Advocates rally for clean energy and call on the D.C. PSC to reject Washington Gas’s wasteful spending plan D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen speaks to advocates before they deliver a petition to PSC opposing Project Pipes. Interfaith and climate coalition delivered 1,000+ signatures from Washingtonians calling on D.C. Public Service Commission to reject the gas monopoly’s […]
Radical Project 2025’s “Fat Cat” Policy Proposals Are Rejected By Virginians in Hampton Roads CCAN Action Fund joins Virginians in Hampton Roads to call on Congressional leaders to oppose Project 2025 and protect climate progress Virginia Beach, VA – Residents of Virginia’s second congressional district held a Virginians Against Project 2025 press conference on Thursday,
Metro vs Washington Gas: Who does a better job of reducing D.C.’s climate pollution? Ten years ago, D.C.’s sole for-profit gas company embarked on a multi-billion dollar spending spree to replace thousands of miles of methane gas pipes, paid for by gas customers through higher rates on our energy bills. As the project evolved,
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Local Climate Group Asks Washington Gas to Sign a Full-Disclosure Agreement Showing How It Plans to Meet the District’s Climate Goals Request from CCAN Action Fund comes after utility asks groups to sign Non-Disclosure Agreement to discuss company’s controversial and high-polluting Project Pipes plan Washington D.C. – The Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) Action Fund
New Ad Campaign Mirrors Issues Raised in Op-Ed that Explains Why Some Call Washington Gas “the Worst Fossil Fuel Company in America”.
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“Washington Gas Exposed” highlights how D.C.’s gas utility wastes customer money, pollutes our air, and fuels the climate crisis; calls on utility regulators to intervene.
Press conference speakers: Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, Maryland Climate Commission, State Senator Katie Hester, Delegate Adrian A. Boafo, Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo, and Jamie DeMarco, CCAN Action Fund. Statewide Gonzales poll finds two thirds of Marylanders support RENEW Act investment in climate readiness paid for by polluters. ANNAPOLIS, MD — Today, the sponsors and supporters of the
State Senator Katie Fry Hester is the lead sponsor of the RENEW Act in the Maryland Senate. Advocates display giant images of Maryland climate disasters in front of the state capitol, up the street from Annapolis flooding, as lawmakers call for passage of the Responding to Emergency Needs from Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act ANNAPOLIS, MD
Climate group calls for VA General Assembly to pick unbiased candidates RICHMOND, VA – The Virginia General Assembly must only elect utility commissioners during the 2024 legislative session who have not represented or have a recent history of receiving campaign donations from utilities, and who are ready on day one to hold utilities accountable to
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WASHINGTON, DC — Yesterday, 13 Maine-based organizations and two members of the Maine State Legislature delivered a letter demanding improved and expanded electric power transmission to Maine’s U.S. Senator Angus King. Senator King is an influential member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee, which has oversight over critical transmission infrastructure across the nation. Current
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