The nonprofit grassroots advocacy group Citizens’ Climate
Lobby is offering college students $500 scholarships to join their 10th
annual Citizens’ Climate International Conference & Lobby Day June 9-11 in
Washington, D.C. The scholarships are first come, first served. For more information
about the conference, click here.
CCL is a non-partisan organization focused on national
policies to address climate change. The group’s goal is to create a broad,
sustainable foundation for climate action across all geographic regions and
political inclinations. After lobbying for the past decade for Carbon Fee and
Dividend legislation, a Republican and a Democratic representative introduced introduced the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act in the House last year. Learn more
about the bill by clicking here.
CCL also works extensively with higher education in several areas,
including by mentoring campus leaders interested in spreading the word about
CCL as well as by facilitating internships in a variety of capacities.
For more information about how CCL works with higher education, click here.
You can also email David Folland, co-leader of the Salt Lake
City chapter of CCL, at dsfolland@gmail.com.