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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Election wins symbolize the end for Youngkin’s anti-climate agenda RICHMOND, VA— Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) Action Fund endorsed five candidates for the Virginia legislature in four competitive House seats and one competitive Senate race. CCAN Action Fund’s endorsed candidate, Senator Aaron Rouse (D-Virginia Beach), was the 21st pick-up to secure a clean-energy majority in
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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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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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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
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
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
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
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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We surveyed our base a few weeks ago to find out which electric vehicle they’d like to win as part of this year’s “EV Raffle for the Climate.” The CCAN Action Fund will launch our 2023 raffle on June 15th. And, based on survey results from you and others, here’s what our prizes will be:
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