Live Stream of MD District 8 Debate

If you missed our very first live streaming event of the candidate forum held between the candidates for Maryland’s 8th congressional district you can now see the full recording here.

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Green Jobs Triumph on the Eastern Shore!

If the success of Saturday’s Green Jobs event in Cambridge was any indication, the future of climate and green energy action on the Eastern Shore is looking very bright, and we should all be very proud of what we accomplished. We got a mayor (Victoria Jackson-Stanley) and a congressional candidate (Frank Kratovil) talking earnestly about the building the green economy; we’ve developed a network of local businesses and activists, and spread our message to the broader Dorchester and Talbot communities with a big write up in the local papers.

But it’s important to remember that Saturday was just the beginning. On September 27th we proved that we can capture the attention of both the media and our local leaders

Will the Credit Crunch Crunch Coal?

In early February 2008, four major Wall Street banks announced a new reticence to finance conventional coal-fired power plants. Their calculus: The federal government is likely to hit utilities with a cap on greenhouse-gas emissions Continue reading

Thank you for a great DC Green Jobs event!

The DC Get Going Go Green Green Jobs Now event that was hosted in Anacostia, Washington DC was great. As a partner of 1 Sky, Green for All, and Al Gore’s We Can Solve it’s, National Day of Action, we were able to educate, encourage and empower DC low-income residents, ex-offenders, faith-based communities as well as uniting a broad range of communities to promote the creation of a strong green economy.

We enjoyed speeches by National leaders such as Van Jones, President of Green for All, local leaders such as Councilmember Mary Cheh, Harriet Tregoing, Director of DC office of Planning, George Hawkins, Director of the DC Department of the Environment, and more. The entire community enjoyed the Green jobs Now rally, free food, Go-Go music, the art contest, free music and service project, where the community cleaned, re-mulched trees, and planted flowers at the Malcolm X Park on Martin Luther King, Jr Avenue and Malcolm X Avenue, Southeast.

Thanks to all of our participants and volunteers, because with out their help and contribution, we will not be able to create a strong green economy, which will help the planet and the people.

The Green Jobs Day of Action in Anacostia was just the beginning. Please feel free to get in touch with Nydria Humphries, the day of action organizer, and the green jobs coordinator for DC.

Nydria Brenda Humphries
Green Jobs Organizer, CCAN and GWIPL
240.396.1981 ext. 9118
nhumphries@gwipl.org

Getting to Energy Smart: Calculating the Financial Benefits of Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs (CFLs): the condo case

We have all become armored against advertising and the claims of “save $26” (or more) on a CFL package are hard to believe. In addition, in our culture, we focus on the cost to buy (CTB) rather than the cost to own (CTO). Thus, in a weird perversion of Benjamin Franklin, we focus on the $0.99 purchase price rather than the cost through the years that we might use something. These factors combine to make it difficult for most Americans to pursue energy efficiency choices, such as CFLs.

This reality of condominium structures worsens this situation. With shared utility costs (electricity, water, gas), but individual owners controlling purchases within their own units, it is hard to capture savings opportunities. This is an example of a very common Catch-22, where the person “buying” something doesn’t directly pay for the “cost” of running it. It is time to break through the Catch-22 and arrive at sensible solutions, to work for real solutions to real problems.
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Make Internet History!

UPDATE: We will be posting the live streaming event right here on our blog! So, just come to chesapeakeclimate.org/blog to view the event.

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CCAN is quickly becoming a new media darling. This Thursday, CCAN will be the first group ever in this region to “e-broadcast” a local public event live over the internet. It’s sure to be a CSPAN, can’t-tear-myself-away preview to MD District 8 Candidates. New technology has allowed us to be an online pioneer, bringing you a spirited debate among local candidates who want to be your Congressional representative. So mark your calendar and turn on your computer next Thursday night, Oct. 2nd, at 7 pm to watch us “stream” a candidates forum featuring Democrat Chris Van Hollen, Republican Steve Hudson, Green Party candidate Gordon Clark, and write-in candidate Deborah Vollmer.

Find out more and sign up to get the link>>

Live streaming will be joining our suite of new media capabilities. This past year, we’ve launched:

This is in addition to:

The candidates will be discussing major issues of concern to our region, including global warming and clean energy. You can also attend the debate in person, of course, at the Rockville Library in downtown Rockville.

But if you can’t make it in person, you can enjoy the entire debate from the comfort of your own home. To sign up to watch live on your computer, simply visit:

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/423/t/1906/event/index.jsp?event_KEY=45045

The Power Vote energizer bunny!

Our own dear Ethan Nuss, doing his Power Vote magic:

powervoteNow “Power Vote,” a national non-partisan effort spearheaded by the Energy Action Coalition, seeks to elevate the issue of climate change in the 2008 election by mobilizing one million young “climate voters.” To do this, the Energy Action Coalition and its more than forty partner organizations are organizing young people across the United States to pledge their vote “for clean and just energy.”

Watch the real training video here:

It's 2008. Do you know where your US Congressperson is?

Students at Morgan State University know exactly where to find theirs. Along with community members they successfully got their US Congressional Representative, Elijah Cumming to sign onto the 1Sky platform. Then the following week they heard Rep. Cumming was coming to a rally on campus. They sprung into action, slapped on their Power Vote stickers, summoned some courage, and asked if they could “adopt” him.

Check it out:

The “Adopt a Congressperson” campaign is a program advanced in part by the Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative. Its time that we all “adopt” our elected officials and tell them to give us the clean and just energy future our generation demands. Continue reading