Brett Cease
@brettcease.bsky.social
VP of Field Operations w/ @cclusa.org | UTD Public Policy PhD | Proud Dad & Husband | Born at 345. Views my own. #OptOutside 🌲
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U.S. forests offset 12% of our annual climate pollution, with the potential to do even more. But with wildfires increasing, they need some help.
That's why we've worked hard to support the #FixOurForests Act this year!
Here's what we've been up to: citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/policy/...
That's why we've worked hard to support the #FixOurForests Act this year!
Here's what we've been up to: citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/policy/...
Our Fix Our Forests advocacy in 2025
As the Fix Our Forests Act awaits a floor vote in the Senate, let’s take a look back at our 2025 advocacy efforts to advance this bill.
citizensclimatelobby.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
U.S. forests offset 12% of our annual climate pollution, with the potential to do even more. But with wildfires increasing, they need some help.
That's why we've worked hard to support the #FixOurForests Act this year!
Here's what we've been up to: citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/policy/...
That's why we've worked hard to support the #FixOurForests Act this year!
Here's what we've been up to: citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/policy/...
Happy #GivingTuesday2025! There's so many important causes to give to today. In honor of our shared work at @cclusa.org I set up a fun fundraiser for climate friends as I train for the #AmericanBirkebeiner to help celebrate winter & support our ongoing advocacy
charity.pledgeit.org/2025YEF/@bre...
charity.pledgeit.org/2025YEF/@bre...
Support Brett Cease - CCE 2025 Year-End Fundraiser
By day, I'm CCL's VP of Field Operations. But outside of my work life, I love spending every moment I can outdoors with friends and family. And one of the traditions I engage in annually is the Americ...
charity.pledgeit.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Happy #GivingTuesday2025! There's so many important causes to give to today. In honor of our shared work at @cclusa.org I set up a fun fundraiser for climate friends as I train for the #AmericanBirkebeiner to help celebrate winter & support our ongoing advocacy
charity.pledgeit.org/2025YEF/@bre...
charity.pledgeit.org/2025YEF/@bre...
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CCL volunteers are holding more than 300 grassroots lobby meetings and have placed more than 800 calls as part of our fall lobbying push!
Learn more from our Government Affairs team about the climate policy ideas and bills we're lobbying for:
Learn more from our Government Affairs team about the climate policy ideas and bills we're lobbying for:
Steady progress toward big wins: Our 2025 fall lobbying and call-in campaign
CCL volunteers are holding more than 300 meetings and have placed more than 800 calls as part of our fall lobbying push for climate policy.
citizensclimatelobby.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 AM
CCL volunteers are holding more than 300 grassroots lobby meetings and have placed more than 800 calls as part of our fall lobbying push!
Learn more from our Government Affairs team about the climate policy ideas and bills we're lobbying for:
Learn more from our Government Affairs team about the climate policy ideas and bills we're lobbying for:
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We've just kicked off today's program with an opening message from CCL Interim Executive Director Ricky Bradley and a fantastic keynote from @azevin.bsky.social!
Follow along with the rest of our virtual conference on our YouTube livestream:
Follow along with the rest of our virtual conference on our YouTube livestream:
November 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We've just kicked off today's program with an opening message from CCL Interim Executive Director Ricky Bradley and a fantastic keynote from @azevin.bsky.social!
Follow along with the rest of our virtual conference on our YouTube livestream:
Follow along with the rest of our virtual conference on our YouTube livestream:
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Thanks to Peter Trapp from @crow.house.gov 's office for meeting with volunteers from @cclusa.org this morning. Thanks for sharing your insights on energy infrastructure permitting reform and forest policy.
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Thanks to Peter Trapp from @crow.house.gov 's office for meeting with volunteers from @cclusa.org this morning. Thanks for sharing your insights on energy infrastructure permitting reform and forest policy.
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Thanks to Shane Londagin, Ashton Knepell, and Megan Day from Senator John Hickenlooper's @hickenlooper.bsky.social office for meeting with @cclusa.org this morning. We appreciated hearing your insights on energy permitting reform and forest policy.
