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December 19, 2025 / Jake Schwartz / Blog

LTE by Jake Schwartz, CCAN Federal Campaigns Manager, initially published in the Philadelphia Inquirer The Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection, the powerful but little-known operator of our region’s electric grid, is currently tasked

Texas shows that solar works

December 12, 2025 / CCAN Supporter / Blog

LTE by Jamie DeMarco, CCAN’s former Maryland Director, initially published in the Baltimore Sun. The recent op-ed, “Rising energy costs demand action in Maryland,” omits the most basic fact of

Data centers and AI are gouging ratepayers

December 4, 2025 / CCAN Supporter / Blog, MD

LTE by Gita Lefstein, a CCAN Volunteer from Baltimore, initially published in the Baltimore Sun. I was glad to see The Baltimore Sun address the question of data centers in

The World Moves Forward Without Trump: From Virginia’s Climate Victories to Global Action at COP30

November 12, 2025 / Denise Robbins / Blog, Latest News

A New Chapter for Climate Leadership If you’re like us, it feels like we’re at a turning point. Last week in Virginia, voters just made history — electing the Commonwealth’s

PJM’s Coal Bias Is Giving Us Pollution, High Electric Bills

September 23, 2025 / Jake Schwartz / Blog, Federal, Op-Ed

Op-Ed by Jake Schwartz, CCAN Federal Campaigns Manager, initially published in the Bay Journal. Your electricity bill is going up again. And no, it’s not just inflation. A big part

Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb & Mike Tidwell on The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue

August 21, 2025 / Kidest / Blog

Interview with Deborah Kalb on her book blog, Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb Mike Tidwell is the author of the new book The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue: A Story of Climate

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