Press Releases

Indie Folk Musician and DC Climate Activist Vienna Teng Performs at the 20th Annual CCAN Polar Bear Plunge

February 18, 2025

As Threats to Climate Progress Intensify, Hundreds of Activists Were Freezin’ for a Reason: Raise Funds for Critical Climate Campaigns Takoma Park, MD – On Saturday, February 15, the Chesapeake

Lengths of pipe placed the ground along the under-construction Mountain Valley Pipeline near Elliston, Virginia, U.S. September 29, 2019. Picture taken September 29, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller (Newscom TagID: rtrleleven529716.jpg) [Photo via Newscom]

Violation-Riddled MVP Developer Submits Request to Alter Southgate Pipeline

February 4, 2025

CCAN highlight: “Mountain Valley Pipeline has spent decades trying to break and bend the rules to rush through unnecessary, dangerous methane gas pipelines that put communities and vulnerable ecosystems at

Long-awaited DOE Report Makes Crystal Clear LNG Exports are NOT in Public Interest

December 17, 2024

Biden Administration’s Dept. of Energy analysis of Liquified Natural Gas exports shows Americans are negatively impacted, especially communities of color. WASHINGTON, DC – The Biden Administration’s Department of Energy today

Judge Rules: Governor Youngkin Effort to Pull Virginia Out of RGGI was Illegal

November 20, 2024

RICHMOND, VA – The Floyd County Circuit Court ruled today that Gov. Glenn Youngkin administration’s decision to direct the Air Pollution Control Board to end Virginia’s participation in the Regional

Broad Coalition of 34 Environmental and Clean Energy Groups Unite to Oppose PJM’s Proposal to Fast-Track Natural Gas Projects

November 18, 2024

RICHMOND, VA — A coalition of 34 groups from across the mid-Atlantic region today released a letter announcing their united opposition to a new proposal by PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM)

After Weeks of Historic Climate Disasters, Dominion Plans More Fossil Fuels

October 15, 2024

RICHMOND, VA — Today, Dominion Energy released its 2024 Integrated Resource Plan, a planning document that contemplates keeping all of the monopoly utility’s 19 fossil fuel generators online and building

Over 10,000 Climate Disaster Survivors and Their Allies Demand Federal Investigation of Big Oil for Climate Crimes

August 15, 2024

Chesapeake Climate Action Network and Public Citizen delivered today a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) demanding that it hold oil and gas companies accountable for fueling climate-driven disasters such as floods, fires, hurricanes, and extreme heat that have destroyed property and taken innocent lives.

Chesterfield Residents, Community, and Climate Groups Rally Amid Fresh Zoning Challenges to Dominion Gas Plant

July 24, 2024

Dozens of concerned citizens call for the Board to protect health and climate CHESTERFIELD, VA – Today, dozens of concerned Chesterfield County residents rallied at the monthly Chesterfield Board of

CCAN Celebrates Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind Proposal as Key Step for Clean Energy

July 9, 2024

"Wind, solar, energy efficiency, and other clean technologies are our future and Virginia is rising to meet the occasion. This project will help us leave dirty fossil fuels where they belong -- in the past.”

Survivors of Climate Disasters Share Stories and Call for Fossil-Fuel Polluters to be Held Accountable

June 7, 2024

Survivors of numerous disasters driven by climate change yesterday called for fossil fuel companies to be held legally accountable for their crimes, inflicting massive damage on public health and the climate as well as lying to the public for decades about their culpability.