>>If you say one thing today – It’s past time for Donald Trump to end his destructive shutdown and reopen the government so that the people charged with enforcing environmental protections can return to work and safeguard our kids’ health and the great outdoors. 

>>If you do one thing today – Use this targeted social guidance to keep pressure up on vulnerable Republican targets (especially McSally) and urge them to reopen the government

On the Horizon…

January 28: CBD Protest at Camarillo, CA BOEM office to coincide with the 50^th Anniversary of the Santa Barbara Oil Spill (FB event)

January 29: MoveOn Day of Action

January 30: Clean Water for All House Briefing

January 30: New Source Coal Performance Standards public hearing in DC

January 31: Clean Water for All Senate Briefing

January 31: House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on shutdown impacts

February 5: Senate EPW Committee vote on Wheeler nomination to lead EPA

Letters

• Sign onto this letter addressed to Speaker Pelosi encouraging Democratic leadership in the House to prioritize action on climate
• All organizations, local leaders, and public officials are invited to sign on. Please circulate as widely as possible.
• Deadline: COB January 28
• Sign onto this letter showing the broad support from our community on a larger goal to reduce transportation emissions by at least 80% by 2050, which will be crucial in meeting the Paris targets
• Reach out to Anisha at the Clean Cars Campaign with any questions! (amehta@partnershipproject.org) 
• Deadline: COB January 28
• Sign onto this letter supporting Rep. Huffman’s Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act
• The finalized letter is already circulating on the Hill, but if you’d still like to sign on you are welcome!

Help Needed

· Use this toolkit to participate in #ClimateFriday holding Wheeler accountable in the leadup to the Senate committee and floor votes on his nomination to lead the EPA

· Use this CAC toolkit to amplify a Washington Post story on EPA fines for polluters dropping 85 percent under the Trump administration

· Thanks to all who messaged around the House Natural Resources forum yesterday!

• Keep using this toolkit to amplify.

· DOI

• Continuing messaging and preparing while we wait for the nomination using these resources:
• Set the stage for nominee announcement using guidance here.
• CWP backgrounders on Bernhardt, Laxalt, Heller, Denham, Bishop, Labrador, and Walker
• Medium article and tracker of Bernhardt’s conflicts of interest and policy actions
• Bernhardt background, guide to conflicts, and unanswered questions
• Use this #PeopleOverPolluters toolkit to elevate and push back on the worst rollbacks around toxins
• Mercury Rule
• This proposal takes the first steps in rolling back these lifesaving reductions in dangerous mercury, soot, and other toxic air pollutants released from coal- and oil-burning power plants
• Still waiting on a Federal Register release to kick off a 60 day comment period and announcement of a public hearing
• Use CAC resources to push back including this toolkit and this #ClimateFriday guidance

• Use this toolkit to message on the Dirty Water Rule

Intel

• Harley Rouda was named committee chair for environment on the House Oversight Committee.

#ClimateFriday

• The theme this week is centered around holding wheeler accountable in the leadup to the Senate Committee and floor votes for his nomination to lead the EPA
• Use this toolkit which includes messaging on Wheeler’s ties to industry and his nomination being pushed during the government shutdown
• Use #ClimateFriday and #StopWheeler
• Participate in the hour of action from 12-1pm ET
• CAC will be releasing email and social guidance next week targeting senators we want to speak out against Wheeler’s nomination
• Example here
• This guidance will be C4 and target Collins, Gardner, Graham, Ernst, and Alexander.
• Reach out to Marcy if your group is potentially interested in using this! (msutter@cacampaign.com)

#TrumpShutdown

• Yesterday, the Senate voted on two bills:
• The first, supported by Trump and many Republicans, offered temporary protection for dreamers in exchange for $5.7 billion for a border wall.
• Two republicans voted no, while Manchin was the only Democratic that voted yes
• The second, backed by Schumer and many Democrats, was a continuing resolution that would open the government through February 8^th and provide no border wall money.
• Republicans Alexander, Collins, Gardner, Murkowski, Isaacson, and Romney all voted yes
• McSally, Ernst, Tillis, Perdue, and Daines were all targets of ours, but all stood with the president
• Neither bill got the 60 votes required to pass.
• As it’s unclear what the next step is, (could be more symbolic votes, could be a bipartisan compromise), we’re going to stay the course and keep up pressure on our target Republicans.

• Big asks:
• Use this targeted social guidance to keep pressure up on vulnerable Republican targets (especially McSally) and urge them to reopen the government
• Plug into the wider progressive community's shutdown response:
• MoveOn Day of Action next Tuesday 1/29 (MoveOn.org/shutdown)(CDP will be releasing social media guidance to amplify this with a strong emphasis on Arizona)
• Congressional hearing next Thursday 1/31 on the impacts of the shutdown (CDP will release social media guidance)
• Resources
• Use these ally resources and events to support MoveOn, Undocufund, and other immigration allies
• Toolkit highlighting onshore oil and gas leasing during the shutdown and social guidance drawing attention to the administration bringing BOEM staff back in order to move the offshore 5 year plan forward
• Targeted social guidance
• Main messaging document and main tracking document for the impact and stories on the Trump shutdown. 
• Social media images on the shutdown
• Updates on Closed National Parks
• #ShutdownStories

Topic	Agency	Status	Deadline	Comment Guidance	Hearing
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge	BLM	Open	2/11
Coal NSPS	EPA	Open	2/19		1/30 in Washington DC
WOTUS Proposal (Dirty Water Rule)	EPA	Not Yet			Listening Session 1/23 in Kansas City (delayed due to shutdown)
DOE emergency authority