Over 125 Maryland General Assembly Candidates Support RENEW Act to Make Polluters Pay for Rising Climate Costs Bipartisan candidates across Maryland back effort to shift climate costs to fossil fuel companies, fund climate resilience, and protect taxpayers from rising costs ANNAPOLIS, MD — As Southern states brace for a dangerous heat wave and Maryland […]
All Montgomery County Council Incumbents and Leading County Executive Candidates Declare Support of Data Centers Powered by 100% Clean Energy In Maryland’s most populous county, a bipartisan majority of candidates for county office commit to enacting landmark clean energy requirements for data centers, building on momentum across the state and beyond. ROCKVILLE, MD – In
Virginia’s delegation in Congress should reject gift to Big Oil Op-Ed by Victoria Higgins, CCAN Action Fund’s Virginia Director, initially published in the Virginian Pilot. They say everything is bigger in Texas. Does that include double standards? U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz wants to take away a right that Texas has used for decades: the ability of
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More Than 100 General Assembly Candidates Pledge to Reform Data Center Policy in Maryland CCAN Action Fund pledge asks candidates to commit to 100% clean-energy data centers ANNAPOLIS, MD — Amid rising concern over unchecked data center growth and escalating electricity costs for voters and communities, more than 100 candidates for the Maryland
Data Centers Should Run on Clean Energy LTE by Ariel Vogel, CCAN Action Fund Volunteer from Richmond, VA, initially published in the Richmond Times Dispatch. As a Richmond resident, I’m watching the General Assembly’s ongoing budget and tax incentive debates with growing concern. While lawmakers are rightly focused on balancing fiscal priorities, we can’t lose
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‘Communities First, Not Big Tech.’: Baltimore County Residents Rally, Testify at Towson Data Center Public Input Meeting Participants spoke out at the Baltimore County Planning Board meeting to shape recommendations on zoning, environmental impacts, and oversight; demanded leaders put neighborhoods before Big Tech interests TOWSON, MD — To demand greater community involvement in data center
Data Center Moratorium Bill Passes Baltimore City Council, Moves Forward to the Mayor Residents and advocates rallied outside, calling for action before the council approved a one-year pause on large developments to assess environmental, economic, and grid impacts BALTIMORE, MD — A Baltimore City Council bill to establish a one-year moratorium on new large-scale
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D.C. Council Must Reject Mayor’s Raid on Climate and Environmental Funding and Address Extreme Weather Costs, Says CCAN Action Fund Group warns Mayor Bowser’s cuts to clean energy funding will raise costs for residents, and calls for $200K to study climate-related extreme weather damages in the District as groundwork to make polluters pay WASHINGTON, DC
Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Harriet Hageman’s “Immunity Shield” Bill is a Gift-Wrapped Payoff to World’s Biggest Polluters WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new proposal from Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY), and their fossil fuel industry allies aims to limit accountability for the world’s biggest polluters. The proposed legislation, introduced alongside several Senate
