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Interview: Senator Van Hollen on Taxpayer Relief through the RENEW Act

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Interview with Senator Chris Van Hollen on Taxpayer Relief through the RENEW Act This interview was initially posted on Maryland Energy Talk Podcast, hosted by Jamie DeMarco. POR Jamie DeMarco: Right now, Marylanders are paying for the cost of climate change. Higher tides, hotter heat waves and heavier rain events are damaging infrastructure and requiring […]

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Farmers Can Adopt Solar to Help Maintain Their Property and Add Income

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Farmers Can Adopt Solar to Help Maintain Their Property and Add Income LTE by Ruth M. Amundsen, CCAN Action Fund Volunteer from Norfolk, initially published in The Virginia Pilot.   Re “Solar growth asks too much of Virginia’s rural communities” (Other Views, Jan. 26): A recent opinion piece suggests that solar energy expansion harms Virginia’s agricultural

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Climate half-time report from the VA General Assembly!

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2025 Virginia General Assembly Session: Halftime Climate Update  GET IN THE GAME! Read this Halftime Update. Then email your lawmakers to keep fossil fuel handouts out of the budget. This past Tuesday officially marked half-time for the 2025 General Assembly session! With half of our very short session behind us, we have some big wins to

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Global Climate Action in the Era of Trump 2.0 — Is It Possible?

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Global Climate Action in the Era of Trump 2.0 — Is It Possible? Spoiler Alert: Yes. Right now, leaders from all over the world are gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan, to take part in the 2024 United Nations Conference of the Parties – more commonly known as COP29, the 29th UN Climate Change Conference. Donald Trump

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Metro vs Washington Gas: Who does a better job of reducing DC’s climate pollution?

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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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Announcing our exciting new EV Raffle Prizes. (Yes, you could win a Cybertruck!)

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Announcing our exciting new EV Raffle Prizes! (Yes, you could win a Rivian or a Cybertruck!) Ever heard of the “EV grin?” It’s the smile you get on your face when you drive an electric vehicle (EV). It might come from the smooth, quiet ride, or the turbocharged, efficient accelerator. Maybe it comes from the

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Annapolis wrap up: We made climate progress…but not enough!

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MD General Assembly Wrap Up: Progress on Climate… But Not Enough! The 446th annual session of  the Maryland General Assembly came to a close this week with decidedly mixed results for climate policies. With your help, we put pressure on lawmakers to advance several positive bills on offshore wind power, rooftop solar and energy efficiency. 

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