>>If you say one thing today –  As Trump threatens another shutdown, the Senate must stand with the public servants who protect our national parks and prevent another reckless shutdown that would threaten our public lands for future generations.  

>>If you do one thing today – Participate in a National Parks Day of Action TODAY using this toolkit to push back against another #TrumpShutdown

On the Horizon…                         

February 7 TODAY: HNR Oceans subcommittee hearing: “Healthy Oceans and Healthy Economies: The State of Our Oceans in the 21^st Century”

February 7 TODAY: #TrumpShutdown Day of Action on national parks

February 8: CAC webinar/briefing on new messaging research on 100% Clean Energy

February 12: Monuments for All Hill Briefing (RSVP here)

February 12: E&C Energy Subcommittee climate hearing

February 12: AFGE rally at the Capitol against another shutdown

February 13: Arctic EIS public hearing in DC

February 14: EPA NSPS Coal Hearing in DC

February 15: Federal government funding deadline

February 19: EPA Coal NSPS comment period DEADLINE

February 27/28: Dirty Water Rule hearings in Kansas City, KS

March 11: Initial FY20 budget expected out from the White House

Letter

• Sign onto this Latinx organization letter supporting to stand in solidarity with immigrant and border communities, reject a border wall and call on members of congress to do the same
• Deadline: 4pm ET TODAY
• If you have questions please contact Amanda at Green Latinos (amandaaguirre@greenlatinos.org)

Help Needed

• Green New Deal to be officially released by AOC and Markey today.
• Circulate your group’s statement to the list!
• Sign up here to join Sunrise Movement in backing this resolution.
• Majority Leader Hoyer’s office has requested the submission of all hill events/fly-ins for 2019, to be shared with all House Democratic offices for scheduling and messaging purposes.
• Please submit your events here
• Sign up here (DEADLINE TODAY) to testify in person at the House Appropriations Interior Environment hearing
• Wheeler

• CAC is up on phones today, but we’re hearing that the floor vote may be delayed in order to do AG Barr first. So phones may come down until a later date. Stay tuned.

• >>Keep using this toolkit to elevate the committee vote on Wheeler yesterday using the hashtag #StopWheeler
• Sample statement for vote
• Messaging guidance
• Template LTEs on vote

• Use this toolkit from the LWCF coalition ahead of the floor vote and to quickly pivot to encouraging the House to get LWCF over the finish line
• >>Use this toolkit to continue to elevate the two climate hearings yesterday using the hashtag #ActOnClimate
• Use this messaging and social guidance that the Trump administration is directing the Army Corps of Engineers to significantly slash the length of time states have to block energy infrastructure projects over concerns about their impact to water quality. That means states would have to approve or reject a Clean Water Act certification in 60 days, down from one year

• Bernhardt top asks:
• Put out a statement using these rapid response resources labeling Bernhardt as a walking conflict of interest, chief steward of DOI’s culture of corruption, and unfit to serve.
• Engage on social
• If your CEO or senior staff is available, consider pitching them to cable
• Use this social guidance to amplify media hits around Bernhardt
• Join a CAC webinar/briefing on new messaging research on 100% Clean Energy tomorrow 2/8 at 1pm ET
• Join by web conference: https://zoom.us/j/803294895
• Meeting ID: 803 294 895
• Dial-in: 605-472-5652 // Passcode: 261889#
• Take advantage of these CAC resources to message around the start of Black History Month!
• Use this CAC education memo that commemorates environmental justice milestones while also calling on the Trump administration to stop their attacks on the health of African American communities
• Use this #ClimateFriday toolkit focused on the need to move forward in addressing environmental injustice (graphics here and here)
• Offshore Drilling Defense
• Now that the shutdown is over (for now), administration is expected to release its proposed final “5-year” year offshore drilling plan
• If you haven’t already, use this link to join the community response statement
• After release, there will be a 90 day comment period and a yet unspecified number of public “listening sessions,” where there will be protests across the country. See this link for background, a spreadsheet of contacts for these events, and messaging materials. Consider reaching out the event organizers to lend a hand OR consider hosting an event
• Reach out to Franz (fmatzner@nrdc.org) or Diane Hoskins (dhoskins@oceana.org) with questions!
• Use this toolkit to send an action alert to your members urging them to comment against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (includes directions on how to submit and track your comments, background resources, talking points, and sample alerts)
• Use this #PeopleOverPolluters toolkit to elevate and push back on the worst rollbacks around toxins
• Use this toolkit to message on the Dirty Water Rule