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Thanks to Shane Londagin, Ashton Knepell, and Megan Day from Senator John Hickenlooper's @hickenlooper.bsky.social office for meeting with @cclusa.org this morning. We appreciated hearing your insights on energy permitting reform and forest policy.
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This week, I will be lobbying Congress along with 100's of other members of @cclusa.org to get more clean energy and transmission lines on the grid so we can accelerate away from fossil fuels. Give your Reps and Senators a call here to give us a boost.
citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak...
citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak...
Tell Congress to Work on Clean Energy Permitting Reform
We made progress on clean energy permitting reform last Congress, but we need to move faster with a new, bipartisan legislative package in this Congress.
citizensclimatelobby.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This week, I will be lobbying Congress along with 100's of other members of @cclusa.org to get more clean energy and transmission lines on the grid so we can accelerate away from fossil fuels. Give your Reps and Senators a call here to give us a boost.
citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak...
citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak...
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Thanks Sarah in the office of Rep. Jenn McClellan for meeting with your @cclusa.org constituents!
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Thanks Sarah in the office of Rep. Jenn McClellan for meeting with your @cclusa.org constituents!
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Grateful to meet with staff from @replsimon.bsky.social office during @cclusa.org Lobby Week. Strong leadership on clean energy and wildfire resilience is essential for #CA12. #ClimateAction
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Grateful to meet with staff from @replsimon.bsky.social office during @cclusa.org Lobby Week. Strong leadership on clean energy and wildfire resilience is essential for #CA12. #ClimateAction
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Today I joined other volunteers from @cclusa.org for a lobby meeting with the office of @sarajacobs.house.gov. We had a chance to push for action on energy permitting reform. We also spoke in favor of passing the Fix Our Forests Act when when it comes back to the House.
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Today I joined other volunteers from @cclusa.org for a lobby meeting with the office of @sarajacobs.house.gov. We had a chance to push for action on energy permitting reform. We also spoke in favor of passing the Fix Our Forests Act when when it comes back to the House.
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Thank you @susielee.house.gov and staff for meeting with @cclusa.org volunteers yesterday to discuss legislation to protect forest health and speed clean energy permitting!
November 19, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Thank you @susielee.house.gov and staff for meeting with @cclusa.org volunteers yesterday to discuss legislation to protect forest health and speed clean energy permitting!
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Citizens' Climate Lobby @cclusa.org Colorado Members had a good discussion with Senator Bennett's @bennet.senate.gov staff on permitting reform. Together we hope to make desperately needed and sensible changes to our aging electrical grid
November 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Citizens' Climate Lobby @cclusa.org Colorado Members had a good discussion with Senator Bennett's @bennet.senate.gov staff on permitting reform. Together we hope to make desperately needed and sensible changes to our aging electrical grid
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Help amplify our Lobby Week ask for bipartisan permitting reform! We want to reach 1,000 extra calls to Congress in addition to our 300+ virtual lobby meetings this week. Visit cclusa.org/pr
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Help amplify our Lobby Week ask for bipartisan permitting reform! We want to reach 1,000 extra calls to Congress in addition to our 300+ virtual lobby meetings this week. Visit cclusa.org/pr
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We're disappointed that the Trump administration took such a strong oppositional stance to the IMO's exploration of a carbon price on global shipping.
Pricing carbon pollution is smart, effective policy, and we remain committed to building more support for it in the U.S.
Pricing carbon pollution is smart, effective policy, and we remain committed to building more support for it in the U.S.
US helps sink world’s first global carbon tax | CNN
A fierce Trump administration push to stop the global shipping industry from paying for its own climate pollution appears successful.
www.cnn.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We're disappointed that the Trump administration took such a strong oppositional stance to the IMO's exploration of a carbon price on global shipping.
Pricing carbon pollution is smart, effective policy, and we remain committed to building more support for it in the U.S.
Pricing carbon pollution is smart, effective policy, and we remain committed to building more support for it in the U.S.
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🚨 Calling all CCLers!
Join CCL New Jersey this coming Tues., Oct. 28th to mobilize environmental voters for the New Jersey general election!
