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In Storm-Battered Virginia, CCAN Interns Work Towards a Greener Future

*Cross-posted from We Are Powershift.org*

Virginia students are at it once again! This summer, CCAN’s internship program has expanded to college campuses, and interns are working on the campaign to expose Dominion-Virginia Power all over the state. They are working on a variety of things, including gathering petitions, writing letters to the editor, and building networks of CCAN activities in their communities and on their campuses. The students are excited, because this is the first chance some have had to finally take action on saving the climate. Indeed, this excitement becomes especially relevant when you look at their results. In the last week of June alone, the on-campus team collected over 200 petition signatures asking Dominion to fulfill its clean energy commitments with real, Virginia-made renewable energy.

The Tour de Frack is coming to Maryland!

Have you heard the news? The Tour de Frack is coming to Maryland!

Crying Over Colorado

Reading the article below by Julia Olson made me cry.

One of the big memories of my childhood is a one-month vacation trip my family took when I was 14 years old, driving from Lancaster, Pa. to Colorado and staying in Manitou Springs, just outside of Colorado Springs, for two weeks. Now, Manitou Springs is burning.

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The OTHER federal court decision this week

As the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on President Obama’s Affordable Care Act came down today, I was reminded of how remarkable our justice system really is. It’s a system of finely-tuned checks and balances that determine every branch of government’s role and boundaries within the Constitution. Regardless of your own personal beliefs about the validity of said law, we can all applaud the foundation upon which our country rests…the rule of law. Where facts still matter and justice prevails.

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Meet Fracking Victims Angela and Wayne Smith

As we gear up for the Stop the Frack Attack rally in DC on July 28th, we’ll share stories of the victims of fracking. Today we meet the Smiths.

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Chesapeake Climate Action Network Joins Fight to Stop Energy Lobbyists from Killing America’s Clean Energy Agenda

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 27, 2012

CONTACT:

Leslie Anderson Maloy, 703-276-3256, lmaloy@hastingsgroup.com

Jamie Nolan, 240-396-2022, jamie@chesapeakeclimate.org

Chesapeake Climate Action Network Joins Fight to Stop Energy Lobbyists from Killing America’s Clean Energy Agenda

Push Reflects Views of 83 Percent of Americans That a “New-Grassroots Driven” Effort is Needed

Takoma Park, MD — Fed up with the undue influence of the energy companies, utilities, lobbyists and other interests that are making it impossible for Washington to move forward decisively in achieving America’s clean energy future, the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) is joining 35 other citizen organizations with more than 1.1 million combined members are joining forces to advance a nine-point “American Clean Energy Agenda” and to push for a serious renewable energy agenda no matter who is the next President or which party controls Congress.

Where the water is rising, good folks take action!

Residents of many Tidewater neighborhoods are dealing with higher water than ever before when storms hit and the full moon shines. It’s had recent media attention in the Post and the Pilot. CCAN is actively concentrating on offering these folks on the front lines of climate change some ways to address the rising sea by getting to the root of the problem: greenhouse gas pollution.

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Climate Change Could Kill 6,000 in Maryland and DC

It’s the first day of summer and already the DC metro area is nearing a record high, but what else is new? Sadly these increasing record highs could prove fatal for many in the area in the years to come.

According to a report released by the NRDC and based on a study in the American Meteorological Society journal, 2,900 Baltimoreans and 3,000 Washingtonians will die prematurely from heat exhaustion due to global warming in the next century.

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Fracking, Climate Action and July 28

“On July 28th, 2012, we invite community members and organizations everywhere to join us in Washington, D.C. for a rally at the Capitol to demand no more drilling that harms public health, water, and air. . . Elected officials and public agencies must insist that the industry stop all drilling that is dirty and dangerous, and put communities and the environment first, starting by removing special exemptions and subsidies for the oil and gas industry. Join community leaders, celebrities and policymakers and add your voice to the call for a clean, fossil fuel free energy future.” -Call to Action at www.stopthefrackattack.org

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It's about to get easier to get solar energy in DC

A bill before the DC City Council could bring solar panels to a rooftop near you very soon. This bill allows renters, homeowners with shaded roofs, tenants of apartment buildings and others to receive the benefits of solar energy by giving utility ratepayers access to virtual net-metering. This allows anyone to purchase solar power from a solar installation, which can then be credited to one’s monthly electric bill.

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