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At CCAN, we’re fighting to keep fracking wells out of our communities — and to stop new pipelines, compressor stations, and export facilities that drive demand for new fracking — because we know that this extreme form of fossil fuel extraction is a disaster for our climate.
But that’s certainly not the only reason we fight fracking. A comprehensive review of scientific studies released this fall underlines how fracking and its associated infrastructure also pose an immediate threat to our health.
In October, Concerned Health Professionals of New York and Physicians for Social Responsibility teamed up to release a compendium and associated report summarizing more than 500 peer-reviewed scientific studies, along with other important medical, government and media findings on fracking available through July 31, 2015. The compendium, now in its third edition, finds overwhelming evidence that fracking poses poses significant and unavoidable risks to public health, air and water quality, birth and infant health, worker safety, the environment, our climate, and more.
I’d sum up the overarching conclusion of the report as follows: Keeping fracking out of our communities is the only proven way to protect our families, children, and workers from harm. The report’s authors put it in slightly more technical terms:

Emerging data from a rapidly expanding body of evidence continue to reveal a plethora of recurring problems and harms that cannot be averted or cannot be sufficiently averted through regulatory frameworks. In the words of esteemed pediatrician Jerome Paulson, MD, there is ‘no evidence that…fracking can operate without risks to human health. … Any claims of safety are based on wishful thinking.’

This conclusion — that regulations are simply not capable of preventing harm — is one that we must keep repeating in Maryland. We won a huge, grassroots-powered victory this spring, when Governor Larry Hogan allowed a two-year fracking moratorium to become law (without his signature). But that same legislation, which prevents any drilling activity through October 2017, also requires Governor Hogan’s administration to finalize regulations for fracking by October 2016. Those regulations would go into effect when the moratorium lifts in October 2017.
Every passing study — like the Johns Hopkins study released this October showing a 40 percent increase in risk of preterm birth among mothers living near active fracking sites in Pennsylvania — underlines why we can’t let up now. As health professionals conclude that regulations are simply not capable of preventing harm, the evidence of harm just keeps growing. We have a hard deadline of October 2017 to ensure regulations stay out of play and that fracking stays out of Maryland.
That’s why CCAN has been hard at work this summer and fall building the movement we need to keep fracking out of Maryland permanently. That’s why, ultimately, Governor Hogan and our state lawmakers must follow the lead of Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York and put an outright ban on fracking. And why local elected leaders in counties and cities that sit atop known gas basins, from Garrett to Prince George’s, can and should take their own action and pass ordinances to keep fracking out.
As Governor Hogan’s administration weighs the fracking regulations due in October 2016, we know that the Governor himself was informed of the latest research findings. Concerned Health Professionals of Maryland and Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility sent a letter to Governor Hogan summarizing the alarming evidence of harm and calling on him to lead Maryland down a different, safer path:

We cannot sit by silently while Maryland residents are forced to become subjects in a large-scale public health experiment, as has happened in other states. You are uniquely positioned to lead Maryland away from this dangerous and unethical practice and to accelerate the transition to a renewable-energy based economy.

At CCAN, we couldn’t have said it better. Our health and our climate depend on keeping fracking out while speeding up our transition to truly clean energy resources like wind and solar. You can get involved with CCAN on both fronts throughout this fall and winter. We’re gearing up to pass legislation in 2016 to significantly expand Maryland’s renewable electricity standard. By requiring that 25 percent of our electricity come from clean sources by 2020, we can significantly improve Maryland’s air quality while preventing 50 to 110 premature deaths per year and increasing regional economic growth by $458 million to $1 billion annually due to better health outcomes.
Click here to learn how you can help protect our health from fracking. Click here to learn how you can help improve our health with clean energy!

