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Julie Nowak, leader of Whidbey Citizens’ Climate Lobby, joined 800 climate activists in Washington D.C. for Citizens’ Climate Lobby Day on July 22. CCL volunteeers are consistently nonpartisan because we see that bipartisan solutions tend to endure over time. On Lobby Day this year our members met with both Republican and Democratic congress members and staff in over 400 meetings to urge a rapid transition to clean, affordable and reliable energy.

We were surprised and disappointed to hear staffers at one of our Western Washington congressional offices say that they were not hearing from constituents about climate change. The staffers said environmental groups have been particularly silent since the change in administration. If congress members receive few calls and emails from c

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