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Maryland
Maryland is uniquely situated as a state that is particularly vulnerable to climate change and well-positioned to take action. The state has been a leader in clean energy solutions, thanks in large part to CCAN and our allies. However, the state still gets a majority of its electricity from burning dirty fossil fuels including coal, oil, and gas.
CCAN Campaigns
The movement to create cleaner, healthier, all-electric new homes and buildings is lighting up the country. CCAN has a bold vision that Maryland will become a leader in this movement. Building electrification would benefit community members by giving them access to cleaner air, healthier homes, good jobs, affordable clean energy, and energy efficiency to reduce monthly energy bills. Learn More>>
Legislative campaigns are a project of our advocacy arm, CCAN Action Fund.
For more on legislation and to help us pass historic climate policies on every level, click here.
For decades, fossil fuel companies have been ramping up emissions in the name of ever-higher profits. And now, with unprecedented heat records, thousand-year storms, and hellish wildfires, we are the ones paying the price. Taxpayers are getting stuck with skyrocketing bills for climate disasters. We need YOUR help telling Maryland lawmakers to take groundbreaking action. Read more here –>
Interested in getting more involved with the Chesapeake Climate Action Network? Looking for some help on how to get started?
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What is an Organizer? CCAN organizers educate, agitate, and organize people in their regions to take action on climate justice issues. This enables us to think big, build sustained power, and win on transformative climate policy. The first step to organizing is building relationships. Please reach out to an organizer, they would love to learn more about you, your interests, and talk to you about you can get plugged into our impactful work.
“Organizers challenge people to act on behalf of shared values and interests. They develop the relationships, understanding, and action that enable people to gain new understanding of their interests, new resources, and new capacity to use these resources on behalf of their interests.”
–Marshall Ganz, co-founder of the United Farmworkers of America
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Past Campaigns
Maryland could become the East Coast manufacturing hub for this growing industry, putting us at the forefront of clean energy development and reducing our reliance on harmful fossil fuels. Wind farms proposed for Ocean City, Maryland could generate enough energy to power over 500,000 homes and steel fabrication sites throughout the state will service wind turbine projects up and down the east coast. Learn more >>
Landfills are not just smelly. They’re also Maryland’s largest source of methane pollution — an extremely powerful greenhouse gas. That’s why we took action to address this issue by fighting for strong landfill methane regulations while working to reduce landfill waste statewide. Learn More>>
We are in a “code red” climate emergency according to the world’s top scientists, and the only way to fix it is by reducing carbon pollution 60 percent by 2030. This means bold decarbonization in the top-emitting sectors: transportation, electricity, and buildings. In 2019, we tackled the electricity sector by passing the Clean Energy Jobs Act. Now, the Climate Solutions Act takes on buildings and the transportation sector while committing to bolder emissions reduction goals and climate action on the state level. Learn more >>
TransCanada—the same company behind the Keystone XL pipeline—is threatening Maryland communities and the drinking water of hundreds of thousands with a proposed pipeline. And the Potomac Pipeline, which would transport fracked-gas under the Potomac River and the C&O Canal, is just the beginning: Governor Hogan intends to “kick-start” an expansion of fracked-gas pipelines in Maryland. Learn more >>
In 2019, we worked with a power movement supported by more than 650 community, labor, faith, business, climate, and environmental groups from across Maryland to pass the Clean Energy Jobs Act. This bill requires 50% of Maryland’s electricity to comes from renewable sources by 2030, and sets the stage for a future powered by 100% clean, renewable electricity. Learn more >>
Crude oil terminals pose significant safety risks to South Baltimore and the city as a whole, particularly when trains carrying crude oil traverse the city’s outdated rail lines. A crude oil train explosion could threaten thousands of Baltimore residents, local property, and the environment. That’s why we worked with our allies to pass the Crude Oil Terminal Prohibition to zone out new crude oil terminals in Baltimore City. And this bill passed in March 2018! Learn more >>
With the help of a powerful grassroots movement, we passed a permanent statewide ban on fracking in Maryland in 2017. Now, our communities will be forever protected from the dangerous form of gas drilling. A great victory! Learn more >>
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