Hi all –

The CRA vote on repealing the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule just concluded, with 41 Senators voting to repeal and 53 voting against the repeal. We have included positive and negative accountability social options below for those engaging in online accountability for Senate targets. Suggested links for this content are any statements from Senators that may be online, or a call to action that your group is already planning for post-vote. We are also re-upping positive floor speeches from Sens. Cardin, Carper, Van Hollen, and Whitehouse for folks interested in thanking those Senators for supporting clean energy and climate action.

For folks not engaging on the CRA directly, but who might want to put out content framing the ACE Rule as harmful to our health and environment, we have included some short social guidance below hitting Andrew Wheeler for his do-nothing rule that endangers our health.

Please feel free to adjust this guidance to best fit the voice and priorities of your organization – reach out to me with any questions or concerns.

Thank you for your support,

Marcy

Senate Tweets to RT:

https://twitter.com/SenatorMenendez/status/1184864176700841986

https://twitter.com/SenatorLeahy/status/1184865428667076609

https://twitter.com/SenWhitehouse/status/1184870903466905601

Post CRA Vote – Positive

Legal designation: c3

TWITTER:

• .@[TAG SEN] - thank you for fighting for our right to clean air and a healthy environment by voting against @realDonaldTrump’s #DirtyPowerScam. [LINK]
• The Clean Power Plan was a vital piece of climate action that would have saved thousands of lives. @[TAG SEN], thank you for voting against the #DirtyPowerScam. [LINK]
• Our communities can’t afford the dangerous #DirtyPowerScam. That’s why @[TAG SEN] joined [NUMBER] others to vote for our right to healthy air and water. [LINK]
• Today, @[TAG SEN] joined their colleagues to vote against @realDonaldTrump’s #DirtyPowerScam and stand up for the lifesaving Clean Power Plan. Learn more: [LINK]

FACEBOOK:

• [TAG SEN] - thank you for fighting for our right to clean air and a healthy environment by voting against [TAG] President Donald Trump’s #DirtyPowerScam. [LINK]
• The Clean Power Plan was a vital piece of climate action that would have saved thousands of lives. [TAG SEN], thank you for voting against the #DirtyPowerScam. [LINK]

Post CRA Vote – Negative

Legal designation: c4

TWITTER:

• UNACCEPTABLE: @[TAG SEN] refused to stand up for constituents’ right to a clean and healthy environment and voted to prop up @realDonaldTrump’s dangerous #DirtyPowerScam. [LINK]
• The Trump administration itself said the #DirtyPowerScam would make our air dirtier and more dangerous, especially to those with respiratory illnesses. @[TAG SEN] just voted for big polluters – and against our health.  [LINK]
• Instead of joining [#] colleagues to stand up for our health, @[TAG SEN] voted to preserve the do-nothing #DirtyPowerScam and the threat it poses to the health of our communities. [LINK]
• Earth to @[TAG SEN]: the #DirtyPowerScam puts our lives at risk. We’re counting on you to fight for our health, not for polluters. [LINK]

FACEBOOK:

• The Trump administration itself said the #DirtyPowerScam would make our air dirtier and more dangerous, especially to those with respiratory illnesses. [TAG SEN] just voted for big polluters – and against our health.  [LINK]
• Instead of joining [#] colleagues to stand up for our health, [TAG SEN] voted to preserve the do-nothing #DirtyPowerScam and the threat it poses to the health of our communities. [LINK]

WHEELER #TBT CONTENT

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TWITTER:

• #TBT to earlier this year when @EPAAWheeler moved to replace the lifesaving Clean Power Plan with a toothless #DirtyPowerScam. By @EPA’s own analysis this replacement will make our air dirtier. https://www.vox.com/2019/6/19/18684054/climate-change-clean-power-plan-repeal-affordable-emissions
• The Trump administration itself said that the Clean Power Plan would save lives. This #ThrowbackThursday, we’re remembering when @EPAAWheeler finalized his do-nothing ACE rule anyway. #DirtyPowerScam https://www.vox.com/2019/6/19/18684054/climate-change-clean-power-plan-repeal-affordable-emissions
• The Clean Power Plan was set to save thousands of lives before @EPAAWheeler and @realDonaldTrump moved to replace it with the #DirtyPowerScam. #TBT to when they finalized their unacceptable plan. https://www.vox.com/2019/6/19/18684054/climate-change-clean-power-plan-repeal-affordable-emissions

