You guys are like the intrepid duo over here, eh?

Here we are.

I think that's the first time we've been called that, but I like it.

That's Jamie DeMarco and Quintin Scott, respectively.

They work on federal policy for a regional climate advocacy group called the Chesapeake Climate Action Network.

We've been working in Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia at the local level,

and in Congress to pass the strongest, boldest climate policy possible.

Chesapeake Climate Action Network is one of the forces working behind the scenes for years

on climate victories you've probably heard about.

Halting the Atlantic Coast pipeline in Virginia,

passing 100% clean energy in D.C., getting the Clean Energy Jobs Act through in Maryland.

The list is quite long.

And earlier this year, they started to cook up another idea to help get bold federal climate policy across the finish line. One, we just threw a bunch of bad ideas at the wall. I'm not going to tell you all the ideas we didn't do because there were a lot of them, but it really came out of the idea that, like, there is a lot of support

for this policy.

They were trying to figure out how to support one of the key planks in President Biden's

American Jobs Plan, a federal clean electricity standard, or CES, for those in the know.

This is the idea of getting our entire electricity system to run on 100% clean power by 2035.

And one thing Jamie and Quentin noticed was how popular this idea is.

They wanted to show Congress just how much people support the clean electricity standard.

It really came out of the idea that, like, there is a lot of support for this policy.

And people who I never thought would be supporting policies as ambitious as this are doing it.

I mean, I read that the AFL-CIO of West Virginia is working adamantly for the American Jobs Plan.

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