Carbon pricing: confusing acronym soup or powerful conservative climate tool? In this episode, Katie and Zach cut through the noise and serve up the American carbon fee and dividend policy—hot, fresh, and freedom-flavored. You’ll get the lowdown on how a carbon price works, why it's better than Canada's (because of course it is), and how it just might be the key to bipartisan climate action.

But before all that? Katie reacts in real time to the news that Pope Francis has died. We’re talking Catholic media spirals, Vatican conspiracies, and jubilee-year chaos. And yes, J.D. Vance might be involved. Strap in.

💥 Topics Covered:

• What the American carbon price actually is (and why it works)

• Why the “carbon fee and dividend” beats cap-and-trade

• How a CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) protects U.S. businesses

• Why conservatives like Graham and Cassidy are finally getting on board

• Trade, tariffs, and defending our markets from polluters like China

• Katie’s meltdown over Pope Francis and what it means for Catholic climate advocacy

✅ Action Steps:

• 🎯 Call your member of Congress and tell them: “As a young conservative environmentalist, I support a carbon price and a carbon border adjustment mechanism.”

• 🧠 Learn more about CCL's carbon fee and dividend model

• 📱 Share this episode and tell your friends: Carbon pricing isn't just for liberals

• Citizens’ Climate Lobby

• Carbon Pricing 101 (look it up, do the homework—freedom isn't free)

• Katie’s previous deep dive on the Canadian carbon price (aka maple-scented chaos)

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