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Biden Administration Takes Bold Step to Pause LNG Export Licenses

Biden Administration Takes Bold Step to Pause LNG Export Licenses DOE decision creates opportunity to weigh health, justice, climate, economic, and security factors for the first time Thank the Biden Administration for standing up to fossil fuels Washington, DC — Recently, the Biden Administration released its decision to pause all pending U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) decisions […]

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Blocks Away from Annapolis Flooding, Lawmakers Rally for Landmark Climate-Resilience Investment Legislation

State Senator Katie Fry Hester is the lead sponsor of the RENEW Act in the Maryland Senate. Advocates display giant images of Maryland climate disasters in front of the state capitol, up the street from Annapolis flooding, as lawmakers call for passage of the Responding to Emergency Needs from Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act ANNAPOLIS, MD

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Virginia Utility Regulators MUST Support Clean Energy Policies

Climate group calls for VA General Assembly to pick unbiased candidates RICHMOND, VA – The Virginia General Assembly must only elect utility commissioners during the 2024 legislative session who have not represented or have a recent history of receiving campaign donations from utilities, and who are ready on day one to hold utilities accountable to

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DC Public Service Commission Delays Decision on Project Pipes, Climate Advocates Call for Cancellation

The DC PSC’s order to place Washington Gas’s $4.5-billion pipeline-replacement program temporarily on pause follows its ruling to protect consumers from the costs of pursuing unproven ‘renewable’ natural gas.   WASHINGTON, DC – The DC Public Service Commission (PSC) voted on Tuesday to put on hold a Washington Gas request for a $57 million extension of

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Prominent Maine Organizations, Leaders Call on Senator King to Fix the National Grid

WASHINGTON, DC — Yesterday, 13 Maine-based organizations and two members of the Maine State Legislature delivered a letter demanding improved and expanded electric power transmission to Maine’s U.S. Senator Angus King. Senator King is an influential member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee, which has oversight over critical transmission infrastructure across the nation. Current

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Climate and Justice Groups Rally to Oppose Washington Gas’s Pipeline Plans before DC Public Service Commission Meeting

Climate and Justice Groups Rally to Oppose Washington Gas’s Pipeline Plans before DC Public Service Commission Meeting Twenty-six groups deliver letter urging DC PSC to reject Project Pipes WASHINGTON, DC – Today, dozens of activists from 26 prominent climate justice and advocacy organizations rallied outside the DC Public Service Commission (PSC) and delivered a letter

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Breaking: New report challenges Dominion energy plan

New Report: Dominion Energy Can Meet Electricity Demand in Virginia with Clean Energy Report contradicts Dominion’s proposed plan to build new fossil fuel plants and impose enormous economic and social risks on Virginians RICHMOND, VA – Energy analysts with the consulting firm Gabel Associates released a new report today detailing how Dominion Energy, Virginia’s largest

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Leading Regional Climate Group Supports DC’s Innovative “Local News Funding Act”

CCAN Action Fund says local news is essential for a healthy democracy and this first-in-the-nation program would be a key step forward. Washington, DC—Today, prominent regional climate organization Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) Action Fund announced their full-throated support for the “Local News Funding Act.” This bill, recently introduced by DC Councilmembers Janeese Lewis George

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Climate Candidates Tip the Balance of Power in Richmond

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

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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