Climate Change and Clean Energy

Climate change is impacting us. And it’s not good. Pollution from power plants and other sources is affecting our food, our air, and our water. It’s super-sizing things like hurricanes and droughts. If we don’t take action, it’s only going to get worse. 

Massachusetts Climate Strike
Massachusetts

Tell Governor Baker to Sign the Climate Roadmap!

The Massachusetts House and Senate have finalized the Climate Roadmap bill and sent it to Governor Baker to sign -- S.2995, An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy. 

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Michigan

Support Michigan Clean Water and Green Energy Budget Investments

Governor Whitmer has proposed several important investments to rebuild our water infrastructure, protecting children from lead poisoning, and investing in clean energy and energy efficiency.

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Rhode Island

Take Action: Beach, Clean Water and Green Economy Bond

Urge your Rhode Island State Representatives to prioritize the Beach, Clean Water, and Green Economy bond when they reconvene.

Tell your legislators: there's still work to do on the Beach, Clean Water, and Green Economy Bond!
Maryland

Bring offshore wind and onshore jobs to Maryland!

Tell the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to approve Maryland's offshore wind farms without unnecessary and harmful restrictions that could make the projects impossible to complete.

Bring offshore wind and onshore jobs to Maryland!
New Jersey

Drinking Water at Risk: Please urge your Governor to enact a fracking ban in the Delaware River Watershed

Clean Water Action, along with a diverse group of organizations from the watershed states, is calling on the governors of our states (NY, NJ, PA, and DE) to vote NO on these proposed rules.

Act Now to Stop Fracking and Fracking Related Activities in the Delaware River Watershed

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Great news for agriculture and solar power in Montgomery County!
February 26, 2021

Great news! On Tuesday, the Montgomery County Council finally passed ZTA 20-01, the long-debated zoning amendment to open the Agricultural Reserve to non-accessory solar. Critically, six Council members - Craig Rice, Andrew Friedson, Gabe Albornoz, Nancy Navarro, Sidney Katz, and Will Jawando - stood firm in favor of amendments supported by agricultural, environmental, and food security stakeholders to protect the Ag Reserve's highest-quality soils that are actually farmed and the legal structure that protects it as a whole.

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Environmental Justice & Climate Change at the Forefront of New Transportation Investments in NJ
February 17, 2021

Just months after announcing groundbreaking environmental justice legislation, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has announced a trio of environmental actions, including over $100 million in new transportation investments to tackle the climate crisis, reduce pollution in communities of color and high-poverty areas, and create new jobs.

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Support HB0332: Burning Trash is Not Clean Energy!
February 4, 2021

Today, the House Economic Matters Committee is holding a hearing on HB0332, legislation to reform Maryland's Renewable Portfolio Standard - a program intended when it was created in 2004 to promote new wind and solar development.

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