Chesapeake Climate Action Network

Type: Organization

Name: Chesapeake Climate Action Network

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Blog Post: Protestors Confront Sen. Mark Warner Ahead of GMU Commencement

FAIRFAX, VA -- Approximately 30 students leaders, faculty and Virginians rallied today at a press conference in advance of Sen. Mark Warner’s George Mason commencement address Saturday to tell the Senator that they oppose the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. ... [Published Fairfax City Patch - May 18 2013]

Entities: Mark Warner, Oil Sands, George Mason

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Hybrid fees tax gas-saving drivers

MCLEAN, VA. ? John Kraus has a new Toyota Prius V hybrid wagon that hes very fond of. He also has new Virginia tax on it that hes none too happy about.Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, a Republican, signed a new law last month that lowers the gas tax for everyone ... [Published Asbury Park Press - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Sean Connaughton, Electric Vehicle

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Legislators fund windpower in MD, water quality projects in VA

Environmental losses include failure to pass moratorium on fracking and burning of liquid paper mill waste.Environmentalists won on wind farms and the uranium mining ban and lost on black liquor and fracking. Pesticides? Probably a draw. The legislative ... [Published Chesapeake Bay Journal - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Mike Tidwell, Menhaden, Hydraulic Fracturing

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Montgomery County still has too much smog, report says

Ozone levels ‘like a sunburn on your lungs’More NewsadvertisementThe air quality in Montgomery County received a mixed report from the American Lung Association Wednesday, earning an “F” for its levels of ozone pollution but showing improvement in its ... [Published Gazette.net - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Ozone, Pollution, Smog

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

United Steelworkers Union

Clagett's black liquor vote deserves praise

0 commentsWe applaud the recent decision of Delegate Galen Clagett to vote against HB 1102, commonly known as “black liquor.” This bill would have put the future of 870 jobs at a paper plant in Luke in jeopardy. Delegate Clagett has a great record on ... [Published Frederick News-Post - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Renewable Energy, Biomass, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Environment, United Steelworkers Union

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Offer Ends Soon, Act Now: Keystone Pipeline Public Comment Period Finishes Up On Monday

(Photo credit: David Gallagher) Worried that the disaster-for-the-climate Keystone XL pipeline will get construction approval to pump 51 coal plants’ worth of carbon into the atmosphere? Feel free to speak your mind. The last day that the State ... [Published Think Progress - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Oil Sands, Pipeline, Climate, Carbon

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Highlights: Blog entry CEO Note: Maryland Takes the Lead

by Andy Sharpless to ceo note, maryland, offshore wind, shark finningIf you’re a Marylander like me, this is a time to be proud. The Old Line State has stepped forward, making ocean conservation a priority and providing an example that other states would ... [Published Oceana - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Offshore Wind Energy, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Oceana (United States), Ocean Power

First reported Mar 26 2013 - Updated Mar 27 2013 - 1 reports

Enviros decry Virginia tax on hybrid cars

Environmentalists are unhappy with Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R)’s decision to retain a tax on hybrid vehicles in a transportation funding plan for the state. McDonnell reduced the amount of the tax from $100 per year to $64, his office announced on ... [Published E2-Wire - Mar 26 2013]

Entities: Hybrid Car, Taxes, Bob McDonnell

First reported Dec 28 2012 - Updated Dec 28 2012 - 1 reports

Virginia utilities, lawmakers to reform renewable energy policy

p>Virginia lawmakers, environmental groups and utilities are working to revamp the state's 2007 Electric Utility Re-Regulation Act, which is designed to bolster renewable energy generation. Stakeholders want to reform loophole in the law allows utilities ... [Published FierceEnergy - Dec 28 2012]

Entities: Renewable Energy, Ken Cuccinelli, Energy Policy

Quotes

..." Koch wrote that Kreutzer told her "there have always been 'variations in weather' so it makes sense to prepare for storms," but he warned "cities may waste money if their regulations are based on 'hysterical' projections of sea level rise."

