Tell me a little bit about yourself! I was born in Plano, texas and went to High School in Wylie, Texas. Both are located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. I… Continued

Washington, DC is a national icon when it comes to climate action. We don’t always get as much recognition as states but hey… we’re used to that. In December 2018… Continued

Climate Solidarity Means Immigrant Solidarity I need to start by talking about my brothers. I’m choosing not to broadcast their names, but they are 14 and 20 years old. They… Continued

So much has happened in a few short months! Let me start at the beginning — right before this year’s legislative session. At the beginning of the year, we were… Continued

Following the action on the floor from atop the Maryland State House’s Senate chamber during the 2019 legislative session’s final hours, the CCAN team was tired but alert with anticipation… Continued

A memo from the Chesapeake Climate Action Network Summary The good: The Maryland Clean Energy Jobs Act (SB 516) passed the state General Assembly on April 8th with a stunning… Continued

Did you know that cars, trucks, and other forms of transportation account for nearly 30 percent of America’s climate pollution? With climate change barreling down on us, from devastating floods… Continued

Michelle Cook, Norfolk Ms. Michelle Cook is a long-time resident of Norfolk, Virginia. She lives with the disastrous effects of flooding in her city right now. One flood was so… Continued

After nearly three years of relentless community pressure, champions on the DC Council finally passed it… the strongest climate law in the country! With a unanimous vote on Tuesday, the… Continued

Everything we ever thought as possible in Virginia politics is rapidly shifting in the Commonwealth. From the the ballooning number of ACP permits being rejected in court, to the State… Continued

Camila is the DC campaign director for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, and has been at the heart of the movement behind what will soon become the strongest climate bill… Continued

by Jessica Beal, CCAN Intern A week ago we received the news that the DC Council would move to pass the Clean Energy DC Act (the first of two votes).… Continued

On November 9, the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board heard testimony about a prposed compressor station in Buckingham County as part of Dominion Energy’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Here’s an exchange… Continued

Record flooding. More hurricanes. Brett Kavanaugh. And now a dire warning that the world has until 2030 to stem the impacts of climate change. How are you feeling? It’s a… Continued

Here’s where the permits for EQT’s Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) stand: The Army Corps’s permit allowing Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to blast through more than 1,000 streams? Back to the… Continued

This summer was not an easy one. We faced several blows in the anti-pipeline movement. The days were long, and hot — too hot — and the months slipped away.… Continued

by Kim Williams On July 16, with a group of friends I took an early morning stroll into a wetlands area in the city of Chesapeake, Virginia. We arrived before… Continued

It’s been raining heavily lately where I live in Hyattsville, Maryland. In the week of June 23rd, it rained almost all week. Couple weeks ago, while on the metro, I… Continued

Written by Pam Dehmer from Harford County Climate Action Our group aims to lessen Harford County’s carbon footprint and adapt to the effects of climate change. We started in October… Continued

Coming together in the face of disaster By Liz Lee, former CCAN Director of Maryland Volunteer Outreach With streams converging into the Patapsco River, Ellicott City, a town built on… Continued

Originally published on the Baltimore Sun Over the last decade, power generated by wind and solar has become a growing portion of Maryland’s electricity each year. More people now work… Continued

Written By: Accacia “Casey” Grant, Healthy Communities Fellow   This summer, I spent my time petitioning for the offshore wind campaign at CCAN. Maryland is at the forefront of offshore… Continued

Last week (July 17, 2018), was my TENTH anniversary at the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. I was honored that at our annual retreat, which kicked off on that very day,… Continued

–Written by Pam Tinker, a recent visitor to “No Pipeline Summer: A Camp to Save the Limperts’ Land” Greetings from Bath County Virginia! Bruce and I are visiting the home… Continued

Calling all photography enthusiasts! In celebration of summer, we’re kicking off a photo contest and we’re hoping to hear from YOU! Do you have beautiful images you’d like to share… Continued

I camped in Dominion’s “right of way” for the ACP, among 300- and 400-year old trees in Bath County Come join “No Pipeline Summer: Camp to Save the Limperts’ Land”… Continued

CCAN activist Lee Williams, a lifelong environmental advocate, is a force to be reckoned with in the Commonwealth of Virginia. In 2016, Lee helped pull together the March on the… Continued

In an age of rising seas and harmful pipelines, one thing is clear: Virginia needs strong climate action now. To do so, CCAN is proposing that Virginia join the Regional… Continued

The biggest regional land-clearing project since the federal highway program of the 1960s is now underway in Virginia and West Virginia. Fracked-gas companies Dominion Energy and EQT have been chain-sawing… Continued

We need you to help save the Potomac River. Governor Hogan is handing over our clean drinking water to the fossil fuel industry. How? A Canadian oil company called TransCanada… Continued

The “No Potomac Pipeline” campaign began in early 2017 as a broad coalition of citizens, elected officials, and environmental advocates came together to stop TransCanada’s proposed pipeline under the Potomac… Continued