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Advocates Host Green Budget Day of Action, Decry Bowser’s Massive Cuts to Climate, Environment, Clean Energy

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Advocates Host Green Budget Day of Action, Decry Bowser’s Massive Cuts to Climate, Environment, Clean Energy Mayor Bowser’s proposed budget would decimate programs that everyday DC residents rely on, undermining public transit, prioritizing billionaire pet projects over removing lead from our homes, and gutting funding that helps residents upgrade to healthier, more efficient equipment  WASHINGTON, […]

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U.S. Farmers and Climate Harmed by Trump’s Double Blow From EPA and USDA

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U.S. Farmers and Climate Harmed by Trump’s Double Blow From EPA and USDA EPA’s rollback of powerplant emissions standards and USDA’s cancellation of climate-smart agriculture grants threaten to undo years of progress on clean air, climate resilience, and sustainable agriculture. WASHINGTON, DC –The Trump Administration took further actions this week to erode historic pollution and

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Over 40 Advocacy Groups Urge DC Council to Restore Funding for Programs that Keep Energy Affordable and Air Cleaner

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Over 40 Advocacy Groups Urge DC Council to Restore Funding for Programs that Keep Energy Affordable and Air Cleaner Bowser’s recently proposed budget raids $70 million from programs that help low-income households upgrade to efficient electric appliances   WASHINGTON, DC — More than 40 interfaith, housing, and climate organizations called today on the DC Council to reject

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Advocates Sound Alarm: Mayor Bowser’s Budget Undermines Energy Affordability, Climate Goals

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Advocates Sound Alarm: Mayor Bowser’s Budget Undermines Energy Affordability, Climate Goals Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed budget prioritizes billionaire pet projects over implementation of critical climate laws and delivering relief to struggling low- and middle-income households WASHINGTON, D.C. — As D.C. residents face rising energy bills and potential continued rate hikes driven by the high cost

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House GOP’s Reconciliation Bill Cuts Clean Energy Tax Incentives, Threatening Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs and Raising Energy Costs Nationwide

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House GOP’s Reconciliation Bill Cuts Clean Energy Tax Incentives, Threatening Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs and Raising Energy Costs Nationwide WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives Republicans passed today a sweeping reconciliation bill that threatens to gut federal clean energy growth policies in America. The new bill effectively repeals federal clean energy tax

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Governor Moore Breaks Climate Promises With Veto Of Essential Environmental Studies

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Governor Moore Breaks Climate Promises With Veto Of Essential Environmental Studies   ANNAPOLIS, MD – Maryland’s leading climate organizations joined together to express outrage and disbelief with Governor Moore’s decision to veto the RENEW Act (HB128 / SB149), a critical and necessary climate study bill, in an inexplicable reversal of a position that threatens to

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House Republicans’ Plan to Cut Clean Energy Tax Incentives Sparks Community Action to Safeguard $2.1 Billion in Clean Energy Jobs in West Virginia

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House Republicans’ Plan to Cut Clean Energy Tax Incentives Sparks Community Action to Safeguard $2.1 Billion in Clean Energy Jobs in West Virginia Nearly 3,000 residents join telephone town hall, urging Rep. Carol Miller to protect federal tax credits that are fueling clean energy sector growth    CHARLESTON, WV – Republicans in the U.S. House

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Trump’s Move to Crush State Climate Laws Risks Higher Pollution and Legal Chaos

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Trump’s Move to Crush State Climate Laws Risks Higher Pollution and Legal Chaos President Trump signs an executive order directing the Department of Justice and other agencies to identify and end state laws limiting fossil fuels, teeing up potential court battles. Climate advocates are speaking out.    Washington, DC – President Trump signed an executive order

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Maryland General Assembly Passes First Step to ‘Make Polluters Pay’

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Maryland General Assembly Passes First Step to ‘Make Polluters Pay’ Maryland’s landmark climate superfund cost assessment bill is now on its way to Governor Moore’s desk  ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland General Assembly committed today to ‘Make Polluters Pay’ by passing a historic bill mandating a comprehensive study of the cumulative financial impact of climate

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Annapolis wrap up: Climate victories in a tough legislative year

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Annapolis wrap up: Climate victories in a tough legislative year By Brittany Baker At midnight on April 7, the Maryland legislative session of 2025 comes to a close, and I think this year gets the award for “most improved.”  Just one month ago, it looked like lawmakers would pass legislation to build a gas plant,

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