“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
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.
300 Miles on my Bike: Testing My Body in a World of Extreme Weather
What was the hardest part about pedaling a bike 300 miles from Manhattan to Washington, D.C.? The head winds in central New Jersey certainly weren’t a picnic. The horse poop along Amish country roads was a challenge. Then there were the rain-slippery bridges near St. Peter’s Village, PA and the seemingly endless hills of Maryland’s northern horse country.
But honestly, the rural scenery was so stunningly beautiful all along the way that the hardest part was just knowing that this pastoral east-coast landscape is in danger of disappearing – soon – because of the unfolding calamity of climate change.
Climate Ride 2012
Words fail me
as I think about
how to express
what I feel
one early morning after
the end of Climate Ride 2012
Victory! HB1123 Signed Into Law
Victory! While we didn’t get everything we wanted this session on fracking, we did pass HB1123: The Presumptive Impact Areas bill.
CCANers Rock Dominion at Riverrock
When the company that puts out 55% of Virginia’s industrial greenhouse gas emissions tries to leave pollution out of the picture, Wonder Wind and some intrepid CCANers show up on the scene to set the record straight!
DC Residents: Don't Miss Out on Free Energy Audits
At CCAN, our main mission is to achieve climate and clean-energy policy advancements. Of course, we’re also determined make sure existing policies and programs have their full effect.
Virginians Rally at SCC Against Dominion's Dirty Plans
Fifteen years is a long time. Fifteen years ago, “Married with Children” aired its final new episode on Fox. Fifteen years ago, Mike Tyson tried to bite Evander Holyfield’s ear off in the middle of a boxing match. Fifteen years ago, Prodigy was still in the internet-provider business. Remember them? Didn’t think so.
The point is, 15 years is a long time. So when Dominion Virginia Power presented its plans for the next 15 years of energy production to the SCC, we were curious. When we found out that the plans had NO land-based or off-shore wind and a negligible amount of Virginia-made solar power, our curiosity turned into varying degrees of frustration. So we organized. And you came. Together, we rallied. And it was awesome!
Virginia Students "Connect the Dots" on Climate Impacts Day
–Cross-posted at WeArePowershift.org
Last Saturday, 350.org and other similarly-minded groups organized a Climate Impacts Day (climatedots.org), where activists throughout the country “connected the dots” between climate change and its associated impacts. The Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) coordinated with many of these activists in Maryland and Virginia to facilitate their events. In Virginia, CCAN worked with student groups to highlight important climate sources and impacts on or near their campuses.
A "drown in," a submerged Neptune, and worried winemakers — CCANers connect the dots
This past Saturday, CCANers in Maryland and Virginia held “climate dots” and posed for photos to connect the dots between local effects of climate change and local sources of greenhouse gas emissions in their backyards.