✅ We're in on permitting reform!

"We’re proud to endorse the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, and we’re excited to mobilize our grassroots volunteers in full support," said CCL’s Executive Director Ricky Bradley.

citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/policy/cc…

Excellent @nytimes editorial on #BAAJA: "Democrats who call climate change an emergency should not defend a permitting system too slow to build the clean energy that would address it." Appreciate them noting @citizensclimate's work supporting the bill too!
nytimes.com/2026/11/12/opi…

Very glad to see the NYT editorial board endorse BAAJA, the bipartisan permitting reform bill.

Key points from the article:

1. "Democrats who call climate change an emergency should not defend a permitting system too slow to build the clean energy that would address it."

2. easier to build solar energy farms, battery storage, power lines and more. As a result, it would reduce energy prices. The status quo is expensive, dirty and unstable. The country needs to build a lot of big, new things to make its future cheaper and cleaner."

3. "The bill’s Democratic skeptics are making a mistake. President Trump would almost certainly veto a follow-up bill next year. And time matters, especially for the climate. Congress should pass this bill now. It can then return next year and pass other bills that would do even more good."

4. "Today, it typically takes between 5 and 13 years to build a long-distance power line, like the one that transports clean hydropower from Quebec to New England. That line took about a decade to finish, and opened in January. It has enough capacity to meet about one-fifth of Massachusetts’s electricity demand, and it’s projected to save consumers $50 million a year."

5. "A more robust, cleaner grid would make American energy more reliable and less dependent on hostile foreign nations. No country can embargo the wind."

6. "[BAAJA] would force data center operators to pay the full costs of the electricity they use, protecting the average electricity consumer."

7. "On net, the bill would cut greenhouse gas emissions from power plants by as much as 18 percent by 2040. It would do so in part by nearly tripling the construction of high-voltage transmission lines."

8. "Anyone who cares about climate change should cheer this bill. And a party that just won an election on affordability should not pass up a chance to start delivering immediately."

This is BIG. @AFLCIO just endorsed our bipartisan permitting reform bill. BAAJA means new, family-supporting jobs and a brighter clean energy future.

"The bill is projected to reduce carbon emissions in the long run, which is why several climate advocacy groups, such as Evergreen Action, the Citizens’ Climate Lobby and the Environmental Defense Fund, threw their weight behind the compromise."

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…

Our permitting bill lowers energy costs and emissions, boosts clean energy, and creates good jobs.

There’s a lot to like about this bill.

🧵

We don’t need to wait for the next Congress to start lowering costs.

New Lake Research Partners polling of 2026 midterm voters: the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act is backed 56% to 12%. Support spans Democrats (63%), Independents (57%), and Republicans (50%).

Most importantly, this bill is popular with the American people, polling around 80% with voters on a bipartisan basis.

This is a clean energy bill. Major clean energy groups like @USCleanPower, @SEIA, @CleanEnergyGrid, and @ACORE know that BAAJA will juice deployment of affordable solar and wind energy on the grid.

BAAJA is a jobs bill. Labor unions like @IBEW, @LIUNA, @smartunionworks, and @Teamsters know that BAAJA will support hardworking men and women with well-paying jobs.

Organizations nationwide are voicing their support for BAAJA.

From labor unions to small manufacturers to clean energy and climate groups, the country wants more affordable clean energy. 🧵

This is a climate bill. Organizations like @citizensclimate, @EvergreenAction, @C2ES_org, and @CeresNews know that BAAJA will reduce emissions by gigatons and hold data centers accountable for their environmental impact.

It’s time to pass BAAJA so we can lower costs, juice the clean energy economy, build big things again in America, reduce pollution, and create new union jobs.

Our BAAJA explainer is updated. It includes both a description of the current version of the text AND what has changed since the original draft.
bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/expl…

Great to have @citizensclimate and @thedreamcorps on the Hill today. BAAJA is an affordability win and a climate win. Sometimes those are in opposition, but in permitting reform, it’s a true win-win.

The Senate votes on BAAJA today(!!!), and it's worth noting how broad & strong support is: unions, every major clean energy trade group, investors, public & private power, rural co-ops, transit, governors, counties, & the people who've run national economic & security policy. 🧵

There’s a new energy in DC!

Here to talk permitting reform with the @thedreamcorps & @citizensclimate teams.

Let’s get this deal done so we can build the clean energy infrastructure this country desperately needs.

Big new revision of the Senate permitting bill is now out. First pass take: It strives to address enviro & tribal concerns, strengthens some transmission provisions, and retains a utility oversight section I thought would be lobbied out of the bill. heatmap.news/energy/manager…

Climate advocates from around the country are descending on DC to talk to Congress about why clean energy and electric transmission can't wait!

Every year we delay causes hundreds of millions of tons of climate pollution, and billions of dollars in extra costs to consumers

On #BAAJA, Kandia Milton from @thedreamcorps says:

“We see an opportunity to do something great. Many say ‘Let’s wait for the next session,’ but we’ve been waiting for too long while communities are suffering and the price of energy is going through the roof. The time is now.”

Olivia Winford from @C2ES_org shares modeling about #BAAJA showing its benefits for climate and clean energy, including:

✅ Reducing power sector climate pollution by 13% in 2035

✅ 170 GW more wind, solar and battery storage and 61 GW more interregional transmission by 2035

Now discussing #BAAJA with experts from The Breakthrough Institute, Environmental Policy Innovation Center, and @IFP.

@AidanRMackenzie says, “The election is a reason to pass the bill,” noting that the politics will only get more difficult.