Meet Hampton Roads Activist SheéLee Rock

Your age:  36
Where you live: About 10 years in the Kempsville area of Virginia Beach, VA.
Your profession: Mother of two, Childbirth Educator & Birth Doula. I teach couples how to have awesome birth experiences, and if I’m lucky, they choose me to support them through their labors. I have also supported many women in their goals of breastfeeding. It’s extremely gratifying work!
What are the impacts of climate change that hit closest to home for you? Each time it rains heavily in Hampton Roads we get flash flooding somewhere. It’s a huge safety issue for individuals and for schools responsible for transporting students. How will I make it to a laboring woman in downtown Norfolk during heavy rains? Second to safety is asset damage. Not just my own, but I’m very concerned about the local business owners who may lose their livelihoods by the damage flooding will inevitably cost them.
Why did you decide to get involved in taking action on climate? There are many issues I feel passionately about, including domestic violence prevention and the need for transparency in food labeling. However, when I look at prioritizing the “causes” I’m supporting, it’s just common sense. We cannot argue about anything or advocate any cause, if we are fighting for our lives and homes in a “Hurricane Katrina-type disaster.”
What has inspired you most working with CCAN and/or in your community? Grassroots organizations are, at their core, inspiring. When you witness local, concerned citizens who have a stake in the issue of climate change and coastal flooding volunteering their efforts to make change for the better, it’s hard not to feel that enthusiasm. It’s very motivating. I’ve been serving my community in many ways since a youth involved in Virginia’s 4-H programs. Activism is second nature to me. It’s something my husband and I are instilling in our girls.
What do you hope to see happen in the next year to address the impacts and causes of flooding in Hampton Roads? I’m looking forward to our wonderful state of Virginia getting on board with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). It’s time for them to join the 9 other east coast states in support of the first market-based regulatory program in the United States to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This twofold program is expected to bring in over $200 million dollars in yearly revenue that will be designated to combat flooding issues and to train coal workers in higher paying renewable energy fields. Wow!! You can’t help but to get excited about that!
What do you like to do when you’re not advocating in your community? My daughters, ages 11 & 2, keep me very busy! I also lead the young women’s youth group at church, enjoy volunteer work, and if there is any time leftover I can be found researching my favorite subjects like holistic nutrition and remedies, natural childbirth and politics.
Who would you high five? I’d like to hi five the nonpartisan and progressive leaders of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont who made the wise decision to adopt the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and whose states are already reaping the benefits of their wisdom; and Oprah, because she’s my hero! She’s overcome many serious obstacles in her life and manages to maintain a heart of service and a love for the human connection.

Over 160 Virginians offered testimony to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) as part of a 6-stop listening tour to receive public input on how Virginia should respond to President Obama’s recently announced Clean Power Plan (CPP). An overwhelming proportion of commenters, 146 in all, called on DEQ to develop a plan that meets and exceeds the required greenhouse gas reductions for Virginia.
Over the three weeks of listening sessions, climate supporters, organizations, and businesses, came out to speak. Solar and energy efficiency business owners touted potential opportunities to grow their operations and hire new employees under the new rules. Housing advocates discussed how homeowners and renters could receive lower electricity bills if Virginia’s implementation plan provides incentives for homeowners to improve their energy efficiency. Climate supporters passionately drove the moral necessity for action and coastal residents from Hampton Roads offered testimony on how sea level rise is already affecting their communities.
A common theme among many testifiers was a request that DEQ design a plan that would put Virginia on a path to joining a regional carbon cap program like the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). This would speed along the process outlined in legislation to be introduced once again in the General Assembly as the Virginia Coastal Protection Act. By joining RGGI, Virginia would enter a 9-state cap and trade system that has a track record of reducing emissions at the fastest rate in the country. RGGI would also generate revenue for Virginia to invest in climate solutions: energy efficiency programs, job training for out-of-work coal miners, and a host of flood protection measures for Hampton Roads.
With the hearings completed, CCAN and our partners will be looking towards the 2016 General Assembly session to pass the Virginia Coastal Protection Act. With over 90% of verbal comments to DEQ calling for bold climate action, the momentum is clearly on our side.
If you’d like to get involved with our campaign please email charlie@chesapeakeclimate.org or Harrison@chesapeakeclimate.org if you’re in Hampton Roads. If you haven’t already signed our petition calling on Governor McAuliffe and the General Assembly to support the Virginia Coastal Protection Act, you can do so by clicking here.

