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We fight global warming. Get involved in our Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC, and National campaigns.  Click here to meet the staff.  Do you like polar bears and do you like playing at the beach? Then please join me in combining both passions on Saturday January 10th for CCAN's 4th annual "Keep Winter Cold" fundraiser. (Hint: You only have to get wet for a split second).

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Keep Winter Cold! CCAN's 4th Annual Polar Bear Plunge
Come support CCAN's work at our 4th Annual Polar Bear Plunge on January 10, 2009.  This year, we're expecting over 200 people to run, jump and dash into the icy waters of the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis.  It's always a blast and the event raises crucial funds to keep us fighting for clean energy.  Go to www.keepwintercold.org to join the plunge or to donate to your favorite plunger.  MORE >

Coal to Action: March 2nd Coal Protest
Join us on March 2 at the coal-fired power plant that powers that national capitol.  Coal is the dirtiest source of fuel on the planet, despite the myth of clean coal that energy companies are pushing.  The time has come to show our legislators that we demand new, clean sources of energy.  Please join us! MORE >

Are police spying on you, too?
We have recently been notified that the Maryland State Police kept intelligence files on four members of the CCAN staff, including Mike, Anne and Josh. Outrageously, while peacefully and legally fighting global warming through grassroots organizing, we were "suspected of involvement in terrorism." MORE >

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Could the economic bailouts that seem to pour endlessly out of Washington become clean, green stimulus for our nation's economy? Host Mike Tidwell discusses how these economic stimulus packages could put us on a path to fight global warming with Betsy Taylor, the founder of 1Sky and Heidi Garrett Peltier, an economist with the Political Economy Research Institute and a co-author of Green Recovery. Listen now>>

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CCAN Blog: What's New
Is it the job of a science reporter or climate reporter to toe the editorial line of a newspaper, or is it to write the truth?
This post is in response to the recent Earthbeat podcast with Joe Romm and Andy Revkin going over the supposedly big climate issues of 2008.
The show led off with “and what a year it was. Scientists continued to be shocked at the lack of ice in the Arctic…” then later on Joe Romm said [...] MORE >

My Column on Need for Federal Action
Hey, so not too long ago I had an op-ed column come out in my campus newspaper The Diamondback about what the United States needs to do in 2009 so that we can get a strong global treaty in Copenhagen.  I wanted to share it on this blog, so I’m going to cross-post what I [...] MORE >

Monsters Eating Mountains?

The Green Gorilla cartoon takes on mountain top removal mining in their latest episode called “Turn it Up Day”. As the city turns up their power, the kids investigate where the power comes from. KJ helps the gang find out that “clean and green” is actually a massive coal-seeking mechanical worm on its [...] MORE >

LTE Opportunity: The Best Holiday Gift Ever!
Come January, we’ll be working nonstop to raise awareness about global warming solutions in Maryland and Virginia. Not only that, but we’ll also be focused on working with the new Congress to make climate a priority within the first 100 days of the next administration. This spring will be THE crucial time to pass climate [...] MORE >

Join us at the Plunge!
On January 10, CCAN is hosting our 4th Annual Polar Bear Plunge. About 200 of us are going to jump in the Chesapeake Bay and freeze our butts off for climate action.
The Polar Bear Plunge is CCAN’s major grassroots fund-raising event. Just like a walk for cancer, the day’s plungers recruit friends and family to [...] MORE >