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”.
Local Critics Expose Washington Gas for Unsafe, Expensive, and Deceptive Tactics Read More »
“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.
“These provisions are unacceptable and we call on our climate champions in the Senate to reject this last-gasp attempt by Senator Manchin to do the bidding of his fossil fuel friends.”
“We agree with President Biden that Harris is the best candidate to save our climate and our democracy. Kamala Harris will continue the vitally important climate policies of the Biden Administration.”
Leading Regional Climate Group Endorses Kamala Harris for President of the United States Read More »
Last Thursday, two grandmothers from the Mi’kmaq tribe in Nova Scotia – Cheryl and April Maloney – joined CCAN Action Fund and other environmental and community groups to decry immoral gas giant Washington Gas, which has been trying to bleed DMV residents for cash while keeping the region hooked on unhealthy, climate-warming methane gas.
D.C. Public Service Commission Unanimously Rejects Funding for Washington Gas’s Project PIPES On June 12, the D.C. Public Service Commission (PSC) officially REJECTED Washington Gas’s Project Pipes Phase 3 application. See more in this press release from Earthjustice. Statement from Naomi Cohen-Shields, D.C. Campaign Manager for CCAN Action Fund: The PSC’s decision means that, for
The D.C. Council voted unanimously Tuesday to pass the Healthy Homes Act, trailblazing legislation that will provide free home upgrades with efficient electric appliances for 30,000 low- and moderate-income District households.
MD Lawmakers Put $195M in Federal Funds at Risk by Gutting Key Part of Landmark “Climate Solutions Now Act” With funeral music from a New Orleans-style brass band on Lawyers Mall, climate groups saw a new amendment could kill part of the Building Energy Performance Standards that are key to winning a major U.S. EPA
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