Governor Hogan issued us a new challenge when he vetoed legislation to expand our renewable energy standard. He thumbed his nose at a decade of bipartisan climate progress in Maryland and, until we overturn his veto, he temporarily blocked our path to new jobs and cleaner air.
But you know what else? Governor Hogan fired us up even more to fight for what we know is right.
This summer, CCAN and our allies in the “Don’t Frack Maryland” coalition are moving full-speed ahead with an all-out campaign to permanently ban fracking in our state. We’re launching this long-planned effort even as we commit to overturning Hogan’s harmful clean energy veto. And we’ll need your help right from the start!
Join us next Wednesday evening, June 15th, for a statewide grassroots conference call to kick off a summer of organizing to ban fracking. Climate champ Heather Mizeur will be our special guest!
Heather will help get us fired up for action. I will give you the latest updates on the fight against fracking across the country and the world, as well as the momentum we’re already seeing towards a permanent ban right here in Maryland.
Then, we’ll dig in on how you can make the biggest difference this summer: by working in your own communities to ban fracking. After the call, we’ll send you our hot-off-the-presses activist toolkit with everything you need to get started.
Just over a year ago, we made history by passing a two-year moratorium on fracking that prohibits dangerous drilling through October 2017. That clock is now ticking down.
Unless we act in the next General Assembly session, our hard-won moratorium will expire and the Hogan administration could finalize regulations that invite the fracking industry in. We can’t let that happen. The science is in. Fracking pollutes the air we breathe and the water we drink, and threatens local economies, all while worsening climate change.
That’s why CCAN is gearing up THIS SUMMER to educate more Marylanders about the dangers of fracking, to help more cities and counties ban the practice, and ultimately to build the grassroots power we need to win.
Join me, CCAN organizers — and special guest Heather Mizeur — on Wednesday, June 15th at 7pm to find out how you can be a part of permanently banning fracking in Maryland this year.
Already, over 70 groups (and counting) in Maryland have called for passage of a permanent fracking ban – from climate groups like us, to environmental groups like our friends at the Maryland Sierra Club – who just announced their support this morning – to riverkeepers, outfitters, service unions, health groups, farmers and faith leaders. And Maryland’s two most populous counties — Montgomery and Prince George’s — have effectively banned the practice.
With or without Governor Hogan, we’re ready to move forward — not backwards — on climate in Maryland. That means keeping clean energy solutions on the fast-track while keeping harmful fossil fuels like fracked gas in the ground.
RSVP now and help us launch a summer of organizing to ban fracking!