Megan Jenny, Campus Organizer

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Megan was born and raised in Verona, NJ. She graduated with honors from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania with a B.A. in English (and is living proof that you can do anything with a degree in English!) She started organizing right out of college with Toxics Action Center, where she helped residents organize campaigns around local pollution threats like dirty fossil fuel power plants, trash incinerators, and water contamination. Her work in Springfield, MA to fight a proposed construction waste incinerator attracted the attention of Gov. Patrick, who suspended the permitting process and, ultimately, the city council voted to kill the project. She also organized with The DC Project, where she recruited more than 100 DC residents to invest in energy efficiency measures in order to build a strong clean energy economy in DC.

When she’s not engaging students in the fight for clean energy, Megan likes to curl up with a good book, take a yoga class or go adventuring.

Blog Posts by Megan Jenny, Campus Organizer

23February2012

Governor O’Malley Joins Students from 12 Maryland Campuses Rally in Support of Offshore Wind Power

For months, students from Maryland universities and high schools have gathered petition signatures, written letters to the editor in their local and school papers, met with their college administrators, and educated their fellow students on offshore wind legislation. And yesterday, all their hard work culminated in a Student Rally and Lobby Day for Offshore Wind.

Students from Prince George’s County, Montgomery County, and the Eastern Shore arrived in Annapolis yesterday morning to sit down with their legislators and talk to them about passing the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2012.

At noon, students from the Maryland Student Climate Coalition (MSCC), representing 12 campuses and 4 high schools, converged onto Lawyer’s Mall to send a message to the Maryland General Assembly that students and universities support offshore wind legislation and want it passed this session. This rally was one of the largest student demonstrations in recent history in Annapolis.

My first Polar Bear Plunge

When I came on staff with CCAN in October, I knew that I was going to be working my tail off to pass the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act in the 2012 legislative session. I expected the late night strategy sessions and the phone banking and the petitioning. I did not, however, expect that I would also be jumping (all the way) into the icy Potomac in January. That definitely was not in the job description. And yet, on January 21st, myself and around 100 others charged into the frigid waters wearing (in most cases) little more than a bathing suit. Watch this video to get the full effect.

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