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We know the technical changes needed for a relatively safe climate future: reduce greenhouse gas pollution to net zero by 2050, and reduce CO2 in the air below 350 ppm by 2100. The cheapest, fairest, and most comprehensive solution is to address the market's failure to account for the costs of pollution in the price of things with a cash-back carbon fee on fossil fuels. The fee makes it powerful, the cash-back makes it fair, and an associated border adjustment will push it around the world. Congress can move us halfway to achieving our 1.5˚C warming limit goal and make the remaining work easier with one beneficial piece of legislation. This will fundamentally change the US economy, so there is strong resistance from those who profit from the status quo of using fossil fuels. Is it possible to break the logjam and save ourselves? Can any of us do anything to help address the most significant crisis human civilization has ever faced? Yes, together we can! We can take effective action in this pivotal moment in history, just as people in past generations achieved women's suffrage, civil rights, and the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts through collective action movements. Ordinary people working together to create political will for change is our last, best hope to avoid a climate catastrophe. Your part in creating the political will for a livable world begins here!

We know the technical changes needed for a relatively safe climate future: reduce human-made greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050 and reduce CO2 in the air below 350 ppm by 2100. We also know that when pollution is free, we get too much of it. Climate pollution is still free in most countries. The most powerful and fair way to address our climate pollution problem is to fix the market's failure to account for it with a three-part solution: 1) Charge fossil fuel producers for the climate pollution in their products, 2) Give the money collected to all households on an equal basis, and 3) Use border carbon adjustments to protect US businesses and push the price around the world. A strong carbon price signal will incentivize efficiency, innovation, transition, and drawdown. Sending the cash back to households will protect purchasing power and support the high price needed. Complementary policies are also necessary, but this is our best first step. It sounds so easy! What's preventing us from doing this? Is it possible to break the logjam and save ourselves? Can any of us do anything to help solve the most significant existential crisis human civilization has ever faced? Yes, we can. Each of us can take effective action in this pivotal moment in humankind’s history. Ordinary citizens advocating for change is our last, best hope to avoid climate catastrophe. Let's get started right now!

We know the technical changes needed for a relatively safe climate future: reduce human-made greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050 and reduce CO2 in the air below 350 ppm by 2100. We also know that when pollution is free, we get too much of it. Climate pollution is still free in most countries. The cheapest, fairest, and most comprehensive way to address our climate pollution problem is to fix the market's failure to account for the costs with a three-part solution: 1) Put a steadily increasing price on climate pollution when it enters the economy, 2) Give the money collected to the third party that is being harmed (all households equally), and 3) Use border carbon adjustments to protect US businesses and push our carbon price around the world. A strong carbon price signal will incentivize efficiency, innovation, transition, and drawdown. Sending the cash back to households will protect purchasing power and let us achieve the high price needed. Complementary policies are also necessary, but this is our best first step. It sounds so easy! What's preventing us from doing this? Is it possible to break the logjam and save ourselves? Can any of us do anything to help solve the most significant existential crisis human civilization has ever faced? Yes, we can. Each of us can take effective action in this pivotal moment in humankind’s history. Ordinary citizens advocating for change is our last, best hope to avoid climate catastrophe. Let's get started right now!

We know the technical changes needed for a relatively safe climate future: reduce human-made greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050 and reduce CO2 in the air below 350 ppm by 2100. We also know that when pollution is free, we get too much of it. Climate pollution is still free in most countries. The cheapest, fairest, and most comprehensive way to address our climate pollution problem is a three-part solution: 1) Put a steadily increasing price on climate pollution when it enters the economy, 2) Give the money collected to the third party that is being harmed (all households equally), and 3) Use border carbon adjustments to protect US businesses and push our carbon price around the world. A strong carbon price signal will incentivize efficiency, innovation, transition, and drawdown. Sending the cash back to households will protect purchasing power. More is needed, but this is our best first step. It sounds so easy! What's preventing us from doing this? Is it possible to break the logjam and save ourselves? Can any of us do anything to help solve the most significant existential crisis human civilization has ever faced? Yes, we can. Each of us can take effective action in this pivotal moment in humankind’s history. Ordinary citizens advocating for effective, viable, and durable change is our last, best hope to avoid climate catastrophe. Let's get started right now!

We know the technical changes needed for a relatively safe climate future: reduce human-made greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050 and reduce CO2 in the air to 350 ppm well before 2100. We also know that when pollution is free, we get too much of it. Climate pollution is still free in most countries. Economists say the cheapest, fairest, and most comprehensive way to address our climate pollution problem is a three-part solution: 1) Put a steadily increasing price on climate pollution when it enters the economy, 2) Give the money collected to the third party that is being harmed (all households equally), and 3) Use border carbon adjustments to protect US businesses and push our carbon price around the world. A strong carbon price signal will incentivize efficiency, innovation, transition, and drawdown. Sending the cash back to households will protect purchasing power. It sounds so easy! What's preventing us from doing this? Is it possible to break the logjam and save ourselves? Can any of us do anything to help solve the most significant existential crisis human civilization has ever faced? Yes, we can. Each of us can take effective action in this pivotal moment in humankind’s history. Ordinary citizens advocating for change is our last, best hope to avoid climate catastrophe. Let's get started right now!