Virginia is facing an unprecedented expansion of fracked-gas infrastructure.
Just this morning, Mountain Valley applied for federal approval to build a $3.2 billion, 301-mile fracked-gas pipeline from northwestern West Virginia to southern Virginia. The Mountain Valley Pipeline is just one of four interstate gas pipeline projects currently proposed for the central Blue Ridge and Appalachian Mountain region of Virginia and West Virginia—along with Dominion’s 564-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Williams’ Appalachian Connector Pipeline, and the Columbia Pipeline Group’s WB Xpress Project.
Dominion this summer applied to build a $1.3-billion natural gas-fueled power plant in the southern Virginia county of Greensville. Dominion’s press release announcing its proposed 1600-megawatt gas plant also touted its 400 megawatts of planned solar generation—a mere quarter of the power that would be produced by its natural gas plant. This release serves to illustrate Dominion’s very clear preference for fossil fuels over renewables.
This rush to natural gas brings considerable consumer, health and climate risks. A growing number of studies show that natural gas is just as bad as coal for the climate. Greenhouse gas pollution is emitted as every step of the natural gas lifecycle, from fracking to piping to eventual burning of the gas. In addition to the climate concerns, each step presents a unique threat to human health, natural resources, and communities.
Virginia’s doubling down on natural gas also puts electricity consumers at risk, according to a new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Instead of moving toward cleaner, renewable energy, Virginia is ramping up its investment in natural gas. From 2008 to 2014, Virginia’s in-state electricity generation fueled by natural gas increased by 14.3 percent. Ninety-eight percent of new plants contemplated for the commonwealth will be powered by natural gas. In fact, Virginia is projected to install 12,500 megawatts of new natural gas capacity by 2017.
UCS warns that natural gas prices are volatile, leaving consumers open to price spikes. As the country moves to limit carbon emissions, overreliance on fossil fuels will cause utilities to saddle their customers with higher electricity rates to account for the cost of carbon. Plus, gas plants and pipelines are enormously expensive. As the country moves away from fossil fuels, customers could be on the hook for billions of dollars’ worth of underused, idled, or even abandoned plants and pipelines.
CCAN’s legal team is pushing back against Virginia’s rush to natural gas at every step. Today, CCAN filed a motion to intervene in the permit process for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. By intervening, we will become a formal party to the proceeding and reserve the right to challenge the approval in federal court. On behalf of CCAN and 15 other Virginia and West Virginia groups, our attorneys at Appalachian Mountain Advocates also filed with FERC a detailed protest opposing the pipeline and asking for an evidentiary hearing. We also plan to intervene in the Mountain Valley Pipeline proceeding as that process moves forward. Represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, we’re also formal participants in the State Corporation Commission’s review of Dominion’s proposed Greensville gas plant. Throughout these legal fights, we will argue that renewable energy – not more fossil fuels – is the right choice for Virginia.

