Chesapeake Climate Action Network has reached its tenth birthday and a lot of progress has been accomplished in this past decade. There have been moratoriums on offshore drilling and the birth of a booming offshore wind economy. Coal plants have been shut down and pipelines have been delayed. We look forward to leading the charge in these crucial next ten years of progress.
Maryland Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act (GGRA) passed
April 2009
The passage of this law, which requires a 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions below 2006 levels by 2020, makes Maryland one of five leadership states in the country implementing some form of state law that requires specific mandatory GHG emissions reductions. In an effort to ensure that this law is implemented as strongly as possible, CCAN continues working closely with the O’Malley administration make sure that GGRA meets its reduction goal and grows Maryland’s green economy at the same time.
Offshore oil drilling banned in Virginia
December 2010
Following the Gulf Coast oil spill disaster, CCAN promptly launched a media and advocacy outreach campaign to protect our coastline from the dangers of offshore drilling. While we cannot take full credit for President Obama’s decision, our efforts likely contributed to his moratorium on new offshore drilling that protected Virginia’s outer continental shelf, which would have otherwise been developed that year.
Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline is blocked
November 2011
The administrative halt put on this project by President Obama vindicated months of direct civil disobedience that CCAN initiated against Keystone XL. We continue to stay engaged on the Keystone XL pipeline to prevent more tar sands oil from flowing into the U.S.
R. Paul Smith coal plants shut-down
November 2011
The administrative halt put on this project by President Obama vindicated months of direct civil disobedience that CCAN initiated against Keystone XL. We continue to stay engaged on the Keystone XL pipeline to prevent more tar sands oil from flowing into the U.S.
Offshore wind bill passes the MD House
April 2012
After a hard fought two year campaign, the offshore wind power bill passed Maryland’s House of Delegates with an overwhelming majority. Although the fight is not over yet, CCAN fully expects both houses of the General Assembly to pass the bill next year, and to see a wind farm producing power off of the Eastern Shore by 2018.
