first become a fool. In Washington Post

05/11/2026

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/us/politics/trump-buffalos-montana.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hlA.T2uD.6lmrHLbxcjk5&smid=nytcore-ios-share

The Trump administration is evicting bison herds from federal grasslands in Montana, siding with ranchers and Republican leaders over environmentalists and tribal leaders.

05/10/2026

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/climate/amazon-rain-forest-deforestation-climate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hVA.2V3T.1pBmkFLYEKUX&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Researchers examined the combined effects of tree loss and global warming in an effort to better understand how and when an ecosystem collapse could unfold.

04/18/2026

04/18/2026

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-week-us/20260410/281621016901062

Middle East wars are “no longer fought solely over oil,” said Yusuf Tosun. As the region’s pop­u­la­tion grows and the cli­mate crisis gets more dire, fresh water is becom­ing an increas­ingly scarce com­mod­ity, trans­form­ing this basic “source of...

04/18/2026

https://www.alternet.org/supreme-court-shadow-docket-2676761201/

The conservative U.S. Supreme Court increasingly relies on the secretive shadow docket to derail clean air standards and remove guardrails on a Trump White House, but the New York Times managed to nab confidential correspondence from 2016 that provides insight on the furtive court’s effort to dism...

04/14/2026

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/business/scott-bessent-climate-change-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.a1A.uwSk.TcKrlTUF9J1I&smid=nytcore-ios-share

The Treasury secretary said it is “difficult to deconstruct” the reasons for global warming, which he described as a belief of the “elite.”