MD General Assembly Wrap Up: Progress on Climate… But Not Enough! The 446th annual session of the Maryland General Assembly came to a close this week with decidedly mixed results for climate policies. With your help, we put pressure on lawmakers to advance several positive bills on offshore wind power, rooftop solar and energy efficiency. […]
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MD Lawmakers Put $195M in Federal Funds at Risk by Gutting Key Part of Landmark “Climate Solutions Now Act” With funeral music from a New Orleans-style brass band on Lawyers Mall, climate groups saw a new amendment could kill part of the Building Energy Performance Standards that are key to winning a major U.S. EPA
On Thursday, the House/Senate joint conference committee on the budget added alarming amendments to the state budget bill that would likely delay implementation of Maryland’s Building Energy Performance Standard (BEPS).
Last week, the D.C. Attorney General (DCAG) asked the D.C. Public Service Commission (PSC) to “reconsider and reverse” its February decision granting Washington Gas an additional $50 million for its costly methane gas pipeline replacement project known as Project Pipes.
Joint Statement on Weakening of Maryland’s Building Energy Performance Standards We are appalled and angered that lawmakers are trying to roll back a key provision of the Climate Solutions Now Act, the Building Energy Performance Standard (BEPS) through an obscure and questionable process. The budget agreement this year includes amendment language that would force MDE
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There’s a giant new threat to climate policy in the Maryland General Assembly. It’s called the gas industry.
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Big Climate Wins! Virginia General Assembly Wrap-Up Report That’s a wrap! On Saturday, the Virginia state legislature concluded another General Assembly session. Thanks to supporters like you, we took several important steps forward on our mission to move the Commonwealth towards a just, equitable clean energy future. We have lots of successes to report, and
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Marylanders protesting “hidden extreme-weather taxes” rallied today in Annapolis calling for action from Governor Wes Moore and the General Assembly.
Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) Action Fund is joining the chorus of support for D.C. Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen and Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau amidst politically motivated recall campaigns.
Extreme Weather is Costing Tax Dollars, Lawmakers Must Act to Protect Maryland Hidden Extreme-Weather Taxes will Increase if Maryland Does Not Pass Landmark RENEW Act. ANNAPOLIS, MD — On Thursday, March 7, lawmakers and advocates will hold a press conference in the Senate Media Room of the Miller Senate Office Building calling on the General
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