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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

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