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We fight global warming. Get involved in our Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC, and National campaigns. Baseball fan? Join other CCAN volunteers this summer at a Washington Nationals baseball game to protest ExxonMobil's dominant advertising at the new $600 million "green-certified" stadium. Go to strikeoutexxon.org to learn more. Looking for the open house resources? Go here>>

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Gustav: More Extreme Weather for a Nation in Denial
Read the latest from Mike Tidwell
Hurricane Gustav is just the latest example of extreme weather in a nation that's seen its share this summer. Indeed, the Iowa floods and Southeastern drought and western wildfires all fit the patterns scientists say... MORE >

Green Jobs National Day of Action
On September 27, organizations and individuals from all over the nation will be coming together to show their support for a new green economy. Please join us at events all over the region as we push our legislators to move us in a new direction: a clean energy revolution! MORE >

Wise Energy Tour: Coming to YOUR town!
Join us for a stop on the tour to get the skills and tools you need to be a citizen activist in the clean energy movement. We're at the cusp of a huge revolution in the way Virginia views energy and we need your help! MORE >

CCAN Blog: What's New
Hands in the Middle for Maryland
by Ethan Nuss
Oh yea, Power Vote‘n in MD, baby! This past weekend members of the Maryland Student Climate Coalition (MSCC) gathered to launch Power Vote in style, and set a stellar state goal of 40,000 total pledges! (Two Maryland High School students gathered 400 pledges in the 5 days after returning from the Mega Camp [...] MORE >

CCAN’s Hiring Interns! Clean Energy Internships
Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) is accepting applications for Clean Energy fall internships.
The Chesapeake Climate Action Network is the first grassroots, nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to fighting global warming in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Our mission is to educate and mobilize citizens of this region in a way that fosters a rapid societal [...] MORE >

New Report: “A smaller, hotter Maryland”
On Sunday, Don Boesch,  president of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and editor of the report to be released by the Maryland Commission on Climate Change, was quoted about the future of Maryland’s weather: “The good news is we’ll have winters like Charleston, South Carolina. The bad news is we’ll have summers like Phoenix, [...] MORE >

An open letter to the MD Public Service Commission
The Maryland Public Service Commission is accepting public comment on the proposed third reactor at Calvert Cliffs. After going to a public forum on Monday and listening to a bunch of Chamber of Commerce folks saying we need to build this plant because it will fight global warming (yes, these are some of the same people who adamantly argued [...] MORE >

Rising sea level floats all boats!
Love the Chesapeake Bay? Great! Because there will be more of it! Nearly 200 square miles on the Maryland coast alone!
A 3-foot increase in the Chesapeake water level later this century will be a boon to the oystering industry, says a new report on climate change commissioned by Maryland governor Martin O’Malley.
The [...] MORE >