Sign up and spread the word!
cc: @cclusa.org
www.environmentalvoter.org/cclnjoct282025
Join CCL New Jersey this coming Tues., Oct. 28th to mobilize environmental voters for the New Jersey general election!
Sign up and spread the word!
cc: @cclusa.org
www.environmentalvoter.org/cclnjoct282025
Hosted by CCL NJ: Phone bank into New Jersey
Join the Environmental Voter Project and Citizens' Climate Lobby New Jersey to turn out low propensity environmental voters in New Jersey ahead of their November 4th gubernatorial election!
www.environmentalvoter.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🚨 Calling all CCLers!
Join CCL New Jersey this coming Tues., Oct. 28th to mobilize environmental voters for the New Jersey general election!
Sign up and spread the word!
cc: @cclusa.org
www.environmentalvoter.org/cclnjoct282025
Join CCL New Jersey this coming Tues., Oct. 28th to mobilize environmental voters for the New Jersey general election!
Sign up and spread the word!
cc: @cclusa.org
www.environmentalvoter.org/cclnjoct282025
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CCL volunteer Polly Merhar shares personal reflections on the impacts of growing wildfires in a new op-ed for the Bemidji Pioneer.
She calls on Minnesota's Senators @klobuchar.senate.gov and @smith.senate.gov to support the #FixOurForests Act.
She calls on Minnesota's Senators @klobuchar.senate.gov and @smith.senate.gov to support the #FixOurForests Act.
Citizens Addressing our Changing Climate: Bemidji derecho increases worries about local wildfires
By passing the Fix Our Forests Act, senators can protect lives, livelihoods and lands by reducing wildfire risk, strengthening local economies, and ensuring science-based forest restoration.
www.bemidjipioneer.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
CCL volunteer Polly Merhar shares personal reflections on the impacts of growing wildfires in a new op-ed for the Bemidji Pioneer.
She calls on Minnesota's Senators @klobuchar.senate.gov and @smith.senate.gov to support the #FixOurForests Act.
She calls on Minnesota's Senators @klobuchar.senate.gov and @smith.senate.gov to support the #FixOurForests Act.
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🚨 Registration is now OPEN for CCL’s Fall Virtual Conference — Sharper Than Ever: CCL’s Next Chapter (Nov 14-15)
Learn about permitting reform, reconnect with our values, and sharpen your advocacy skills.
Save your spot: cclfallconference2025.eventbrite.com?utm_medium=s...
Learn about permitting reform, reconnect with our values, and sharpen your advocacy skills.
Save your spot: cclfallconference2025.eventbrite.com?utm_medium=s...
October 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
🚨 Registration is now OPEN for CCL’s Fall Virtual Conference — Sharper Than Ever: CCL’s Next Chapter (Nov 14-15)
Learn about permitting reform, reconnect with our values, and sharpen your advocacy skills.
Save your spot: cclfallconference2025.eventbrite.com?utm_medium=s...
Learn about permitting reform, reconnect with our values, and sharpen your advocacy skills.
Save your spot: cclfallconference2025.eventbrite.com?utm_medium=s...
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For @climateconnections.bsky.social today, with the help of @bobkopp.net & @andrewdessler.com's team of 85 climate scientists and the National Academies, I fact checked the EPA/DOE's claim that carbon pollution is good for food production. Spoiler alert: it's not. Article and 🧵 (1/9):
Fact-checking a Trump administration claim about climate change and crops » Yale Climate Connections
A recent Department of Energy report falsely states that rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will boost agricultural yields. In fact, climate change is much more likely to make food scarcer...
yaleclimateconnections.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
For @climateconnections.bsky.social today, with the help of @bobkopp.net & @andrewdessler.com's team of 85 climate scientists and the National Academies, I fact checked the EPA/DOE's claim that carbon pollution is good for food production. Spoiler alert: it's not. Article and 🧵 (1/9):
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The U.S. Forest Service has treated about 4 million fewer acres than this time last year. We're way behind on thinning, prescribed fire, and related actions.
www.eenews.net/articles/shr...
www.eenews.net/articles/shr...