FACEBOOK:

• #TBT to earlier this year when [TAG] Administrator Andrew Wheeler moved to replace the lifesaving Clean Power Plan with [TAG] President Donald Trump’s unacceptable and toothless #DirtyPowerScam. https://www.vox.com/2019/6/19/18684054/climate-change-clean-power-plan-repeal-affordable-emissions
• The Trump administration itself said that the Clean Power Plan would save lives. This #ThrowbackThursday, we’re remembering when [TAG] Administrator Andrew Wheeler finalized his do-nothing ACE rule anyway. #DirtyPowerScam https://www.vox.com/2019/6/19/18684054/climate-change-clean-power-plan-repeal-affordable-emissions

FLOOR SPEECH AMPLIFICATION

Sen. Carper

TWITTER:

• WATCH: @SenatorCarper calls out the Trump administration’s #DirtyPowerScam for “jeopardizing the health of our planet and the promise of too many of our children.”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lh7fifTGTo&feature=youtu.be
• 👏👏👏 @SenatorCarper --thank you for calling on Congress to address the worsening impact of climate change and reject @EPAAWheeler’s #DirtyPowerScam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lh7fifTGTo&feature=youtu.be
• “EPA has an urgent moral responsibility and economic imperative to reduce the global warming pollution from power plants”-- @SenatorCarper on why EPA’s #DirtyPowerScam should be eliminated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lh7fifTGTo&feature=youtu.be
• Addressing the climate crisis is lowering utility bills and creating million jobs in the clean energy sector. Thank you @SenatorCarper for calling out the Trump administration's do-nothing #DirtyPowerScam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lh7fifTGTo&feature=youtu.be

FACEBOOK:

• WATCH [TAG] Senator Carper call out the Trump administration’s #DirtyPowerScam for “jeopardizing the health of our planet and the promise of too many of our children.”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lh7fifTGTo&feature=youtu.be
• 👏👏👏 [TAG] Senator Carper --thank you for calling on Congress to address the worsening impact of climate change and reject @EPAAWheeler’s #DirtyPowerScam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lh7fifTGTo&feature=youtu.be

Sen. Whitehouse

TWITTER:

• “The first thing to understand about the Affordable Clean Energy Rule is that it’s a do nothing rule, just as the polluters wish.” –  @SenWhitehouse on the Trump administration’s #DirtyPowerScam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE7627Wgo2Y&feature=youtu.be
• WATCH: @SenWhitehouse speaks on the Senate floor against @realDonaldTrump and @EPAAWheeler’s dangerous #DirtyPowerScam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE7627Wgo2Y&feature=youtu.be
• 👏👏👏 @SenWhitehouse --thank you for calling out @EPAAWheeler’s ties to corporate polluters and his dangerous #DirtyPowerScam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE7627Wgo2Y&feature=youtu.be
• .@EPAAWheeler “ignored the science, ignored the economics, and did exactly what the fossil fuel industry told [him] to do” by pushing his #DirtyPowerScam. Thank you, @SenWhitehouse, for speaking out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE7627Wgo2Y&feature=youtu.be

FACEBOOK:

• [TAG] Administrator Andrew Wheeler “ignored the science, ignored the economics, and did exactly what the fossil fuel industry told [him] to do” by pushing his #DirtyPowerScam. Thank you, [TAG] Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, for speaking out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE7627Wgo2Y&feature=youtu.be
• WATCH: [TAG] Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse speaks on the Senate floor against [TAG] President Donald Trump and [TAG] Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s dangerous #DirtyPowerScam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE7627Wgo2Y&feature=youtu.be