By Monique Sullivan and Chad Oba
Monique Sullivan is Field Director at the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. Chad Oba is Chair of Friends of Buckingham County. This piece also ran on the blog Blue Virginia.
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Last month, over the continuing objections of landowners, Dominion Resources filed its official application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to build its proposed 564-mile, $5.1 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Now it’s FERC’s job to determine if Dominion’s pipeline serves a real public need and is the best option—given available alternatives—to satisfy that need.
Those are very important questions, especially when you consider that Dominion’s pipeline is the largest of four new gas pipeline projects proposed across the Appalachian and Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and West Virginia. The 300-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline is expected to file its application with FERC any day now. If both projects move forward, Virginians will face an unprecedented expansion of natural gas infrastructure. But for what end?
We know the case Dominion will make: that we need a more than $5 billion pipeline for the energy and jobs it could bring to Virginia. Those are both real public needs. But is a massive new conduit for a dirty, volatile fossil fuel the best way to meet them? What if, instead, Dominion spent its billions on a build-out of clean energy alternatives? A recent analysis by the Chesapeake Climate Action Network suggests this would be the far better deal for Virginia.
Using U.S. Energy Information Administration data and National Renewable Energy Laboratory modeling, we found that the more than $5 billion Dominion is proposing to spend on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline could conservatively fund the installation of enough solar panels [1] to power over 400,000 Virginia homes [2]. Installing and maintaining this solar industry would create 2,500 temporary construction jobs and support 216 permanent jobs annually [3].
This investment would leapfrog Virginia ahead of our neighbors, making us the number 2 state for cumulative installed solar capacity in the country, behind California. Right now we’re number 31.
If we invested the money in wind power projects, Dominion could fund the installation of enough wind turbines [4] to power nearly 500,000 Virginia homes [5]. Building this new industry would create over 7,000 temporary construction jobs and support 1,752 permanent jobs annually [6].
By contrast, the Dominion-commissioned Chmura analytical economy report predicted that the Atlantic Coast Pipeline would support 118 permanent jobs annually. And we have no guarantees about how much actual energy Virginians would get from the pipeline. The project would have a spur into Hampton Roads and potentially to other proposed Dominion gas plants, but the pipeline’s ultimate destination is North Carolina.
What else do we get for Dominion’s $5 billion investment in natural gas? We’d get a 75-foot-wide permanent scar through family farms and the heart of the East Coast’s remaining wild landscape, including the George Washington National Forest and the Appalachian Trail. We’d get significant safety risks, like the pipeline “blowout” in Appomattox, Virginia in 2008 that reportedly created a 1,000-foot high fireball, injured five residents, and damaged 95 homes. We’d get emissions of methane leaked from the pipeline and from the process of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” used to extract the gas. A growing number of studies show that reliance on fracked gas disrupts the climate on par with coal. So, we’d also get more climate impacts wreaking havoc on our families.
Investing that $5 billion in solar or wind power in Virginia would reduce carbon emissions [7] at a rate equal to taking over 600,000 or nearly 750,000 cars off the road [8] respectively. With rising seas already stranding Norfolk residents at high tide, freak flash floods damaging businesses in Roanoke, and weather extremes stressing our food supply everywhere, Virginia needs energy investments that will help stabilize—not further disrupt—our climate.
The comparison we’re making is not an abstract one. Buckingham County is at the center of this debate over Virginia’s energy future. The company Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC has purchased land to build a 41,000-horsepower compressor station—a facility that keeps the gas pressurized as it travels—in Buckingham County. Meanwhile, Virginia Solar LLC is applying for a permit to build a 20-megawatt solar energy facility just a few miles away. Scientific studies link air pollution from compressor stations to numerous negative health conditions. Add on groundwater contamination, unsafe noise levels, wildlife habitat loss, lowered property values and risk of on-site accidents, and the choice for Buckingham County residents is clear.
The choice should be clear for all of us. The clean energy alternative truly beats gas when you take the long view—which is part of FERC’s job. Wind and solar are mature technologies that are getting cheaper every day. In fact, utility-scale solar is now beating natural gas on price alone in many areas of the country. In applying for their permit, Virginia Solar noted that solar-generated electricity is rapidly becoming competitive with other forms of energy.
When it comes down to it, Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline is far from a necessary or prudent way to meet our energy needs. FERC must factor in the readily available alternative path to laying hundreds of miles of new gas pipeline through Virginia, and ultimately deny Dominion’s application. And Virginia’s leaders, especially Governor Terry McAuliffe, should stop stumping for it.