Shrinking Forest Service falls behind on wildfire prevention
"Operational challenges" have hampered the use of prescribed fire to reduce potential wildfire fuel, according to Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz.
www.eenews.net
October 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The U.S. Forest Service has treated about 4 million fewer acres than this time last year. We're way behind on thinning, prescribed fire, and related actions.
www.eenews.net/articles/shr...
www.eenews.net/articles/shr...
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As a volunteer with CCL, I can say that this has been my personal experience and has become more and more so since I began visiting congressional offices on both sides of the aisle nine years ago.
Thankfully, this kind of rhetoric is not what we hear from Congress—on either side of the aisle.
Most Republican & Democratic lawmakers know climate change is happening & clean energy offers major economic benefits.
We'll keep working to advance bipartisan climate laws. Join us! ➡️ cclusa.org/join
Most Republican & Democratic lawmakers know climate change is happening & clean energy offers major economic benefits.
We'll keep working to advance bipartisan climate laws. Join us! ➡️ cclusa.org/join
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cclusa.org
September 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
As a volunteer with CCL, I can say that this has been my personal experience and has become more and more so since I began visiting congressional offices on both sides of the aisle nine years ago.
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In a speech to the UN yesterday, President Trump falsely claimed that climate change is a "con job," that renewables are "too expensive," and that coal is "clean."
@apnews.com takes a closer look at the president's statements and the scientific reality.
@apnews.com takes a closer look at the president's statements and the scientific reality.
In front of drowning nations, Trump calls climate change a 'con job.' Here are the facts and context
In his address at the United Nations General Assembly, U.S. President Donald Trump excoriated renewable energy, international climate diplomacy, the science of global warming and other environmental i...
apnews.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
In a speech to the UN yesterday, President Trump falsely claimed that climate change is a "con job," that renewables are "too expensive," and that coal is "clean."
@apnews.com takes a closer look at the president's statements and the scientific reality.
@apnews.com takes a closer look at the president's statements and the scientific reality.
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YOU'RE INVITED: CCL'S 4TH ANNUAL INCLUSION CONFERENCE SEPT. 26-27
A virtual conference dedicated to strengthening communities, cultivating connections, and grounding our movements in care.
👉 See the full speaker lineup and register for free: cclusa.org/ce0
A virtual conference dedicated to strengthening communities, cultivating connections, and grounding our movements in care.
👉 See the full speaker lineup and register for free: cclusa.org/ce0
September 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
YOU'RE INVITED: CCL'S 4TH ANNUAL INCLUSION CONFERENCE SEPT. 26-27
A virtual conference dedicated to strengthening communities, cultivating connections, and grounding our movements in care.
👉 See the full speaker lineup and register for free: cclusa.org/ce0
A virtual conference dedicated to strengthening communities, cultivating connections, and grounding our movements in care.
👉 See the full speaker lineup and register for free: cclusa.org/ce0
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CCL @cclusa.org has many teams and groups dedicated to different communities. Here are some of the activities taking place. Visit CCL's Action Team Directory to join the teams and learn the needed Zoom information to connect with our volunteers. Info: community.citizensclimate.org/groups/actio...
September 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
CCL @cclusa.org has many teams and groups dedicated to different communities. Here are some of the activities taking place. Visit CCL's Action Team Directory to join the teams and learn the needed Zoom information to connect with our volunteers. Info: community.citizensclimate.org/groups/actio...
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On behalf of CCL and our Michigan volunteers, thank you Senator Stabenow for more than a decade of work on bipartisan climate solutions 🎉
We take our relationships with Congress seriously. Read more ⬇️
We take our relationships with Congress seriously. Read more ⬇️
Rooted in our relationships: A tree planting for Senator Stabenow
Michigan CCLers celebrated the retiring senator's climate legacy with a tree planting, after working with her for more than 10 years.
citizensclimatelobby.org
September 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
On behalf of CCL and our Michigan volunteers, thank you Senator Stabenow for more than a decade of work on bipartisan climate solutions 🎉
We take our relationships with Congress seriously. Read more ⬇️
We take our relationships with Congress seriously. Read more ⬇️