Sen. Van Hollen

TWITTER:

• WATCH: Sen. @ChrisVanHollen says the Trump administration’s #DirtyPowerScam “at the very least is a huge retreat from the progress that we were headed on.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmi4HUlNtuo&feature=youtu.be

• “It would do very little, if anything, to address climate change, and would have an adverse air quality impact on many of our states.” @ChrisVanHollen: thank you for calling out the risks of the Trump administration’s #DirtyPowerScam 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmi4HUlNtuo&feature=youtu.be

• WATCH: @ChrisVanHollen speaks up against the Trump administration and their #DirtyPowerScam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmi4HUlNtuo&feature=youtu.be

• “1,630 of our fellow Americans would die prematurely under the Trump provisions compared to the Obama era provisions.”  Watch @ChrisVanHollen use the EPA’s own report to stand up to @EPAAWheeler’s #DirtyPowerScam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmi4HUlNtuo&feature=youtu.be

• “Say no to the Trump administration's efforts to roll back the progress on clean air, to roll back the progress on clean water...and to roll back progress on climate change which we know is hitting our communities.” – @ChrisVanHollen on the #DirtyPowerScam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmi4HUlNtuo&feature=youtu.be

FACEBOOK: 

• WATCH:  [TAG] Sen. Chris Van Hollen says the Trump administration’s #DirtyPowerScam “at the very least is a huge retreat from the progress that we were headed on.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmi4HUlNtuo&feature=youtu.be

• “It would do very little, if anything, to address climate change, and would have an adverse air quality impact on many of our states.” [TAG] Sen. Chris Van Hollen: thank you for calling out the risks of the Trump administration’s #DirtyPowerScam 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmi4HUlNtuo&feature=youtu.be

• “1,630 of our fellow Americans would die prematurely under the Trump provisions compared to the Obama era provisions.”  Watch [TAG] Sen. Chris Van Hollen use the EPA’s own report to stand up to @EPAAWheeler’s #DirtyPowerScam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmi4HUlNtuo&feature=youtu.be

• “Say no to the Trump administration's efforts to roll back the progress on clean air, to roll back the progress on clean water...and to roll back progress on climate change which we know is hitting our communities.” – [TAG] Sen. Chris Van Hollen on the #DirtyPowerScam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmi4HUlNtuo&feature=youtu.be

Sen. Cardin:

TWITTER:

• 🔥🔥🔥 @SenatorCardin calls @EPAAWheeler’s Affordable Clean Energy Rule a “misnomer.” We all know that this dangerous rollback is nothing more than a #DirtyPowerScam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC-qxtiVfEQ&feature=youtu.be
• “Children are staying home from school because of bad air days; parents are missing time from work. All that’s impacted by clean air.” – @SenatorCardin on the #DirtyPowerScam’s impacts on our families. https://youtu.be/EC-qxtiVfEQ?t=237
• “Maryland is a down-wind state – we need a national effort here. That’s why the Clean Power Plan was so attractive in dealing with [air pollution].” – @SenatorCardin on how the #DirtyPowerScam would impact his state. https://youtu.be/EC-qxtiVfEQ?t=265
• WATCH: @SenatorCardin cites the risks of the #DirtyPowerScam’s health and environmental risks – from @EPA’s own data. https://youtu.be/EC-qxtiVfEQ?t=321

FACEBOOK:

• “Children are staying home from school because of bad air days; parents are missing time from work. All that’s impacted by clean air.” – [TAG] Sen. Cardin on the #DirtyPowerScam’s impacts on our families. https://youtu.be/EC-qxtiVfEQ?t=237
• WATCH: [TAG] Sen. Cardin cites the risks the #DirtyPowerScam poses to our health and environment – from the EPA’s own data. https://youtu.be/EC-qxtiVfEQ?t=321

Marcelene Sutter (she/her)

Digital Director | Climate Action Campaign

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msutter@cacampaign.com