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Rising Electricity Bills? PJM’s Clean Energy Delays Are to Blame

August 14, 2025 / Jake Schwartz / Blog, Federal, Federal Actions

Once again, PJM’s bias against clean energy is driving our electricity prices higher. The Pennsylvania-Jersey-Maryland Interconnection (PJM), which manages the electricity grid in 13 states and the District of Columbia,

A Starting Point for the U.S. Climate Movement: Reflections from a Workshop on Solar Geoengineering

July 30, 2025 / Quentin Scott / Blog, Federal

By Whitney Peterson, Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering; Quentin Scott, Chesapeake Climate Action Network; and Natasha Vidangos, Environmental Defense Fund As global temperatures rise and emissions reductions

Make Your Kitchen Safer by Saying Goodbye to Gas Stoves!

July 28, 2025 / Ayla Frost / Blog, DC

By Ayla Frost, CCAN DC Organizer Walking into your kitchen and taking a deep breath should mean peace of mind, knowing the air is safe for you and your family.

Standing Strong for Chesapeake: How Community Voices Are Defeating Polluting Projects

July 11, 2025 / ccan-intern / Blog, VA, Virginia Actions

By Michelle Ueltschi, CCAN’s Carol Brantley Environmental Justice Fellow As I approached the Chesapeake City Hall, heart pounding, I had no idea what to expect. The closest I’d ever been

Texas’s Deadly Floods: Failure to Warn

July 11, 2025 / Denise Robbins / Blog, Federal

A Deadly Storm as a Bellwether for Climate Change For three days from July 4, a tropical storm brought a deadly deluge to a region of central Texas known as

Your Electricity Bill Will Rise This Summer. Guess Why?

June 5, 2025 / Ayla Frost / Blog, DC

By Ayla Frost, CCAN, and Harrison Pyros, We Power DC Keep an eye on your electricity bills this summer! As we know, climate change is making our summers hotter, and

We’ve Stopped Pipelines Before, Let’s Do It Again: Join the Fight Against the Dangerous MVP Southgate Extension

May 19, 2025 / Kidest / Blog, Take Action, VA, Virginia Actions

By Kidest, CCAN’s Virginia Communications Manager My journey as a Virginia climate activist began as a college intern in the fight against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a battle we won,

How to Buy “Green Electricity” for Your Maryland Home After SB1

May 15, 2025 / Kidest / Blog, MD

A blog by Laurel Peltier, originally published on Retail Energy Revealed Maryland families recently received letters and emails from their retail energy supplier informing them that their contracts were

Takoma Park rescues 4000 trees from invasive vines

Maryland Energy Talk Interviews Mike Tidwell about The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue

May 8, 2025 / Denise Robbins / Blog, Federal, MD

This interview first aired on Maryland Energy Talk and is reprinted here with permission. Jamie DeMarco: Welcome back everyone. This is Maryland Energy talk for April 17th 2025: Mike Tidwell’s

Solar Investing – Making a Concrete Difference

May 8, 2025 / Ruth Amundsen / Blog, VA

A blog by Ruth Amundsen, CCAN supporter from Hampton Roads In these days of political maelstrom and uncertainty, I love doing something that makes a concrete difference for our climate.