Press Releases

Philly Brass Band Parades Through Center City to Get Out the Early Vote New Orleans-style Brass Band Joins Advocates to Encourage In-person Vote by Mail Before Pennsylvania’s Tuesday Oct. 29 Deadline PHILADELPHIA, PA – With Pennsylvania’s early-voting deadline fast approaching on Tuesday, October 29, a local brass band has launched a raucous two-day parade through […]

Advocates rally for clean energy and call on the D.C. PSC to reject Washington Gas’s wasteful spending plan D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen speaks to advocates before they deliver a petition to PSC opposing Project Pipes. Interfaith and climate coalition delivered 1,000+ signatures from Washingtonians calling on D.C. Public Service Commission to reject the gas monopoly’s

Radical Project 2025’s “Fat Cat” Policy Proposals Are Rejected By Virginians in Hampton Roads CCAN Action Fund joins Virginians in Hampton Roads to call on Congressional leaders to oppose Project 2025 and protect climate progress Virginia Beach, VA – Residents of Virginia’s second congressional district held a Virginians Against Project 2025 press conference on Thursday,

Washington Gas slaps new name on same multi-million-dollar methane boondoggle For immediate release: September 30, 2024 The corporate utility’s latest request to spend $215 million of customer money will continue to drive up bills yet fail to keep the District safe from gas leaks     WASHINGTON, D.C. —Washington Gas is seeking to charge customers

Historic “Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act” Will Address Skyrocketing Costs of Extreme Weather CCAN Action Fund applauds new Superfund-style bill introduced by Sen. Van Hollen and Rep. Jerry Nadler that will collect funds from polluters who are fueling climate crisis Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and U.S. Representative Jerry Nadler (D-NY)

Local Climate Group Asks Washington Gas to Sign a Full-Disclosure Agreement Showing How It Plans to Meet the District’s Climate Goals Request from CCAN Action Fund comes after utility asks groups to sign Non-Disclosure Agreement to discuss company’s controversial and high-polluting Project Pipes plan Washington D.C. – The Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) Action Fund

New Ad Campaign Mirrors Issues Raised in Op-Ed that Explains Why Some Call Washington Gas “the Worst Fossil Fuel Company in America”.

“Washington Gas Exposed” highlights how D.C.’s gas utility wastes customer money, pollutes our air, and fuels the climate crisis; calls on utility regulators to intervene.