Elliott Negin: Unreliable Sources 3: How the Media Help the Kochs & ExxonMobil Spread Climate Dis ... [Published Huffington Post - May 17 2013]

"What's not to like about getting better than 40 miles per gallon of gas?" asks Kraus. "Oh, wait - less revenue for Virginia. Well, excuse us for helping to reduce the nation's oil dependency."

New tax on Hybrids curbs cost-saving enthusiasm [Published News10Net - Apr 29 2013]

"Luke double-crossed us," Tidwell said. "We weren't expecting to have to run a full-blown campaign."

Legislators fund windpower in MD, water quality projects in VA [Published Chesapeake Bay Journal - Apr 29 2013]

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Blog Post: Protestors Confront Sen. Mark Warner... [Published Fairfax City Patch - May 18 2013]
Elliott Negin: Unreliable Sources 3: How the Me... [Published Huffington Post - May 17 2013]
Va. Beach 'Hands Across the Sand' set for Saturday [Published FOX WTTG Washington - May 15 2013]
New tax on Hybrids curbs cost-saving enthusiasm [Published News10Net - Apr 29 2013]
Hybrid fees tax gas-saving drivers [Published Asbury Park Press - Apr 29 2013]
Legislators fund windpower in MD, water quality... [Published Chesapeake Bay Journal - Apr 29 2013]
Montgomery County still has too much smog, repo... [Published Gazette.net - Apr 25 2013]
Clagett's black liquor vote deserves praise [Published Frederick News-Post - Apr 25 2013]
KXL 'Public Comment' Period Ends, But Climate A... [Published Common Dreams - Apr 22 2013]
Offer Ends Soon, Act Now: Keystone Pipeline Pub... [Published Think Progress - Apr 21 2013]
Highlights: Blog entry CEO Note: Maryland Takes... [Published Oceana - Apr 15 2013]
Enviros decry Virginia tax on hybrid cars [Published E2-Wire - Mar 26 2013]
A Voice for Climate, 40,000 Strong [Published TAPPED - Feb 18 2013]
Dozens Arrested Protesting Keystone XL Pipeline... [Published Ecology Global Network - Feb 13 2013]
Open thread for night owls: Will Skocpol's 'cap... [Published Daily Kos - Feb 04 2013]
Harvard professor has it right: U.S. climate pu... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Feb 01 2013]
Virginia utilities, lawmakers to reform renewab... [Published FierceEnergy - Dec 28 2012]
Big Victory against Big Coal by Small Group [Published Planetsave.com - Jul 19 2009]

Blogs

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Offer Ends Soon, Act Now: Keystone Pipeline Pub... [Published Think Progress - Apr 21 2013] (Photo credit: David Gallagher) Worried that the disaster-for-the-climate Keystone XL pipeline will get construction approval to pump 51 coal plants’ worth of carbon into the atmosphere? Feel free to speak your mind. The last day that the State ...
Enviros decry Virginia tax on hybrid cars [Published E2-Wire - Mar 26 2013] Environmentalists are unhappy with Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R)’s decision to retain a tax on hybrid vehicles in a transportation funding plan for the state. McDonnell reduced the amount of the tax from $100 per year to $64, his office announced on ...
A Voice for Climate, 40,000 Strong [Published TAPPED - Feb 18 2013] Drew Angerer/SIPA via AP Images Allison Chin, president of the Sierra Club, knows now is the moment to think big on climate. It’s been a year of “records”: A record number of droughts have hit towns across the country, record temperatures slowly roast ...
Dozens Arrested Protesting Keystone XL Pipeline... [Published Ecology Global Network - Feb 13 2013] Prominent environmentalists, civil rights activists and community leaders gathered in front of the White House today to signal their opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline and support for U.S. action on climate change. Credit: tarsandsaction; Shadia ...
Open thread for night owls: Will Skocpol's 'cap... [Published Daily Kos - Feb 04 2013] At Grist, Mike Tidwell writes Harvard professor has it right: U.S. climate push requires intense grassroots support around ‘cap-and-dividend’ bill :In the past three weeks there’s been much debate in U.S. environmental circles over a provocative new ...