Intel

• Speaker Pelosi named the roster for the special select panel on climate change
• Reps. Ben Ray Luján (N.M.)
• Suzanne Bonamici (Ore.)
• Julia Brownley (Calif.)
• Sean Casten (Ill.)
• Jared Huffman (Calif.)
• Mike Levin (Calif.)
• Donald McEachin (Va.)
• Joe Neguse (Colo.)
• Mercury Rule will be released in the Federal Register TODAY, kicking off a 60 day comment period (hearing date is still TBD).
• 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
• Use CAC resources to push back including this toolkit and this #ClimateFriday guidance
• DOE is looking to reverse some of the lightbulb efficiency standards from the Obama administration
• A group of Congressmembers are expected to unveil their 2019 Antiquities Act legislation today – guidance from monuments coalition to be circulated
• Sierra Club and CAC are planning a Climate Valentines push around the coal NSPS hearing in DC next Thursday 2/14
• EPA's proposal that declares the Obama-era mercury rule for power plants to be not appropriate and necessary will be published in Thursday's Federal Register, opening a 60-day comment period.
• Lands Package
• There will be a vote on a managers amendment along with two poison pill amendments at a 50 vote threshold
• Lee amendment asking for Utah exemption from Antiquities Act
• Lankford amendment taking LWCF funding and apply to parks maintenance.
• We need to make sure that members know these riders will sink the bill and that they should vote against both.
• Targets include members who have a stake in the bill getting passed but also LWCF champs/mod Republicans: Gardner, Daines, Alexander, Capito

HNR Oceans Subcommittee Hearing

• HNR Oceans Subcommittee climate hearing TODAY at 2pm ET
• Democratic members invited all women to testify. There will be two male climate deniers testifying for the the Republicans.
• Only 16% of witnesses before HNR in the last congress were women, so this is a push to bring women back to the table.
• >>Use this Ocean Conservancy social guidance to elevate this hearing!

#TrumpShutdown

• Latest intel:
• The government is open until 2/15 deadline
• The FY20 WH budget will be released the week of March 11
• Conferees are expected to reach an agreement by Saturday.
• >>Participate in a National Parks Day of Action TODAY using this toolkit to push back against another #TrumpShutdown
• Sign up here TODAY to testify in person at the House Appropriations Interior Environment hearing
• Conference
• Senate conferees:
• Republicans: Shelby, Capito, Hoeven, Blunt
• Democrats: Leahy, Durbin, Tester
• House conferees:
• Republicans: Granger, Fleischmann, Graves, Palozzo
• Democrats: Lowey, Roybal-Allard, Price, Lee, Cuellar, Aguilar
• Community Objectives
• Prevent another government shutdown
• Come out with a full year of Interior Environment funding
• No border wall funding (for groups engaged in this fight)
• Actions this week
• National Parks Day of Action TODAY using this toolkit to push back against another #TrumpShutdown
• >>Use this accountability toolkit to work on these tactics:
• Hold Republican Senate targets accountable for the damage caused by the shutdown
• Support our champion and incoming freshmen in the House
• Pressure conferees to not fund an unnecessary border wall
• Resources
• Targeted social guidance
• Main messaging document and main tracking document for the impact and stories on the Trump shutdown. 

Topic	Agency	Status	Deadline	Comment Guidance	Hearing
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge	BLM	Open	3/13	Action alert toolkit	2/13 DC
Coal NSPS	EPA	Open	3/18		2/14
WOTUS Proposal (Dirty Water Rule)	EPA	Not Yet			2/27 and 28 in Kansas City, KS
Mercury Rule Rollback	EPA	Open	4/8		TBD