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1. “Lazard’s Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis – Version 8.0.” Lazard. Sep. 2014. <http://gallery.mailchimp.com/ce17780900c3d223633ecfa59/files/Lazard_Levelized_Cost_of_Energy_v7.0.1.pdf> Slide 11 estimates that the capital cost of utility-scale solar PV is $1,500/kilowatt.
2. U.S. Energy Information Administration. “2013 Average Monthly Bill- Residential.” 2014, <http://www.eia.gov/electricity/sales_revenue_price/pdf/table5_a.pdf> Based on capital costs assumptions, and a median 20.3% capacity factor, we assume a solar output of 5,631,220 megawatt-hours. The average monthly electricity usage in Virginia is 1,156 kilowatt-hours.
3. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. “About JEDI Photovoltaics Model.” N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2015. <http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/jedi/about_jedi_pv.html>. Calculated using the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Jobs and Economic Development Indicator (JEDI) “Scenario_PV_Model_rel._PVS3.24.14”
4. “Lazard’s Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis – Version 8.0.” Lazard. Sep. 2014. <http://gallery.mailchimp.com/ce17780900c3d223633ecfa59/files/Lazard_Levelized_Cost_of_Energy_v7.0.1.pdf> Slide 11’s high estimate of the capital cost of wind energy is $1,800/kilowatt.
5. U.S. Energy Information Administration. “2013 Average Monthly Bill- Residential.” 2014, <http://www.eia.gov/electricity/sales_revenue_price/pdf/table5_a.pdf> Based on capital costs assumptions, and a 30% capacity factor, we assume a solar output of 6,935,000 megawatt-hours. The average monthly electricity usage in Virginia is 1,156 kilowatt-hours.
6. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. “About JEDI Photovoltaics Model.” N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2015. <http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/jedi/about_jedi_pv.html>. Calculated using the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Jobs and Economic Development Indicator (JEDI) “Land-based Wind Model rel. W07.08.15”
7. Lucas, Kevin. EmPOWER and RPS Progress Update. Maryland Energy Administration, 21 May 2015. <http://www.mde.state.md.us/programs/Marylander/Documents/MWGHandout3MEA05212015.pdf>. Slide 15 estimates, based on the EPA 111(d) Base Case analysis that “PJM” — the electricity grid region in which Virginia is located — will have a carbon intensity of 1,124 lbs per megawatt-hour.
8. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “GHG Equivalencies Calculator – Calculations and References.” N.p., n.d. Web. <http://www2.epa.gov/energy/ghg-equivalencies-calculator-calculations-and-references#vehicles>

This is the week many of us have been waiting for. Pope Francis landed in DC last night with a warm welcome from President Obama. By now, he’s already chipping away at the busy schedule of his multi-city American tour. The few days that the Pope is present in the District marks a historic moment, one that I hope we all remember as groundbreaking for the climate.
These next few days will be hectic to say the least, but they will be bountiful in progress. This morning, in his first address to the American public, Pope Francis applauded President Obama’s efforts to curb emissions. And the Pope’s inclination to pontificate about climate action during his U.S. tour probably won’t stop there.
For the first time in history, a Roman Catholic Pope will be addressing a Joint Session of Congress. What makes this phenomenon more significant is that Pope Francis will speak on the heels of releasing a powerful teaching on climate change that holds no patience for the polarized politics of Congress. It’s a moral call to save our common home.
Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si’, calls on all men and women of good will to take a stand for the future of the home that we all share, not to mention to take a stand for each other.  Climate change is no longer just an environmental issue. It is a moral one. With so much opportunity to transition to clean energy, it is a shame that federal action on climate is largely at a standstill in the U.S. Congress. This is why we must come together to stand with the Pope and #FollowFrancis in his call for widespread, robust climate action across the political realm.
The Pope’s visit to D.C. has spurred action across the city. This week climate, social, faith and environmental activists alike have hosted a number of actions to call upon our leaders to take charge on addressing the injustice of climate change.  CCAN’s very own National Campaign Director, Ted Glick, has now been fasting with fellow Beyond Extreme Energy members for 16 days in a call to halt the approval of any new permits for fossil fuel projects by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Tonight the Franciscan Action Network is hosting an Interfaith Overnight Prayer Vigil where faith and civic leaders will offer inspiring messages of hope, justice and peace in light of a changing climate.
Perhaps one of the more crowd-attracting actions will occur tomorrow morning, September 24th, on the National Mall as the Pope addresses Congress. Thousands of people, from near and far, will gather on the Mall early tomorrow morning for the Moral Action for Climate Justice rally to follow Pope Francis’ lead and underscore the moral imperative of the climate crisis. Featuring prominent musical artists and over forty-five speakers, this rally will vocalize the immense support for action before our Congressional leaders as they listen to Pope Francis’ words.
As citizens of the United States, we have the power to exercise our civic duty and call upon our leaders to advance smart climate policies now. Our duty is more than just civic though – it is ultimately moral. The United States has such great untapped power to catalyze the clean energy revolution. Together we must ensure that America accomplishes a large-scale transition from a dirty fossil-fueled economy to one of clean power and minimized externalities. United together, we can step in that direction today.
Take action now by emailing your U.S. Representative and urging him or her to cosponsor the Healthy Climate and Family Security Act. This bill would force polluters to pay for the emissions they spew into our common home, while cycling 100% of the revenue back to American households. CCAN will be out on the National Mall tomorrow morning, rallying up support for this bill which would take on the biggest job on the planet – getting rid of carbon. Email your legislators now and then join us on the National Mall tomorrow morning at 7:30 AM to showcase your support for climate action. A carbon-free future is one that we deserve and we have an immense opportunity to make that future a reality. Let’s act now, together. The future is in our hands.

