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We work to effect change in public policy at local, state and national levels to directly address the threat of climate change. Sister org of @chesapeakeclimate.bsky.social 🔗https://ccanactionfund.org 📍DC, Maryland, Virginia, & WV.
#MoCo Council blocked a bill to create a data center task force. The proposed Dickerson facility could emit pollution equal to 200,000 cars if not powered by 100% clean energy. The County’s Climate Action Plan is at risk!
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#cleanenergy #climateaction #ai
Big win: Virginia just became the 2nd state to pass #BalconySolar, letting renters & condo dwellers plug into our affordable clean energy future. Many thanks to patrons @ssurovell.bsky.social & @paulkrizek.bsky.social! Next stop: Gov. Spanberger’s desk.
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#valeg
The solution to lower MD bills: The Break STRIDE Act (HB1253) is a proposal by Dylan Behler to repeal the STRIDE law, which provides customer-funded financial incentives to BGE and other gas utilities to replace gas pipes and equipment. #BreakSTRIDEAct #ElectricityBills
BGE has spent $1.4 billion on “Operation Pipeline,” its pipeline replacement program. If BGE completes its proposed $4 billion in gas pipeline spending, it could cost customers $19.5 billion to pay back, largely due to BGE’s profits. #BreakSTIRDE
MD consumer advocate, People’s Counsel David Lapp. Lapp and other consumer advocates argue that allowing Exelon, or any utility, to build in-state generation would put customers on the hook for the buildout and bear the risk of stranded assets.
HB1561/SB954 is the controversial proposal to enable a regulated utility to build generation in the state. Customers served by Exelon utilities, including Pepco, Delmarva Power, and BGE (a combined gas and electric utility) have faced rapidly rising delivery rates! #BreakSTRIDE
The House Environment and Transportation Committee is holding hearings on two pieces of legislation later today (HB1561 and HB1253) related to Baltimore Gas and Electric’s (BGE) “Operation Pipeline” pipe replacement program and proposal from the utility to build new power generation.
We're live from our Stop the BGE Money Grab press conference. Tune in: www.instagram.com/ccanactionfu...
“We need a commission that’s actually going to move forward planning for a managed and clean energy transition in the city. And we just feel like the current leaders haven’t shown over the last four years that they’re really willing to take that on.” wamu.org/story/26/03/...
Environmental leaders are sounding the alarm: the proposed Dickerson #datacenter could sink Montgomery County’s #climate goals. The Montgomery County Council needs to require 100% #cleanenergy for the proposed Dickerson data center. @gonatureforward.bsky.social
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Message your MD legislators and urge them to pass the Affordable Solar Act ASAP. @ccanactionfund.bsky.social
Thank you @creighdeeds.bsky.social for introducing SB465 to protect Virginia ratepayers & our energy future. Although this bill didn't pass, there is still time to pass data center reform. It's time to make sure big tech pays its fair share!
#datacenters #climateaction #valeg #ai
S/O to the nearly 100 D.C residents who testified at a council oversight hearing on the DC Public Service Commission on Friday. It's time for new leaders and lower bills!
S/O to the nearly 100 D.C residents who testified at a council oversight hearing on the DC Public Service Commission on Friday. It's time for new leaders and lower bills!
Big news: Data center reform has a real shot at passing in the Virginia legislature! We need you to speak up in support of SB 619 before a key House committee makes a decision.
Link: act.ccanactionfund.org/page/94415/1/1
#vasenate #datacenters #cleanenergy #climateaction #valeg #ai
Last week, nearly 200 Virginians showed up in downtown Richmond for Data Center Reform Lobby Day to demand lawmakers rein in #datacenters that are driving up bills, draining water, and disrupting communities across the Commonwealth. Read the full article: time.com/7377579/ai-d... #ai #climateaction
Loudoun County is becoming an industrial wasteland, unless our lawmakers act. #Datacenters must be responsibly planned and regulated to protect our air, water, and communities. Thank you to @natcpien.bsky.social for sharing words of wisdom as a long-time climate advocate at our VA Climate Lobby Day.
Thank you to Delegate Rip Sullivan for a powerful opening at today's VA Climate Lobby Day! You’ve probably seen the ads for #datacenters. But behind the spin, Virginians are STILL paying the price. HB 897 simply asks data center corporations to back their claims.
#valeg #cleanenergy #climateaction
Thank you @scvanvalkenburg.bsky.social for all your leadership these past three years to get us here! We need more solar in VA to lower energy bills and this bill does just that. #vasolar #cleanenergyva #valeg #climatejustice #climateaction #vapolitics #sustainablefuture #electricitybills
This bill has already been reported from the House of Delegates Committee on Counties, Cities & Towns with no testimony needed!!!
A bill that would protect Virginians from paying the price for Big Tech’s data centers just advanced out of a Senate committee. On Monday, SB 619 will head to the Senate Floor for a vote. Tell your legislator: Vote YES for Senate Bill 619!
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#datacenters #valeg
After repeated failures by @DC_PSC to keep energy bills down, advocates are urging the @councilofDC to pause new PSC appointments until the next mayor takes office. D.C. residents deserve a say in our energy future ccanactionfund.org/advocates-to...
Big thanks to @scvanvalkenburg.bsky.social for championing SB 347. This bill means more good-quality solar, lower electricity bills, and less climate pollution.
Support solar siting reform for an affordable energy future: act.ccanactionfund.org/page/92578/p...
#cleanenergy #valeg #climateaction
Thank you to Senator Kannan Srinivasan for sponsoring SB619 to make sure data centers FINALLY get state‑level review from the State Corporation Commission so we can protect our environment, our electric grid, and Virginia ratepayers.
#vasenate #datacenters #climateaction #valeg
Major thanks to @pwcdanica.bsky.social, who started our Data Center Reform Lobby Day today with a strong message: no amount of money or #SuperBowl ads can buy public trust, people power can't be beaten. @gonatureforward.bsky.social @cleanvirginia.org
#ai #datacenters #utilitybills #valeg
More than 50 local and national organizations, including
@aclu-dc.bsky.social @aft.org @ayudadmv.bsky.social @blackvotersmatterfund.org @clasp.org @ccanactionfund.bsky.social @dcdemocrats.bsky.social @dcfpi.bsky.social @dcjwj.bsky.social @dcvote.bsky.social @dfadcoalition.bsky.social (1/2)
Last week, Virginia’s Balcony Solar bill passed the Labor & Commerce Subcommittee with unanimous bipartisan support! Huge thanks to @paulkrizek.bsky.social for shouting out our work and championing clean energy progress.
#CleanEnergy #balconysolar #pluginsolar #VAleg #environmentaljustice
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! Read our blog to learn how Black communities have been, and continue to be, at the heart of climate justice in the DMV and beyond. Read the blog: ccan.substack.com/p/black-hist...
#BlackHistoryMonth #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateJustice #DMV #ActOnClimate
Most Virginians say data centers are driving up energy costs, draining water, and hurting communities, and they want state lawmakers to make Big Tech pay its fair share. Read the full article: www.wdbj7.com/2026/01/16/n...
#VAleg #datacenters #ai #energycosts #electricitybills
Virginians across the political spectrum are sounding the alarm: data centers are driving up our electricity bills, and state lawmakers need to make them pay their fair share. Read the full article: www.13newsnow.com/article/tech...
#VAleg #datacenters #ai #electricitybills
