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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Joint Statement on Weakening of Maryland’s Building Energy Performance Standards We are appalled and angered that lawmakers are trying to roll back a key provision of the Climate Solutions Now Act, the Building Energy Performance Standard (BEPS) through an obscure and questionable process. The budget agreement this year includes amendment language that would force MDE
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There’s a giant new threat to climate policy in the Maryland General Assembly. It’s called the gas industry.
Outrageous! Maryland Gas Utilities Kill Electric Buildings Legislation Read More »
Big Climate Wins! Virginia General Assembly Wrap-Up Report That’s a wrap! On Saturday, the Virginia state legislature concluded another General Assembly session. Thanks to supporters like you, we took several important steps forward on our mission to move the Commonwealth towards a just, equitable clean energy future. We have lots of successes to report, and
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Human Stories of the Maryland RENEW Act: Alma Wiggins This Black church struggles to keep the lights on. We can help. It was a Sunday morning, church day, when Alma Wiggins got the phone call: there was no electricity at the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, where she’s on the board of trustees. The 100-plus
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Marylanders want healthier, more resilient homes and Maryland’s General Assembly has the opportunity to deliver those by passing the Better Buildings Act and the EmPOWER Maryland Energy Efficiency Act.
Human Stories of the Maryland RENEW Act: Meet Betty Schulz Farmland Is Being Ruined On The Eastern Shore Due To Sea Level Rise. What’s To Be Done? Betty Schulz has lived in Crisfield, Maryland on the Eastern Shore for 35 years. She used to rent some of her land out to farmers but now nothing
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A New Class of Climate Champions in Virginia CCAN Action Fund focused on the House… and won! Here’s the short story: we won. Now, the long story: In 2022, CCAN Action Fund dipped our toes into the electoral waters by endorsing and working with now-Senator Aaron Rouse. We ran a nimble grassroots and digital campaign
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West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin is at it again. He’s brought back his disastrous “dirty deal,” attaching a plan to greenlight the disastrous Mountain Valley Pipeline and other fossil fuels to must-pass legislation—this time, with the added pressure of a looming federal default. Friends, take 30 seconds to send a message to your US Senators urging
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