Posted by Anne on 29 Apr 2010 | Tagged as: Washington, DC
Our very own Ted Glick is headed to a jury trial on May 11th in Washington, D.C. All the way back on Sept. 8th, 2009 (the day Congress returned from its summer recess) he hung a banner that said: “Green Jobs Now, Get to Work.”
It’s ironic and sad that this call for action is [...]
Posted by Keith on 29 Apr 2010 | Tagged as: Federal Action, Maryland, climate change, global warming
Several weeks before president Obama made the tragic decision to approve expanded offshore drilling, Maryland Senators Cardin and Mikulski joined eight other coastal-state senators on a letter to their colleagues Kerry, Lieberman and Graham pressing the trio to keep expanded offshore drilling out of their now-floundering climate and energy package.
In the letter the Senators warned [...]
Posted by Ted Glick on 29 Apr 2010 | Tagged as: Federal Action, Washington, DC
Rabbi Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center recently announced their support of the CLEAR Act. Here’s a piece he recently wrote about the legislation:
Even if Senators Kerry and Lieberman can put Humpty-Dumpty back together again after losing Senator Graham’s support for what used to be the KGL (Kugel) bill for climate control, far better is [...]
Posted by Chelsea on 28 Apr 2010 | Tagged as: Federal Action, Virginia, climate change, global warming
Wow. Today is a great day for the climate movement and our nation as a whole. After months of hearing rumors about the possible dreadful components of the Senate climate bill and President Obama’s announcement to open our coasts for offshore drilling, with Virginia at the top of that list, we finally have a victory [...]
Posted by Anne on 26 Apr 2010 | Tagged as: climate change
Friends at Solar Energy World forwarded me this press release, which I wanted to pass along. Seems like a great opportunity to win a pretty significant prize for your favorite nonprofit.
40 Day Earth Day Video Contest Extends Earth Day Celebrations, Encourages Children, Teens to Promote Environmental Awareness
Two $2,500 Prize Donations for Best Videos to Be [...]
Posted by Anne on 26 Apr 2010 | Tagged as: CCAN in the news, Videos
CCAN had a strong presence at Earth Day Network’s huge climate rally on the Mall yesterday. The Earth Day celebration attracted tens of thousands of people and it didn’t rain!
CCAN’s Keith Harrington was featured in this piece by the local ABC affiliate:
Posted by Ted Glick on 25 Apr 2010 | Tagged as: Federal Action
For previous Policy Updates, visit the archives section of our website.
The Chesapeake Climate Action Network has launched a weekly policy update about efforts to advance “cap and dividend” legislation in the U.S. Congress. The fight for this climate policy is currently being led on Capitol Hill by Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Susan Collins (R-ME). [...]
Posted by Ted Glick on 23 Apr 2010 | Tagged as: climate change
With the poor people of the earth
I want to share my fate
The brook of the mountains
Gives me more pleasure than the sea
-the last verse of the song, “Guantanamera,” by Jose Marti
Riding in a taxi yesterday early in the morning of the last day of the World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of [...]
Posted by Anne on 22 Apr 2010 | Tagged as: Maryland, Videos, Virginia, Washington, DC
CCAN’s 4th annual “Artists for the Climate” event last Thursday, April 15th was a smashing success. Jeff Biggers, Mike Tidwell and Bill McKibben all gave rousing speeches and were joined by the extremely talented bluegrass performer, Lissy Rosemont.
View a short compilation video from the event below. You can also watch the entire program on [...]
Posted by Ted Glick on 22 Apr 2010 | Tagged as: climate change
I missed President Evo Morales’ speech on Tuesday at the official opening of the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth. Asking several friends who were there how it was, they all were surprised by its relative mildness, for Morales. The main things he called upon people to do, my [...]