As a member of Free Your Voice, Destiny Watford has been a leader in fighting to prevent the nation’s largest waste-to-energy incinerator from being built in her Curtis Bay community in Baltimore.
After four years of organizing and countless actions, the company’s plans are indefinitely stalled. Earlier this year, the students of Free Your Voice successfully pressured both Baltimore City and Baltimore City Public Schools to vote to terminate their energy contract with the company, Energy Answers.
Free Your Voice, along with United Workers, is now pushing the Maryland Department of the Environment to give control over the proposed incinerator site back to the community, so they can pursue sustainable Fair Development alternatives.
Click here to watch the powerful video and sign the petition to the Maryland Department of the Environment!
Your name: Destiny Watford
Your age: 20
Where you live: Baltimore, Maryland, in a small community named Curtis Bay.
Where you go to school / what are you studying? I’m a junior at Towson University. I major in English, with a concentration in writing and Mass Communications, with a focus in P.R. and Advertising.
Why did you decide to get involved in taking action on stopping the incinerator?
I’m a member of Free Your Voice, a student led human rights group based out of my old high schooI, which is located in Curtis Bay. I was born and raised in Curtis Bay and, although we have a long history with air pollution and harmful developments that put our lives at risk, Free Your Voice decided as a group that enough is enough.
Just because Curtis Bay has always been treated as a dumping ground — a story similar to many other communities across the nation — doesn’t mean that the community has to stay voiceless. We can change the fate of our community.
What has inspired you most working in your community of Curtis Bay?
Curtis Bay is a community just like any other. My family, my friends, my teachers and neighbors all live and/or go to work in the community. My life is very much rooted in Curtis Bay. To have an incinerator that would be burning 4,000 tons of trash per day, emitting 240 pounds of mercury and 1,000 pounds of lead into the air every year — less than a mile from where I play with my baby nephew on the playground, where my little brother goes to school, and where so many of my family members work — is a perfect example of failed development. I wanted to have a hand in changing that.
What has impacted you the most in this fight?
The power of art, community, and youth. Art has played a very crucial role in our campaign. Throughout our fight to stop the incinerator we have expressed our concerns through a kaleidoscope of mediums – we wrote speeches, poetry, two of our group members wrote a fantastic rap about our struggle and our fight for clean air. And, without our neighbors and community members working together to change the fate of our community, we wouldn’t have made the progress that we did.
How do you plan to continue fighting the incinerator and fighting for Fair Development in Curtis Bay?
Well, our fight against the incinerator is still going strong. We have experienced major victories in our struggle. Due to pressure from the group, it was revealed that Energy Answers, the company building incinerator, had violated the Clean Air Act.
We’re making a transition in our campaign. Although we will still continue to fight the incinerator, we’re now exploring positive alternatives to the proposal. The incinerator site is 80 acres. We’re calling for community control of the land to develop truly green alternatives. Thus, breaking the cycle of failed development.
So, now we’re calling upon the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) to enforce the law and hold Energy Answers accountable so that we can move forward towards Fair Development.
To do this, the group created a video made up of friends, allies, and community members that have been involved in stopping and/or concerned with the incinerator project. (Sign our petition to MDE here.)
What do you like to do when you’re not advocating in your community?
When I’m not racing to finish a 10-page essay, scrambling to identify the square root of ‘x’, or trying to memorize need-to-know terms for finals, I could be found playing board games with my family and/or friends, binge-watching the latest netflix-craze, or reading.