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Happy Thursday, everyone! This week, we’re looking at Clean Up America, ACC in the media, and finals season!
WHAT BUSY BEES
Photo: @acc.tosu on Instagram
ACC tOSU partnered with the Sustainability Institute at OSU and hosted their 2nd Annual Sustainability Festival. Over 2,000 people attended the event, and it looked like a blast!
Photo: @acc.chicago on Instagram
ACC Chicago held their second annual clean up at Wrigley Field! Go (Cleaning) Cubs, go!
CLEAN UP AMERICA 2024
Clean Up America 2024 was a massive success! We’re thankful for everyone that participated to make your communities beautiful. Congratulations to our winners: ACC Miami University (team) and Justin Hoang of ACC Houston (individual)!
FROM THE HIVE
- ACC CEO President Chris Barnard and Rep. Buddy Carter (GA-1) in The Washington Times: Conservatives are leading the clean energy expansion
- ACC VP of Grassroots Lily Moll in The Tennessean: On Earth Day 2024, here’s how Tennesseans can leave an important environmental legacy
- ACC Government Affairs Director Morgan Brummund in The Idaho Statesman: Young conservatives believe in and are worried about climate change. It gives me hope
- ACC Midwestern Regional Director Aidan Shank in the Post Crescent: Young rural conservative voters want clean energy. GOP can’t win without them.
- ACC Communications Associate Brooke Ogles in the Gwinnett Daily Post: Georgia Wants Balanced Energy – and Other States Should Too
- ACC DMV Branch Leader Alina Clough in the New York Post: On Earth Day, sacrifice your pessimism, not your progeny, to save the planet
- ACC Dartmouth member Aidan Muller in The Dartmouth: Climate Change Doesn’t Care About Your Political Party
ATTENTION, HIVE MEMBERS
- ACC is hiring! Join our team as a Content Associate working on social media and graphic design.
- Join America’s Future with the GO! Fellowship! The 3-month fellowship equips participants to be effective grassroots organizers and leaders in their communities. For qualifications and more information, click here.
- PERC is hiring five new positions: state policy associate, conservation law fellow, communications manager, research fellow, and research associate.
- Join the new Conservative Climate Leadership Program at ClearPath! The program offers professional development and placement opportunities for individuals who are passionate about climate and clean energy policy. For more information, click here.
- Benji Backer, ACC Executive Chairman, released his book, “The Conservative Environmentalist: Common Sense Solutions for a Sustainable Future,” resulting in it becoming the #1 new release on Amazon for energy and environmental policy.
WE WANT TO SHARE YOUR NEWS
NEW EPISODE OF COMING CLEAN
This week’s special guest is ACC Founder and Executive Chairman Benji Backer! Stephen is joined by Benji as he kicks off the tour for his new book “The Conservative Environmentalist,” a treatise on what it means to merge two terms that started off synonymous. Moving forward, Stephen and Benji will alternate hosting episodes of Coming Clean.
FINALS SZN IS UPON US
