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Extinction Rebellion Shuts Down Washington Gas’s Project Pipes Construction Site

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Extinction Rebellion Shuts Down Washington Gas’s Project Pipes Construction Site *** For Immediate Release:  October 26, 2023 *** Washington, DC – Today, Extinction Rebellion DC (XRDC) shut down a construction site for Project Pipes, Washington Gas’s $4.5 billion fossil fuel pipeline project that will lock DC into decades more of dangerous methane pollution, making it […]

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CCAN Action Fund Endorses Angela Alsobrooks for Maryland US Senate

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Leading Regional Climate Advocacy Group Endorses Angela Alsobrooks for Maryland US Senate CCAN Action Fund Sees Candidate as an Emerging Climate Champion    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 21, 2023 Takoma Park, MD — Today, Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund (CCAN Action Fund) endorsed Angela Alsobrooks, County Executive for Prince George’s County and former State’s

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DC Environmental Groups Release Video Attacking Washington Gas’s “Project Pipes” Ripoff Plan

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New Two-Minute Video Exposes the Insanity of the Utility’s Plan to Dig Up the City’s Pipes at Cost of $27,000 per Household While Harming the Climate WASHINGTON, DC – Eight prominent DC environmental groups today released a powerful new video attacking Washington Gas’s plan to unnecessarily replace nearly all of the city’s gas pipes in coming decades

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Baltimore County Gets Ready to Electrify! Grassroots Event Kicks Off Campaign to Legislate Pollution-Free Homes

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Baltimore County Councilmember Izzy Patoka joined a crowd of interfaith, educational, and environmental advocates to announce plans for new bill REISTERSTOWN, MD — Baltimore County is ready to go all-electric, according to an enthusiastic  grassroots coalition of faith, education, public health, and environmental advocates. Yesterday, Baltimore County Councilmember Izzy Patoka joined a crowd at the

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House leaders renege on debt ceiling bill, announce intention to cut EPA resources and other programs

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CCAN Action Fund blasts move, calls on Senate to reject proposal Washington, DC — Yesterday, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee released its fiscal year 2024 Interior-Environment spending bill with deep cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and billions of dollars rescinded from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This comes after both chambers of Congress

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Debt Ceiling Agreement Gives Life to Zombie MVP Project, Putting Appalachia and Global Climate at Risk

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Debt Ceiling Agreement Gives Life to Zombie MVP Project, Putting Appalachia and Global Climate at Risk CCAN Action Fund says: “Congress must pass a clean debt ceiling bill.” Washington, DC — Sunday, President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy announced that they had reached an agreement on a bill to increase the

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Unbelievable! Manchin’s Dirty Deal for MVP is back! We gotta STOP it.

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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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CCAN AF Applauds Councilmember Allen’s Budget Proposal Designed to Advance DC Climate Leadership

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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, District of Columbia Councilmember Charles Allen, Chair of the Council’s Transportation and Environment Committee, took a bold stand on behalf of DC and climate justice. Allen proposed two key changes to Mayor Muriel Bowser’s draft fiscal year 2024 budget that would advance DC’s nation-leading efforts to spur the transition to clean

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Broad Coalition Celebrates Passage of Maryland Offshore Wind Legislation

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Labor unions, civil rights organizations, businesses, and environmentalists celebrate the historic and transformative offshore wind bill going to the Governor’s desk.  ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland General Assembly has officially sent the Promoting Offshore Wind Energy Resources Act, or POWER Act (SB781/HB793), to the desk of Governor Wes Moore, who has promised to sign it.

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