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https://citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-take-action/prove-it-act/
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Information:
On June 11, CCL volunteers met with 442 congressional offices for our biggest lobby day of the year! We worked to build support for the bipartisan PROVE IT Act. You can help double down on these efforts from home by calling your senators and representatives to let them know about this legislation, too.
Tell your members of Congress you support it because it:
Measures the carbon intensity of certain goods
Helps America negotiate effectively with trading partners
Builds on bipartisan momentum to act on global carbon pollution
The PROVE IT Act was passed by its Senate committee earlier this year, and on July 9, it was introduced by a bipartisan group of representatives in the House. Your calls, plus our in-person lobby meetings, will keep this bill moving forward!
Take action now by calling your members of Congress asking them to cosponsor. (If your Senator or Representative has already signed on as a cosponsor, you will be prompted with a thank you message instead!)
If you’d prefer to call Congress directly, you can find the phone numbers here for House and Senate. Be sure to log your calls in the Action Tracker after you call!
What is the PROVE IT Act?
It would require the Department of Energy (DOE) to study and compare the carbon emissions of products that are produced in the United States vs. other countries. Within two years, the DOE will publish a study comparing the carbon output of U.S. goods, like aluminum, cement, crude oil, fertilizer, iron, steel and plastic, to goods made elsewhere.
Getting this information organized into a database is critical to enable America to negotiate effectively with trading partners who have carbon border adjustment mechanisms (CBAMs) in place.
It has been introduced by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) as S.1863 and passed by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in January 2024. It was introduced in the House by Rep. John Curtis (R-UT-03) and Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA-50) in July 2024. Let’s encourage more members of Congress to sign on as cosponsors to keep this bill moving forward!