Blog posts from around the country
Maryland Chapter
The following is a guest post by Suzannah Mullen, a local progressive activist with Our Revolution Baltimore who MC’d last week’s Beyond Coal Forum, and worked with the Maryland Sierra Club on planning and outreach for the event.
Virginia Chapter
"contrary to Dominion Energy’s propaganda, the company plans to cut carbon emissions by only about 1% per year between now and 2030, a slower pace than it has achieved in the past."
Ohio
The House passed a major defense spending bill today that includes important amendments requiring the Defense Department and the Environmental Protection Agency to monitor and clean up the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS.
Montgomery County / Maryland Chapter / Maryland
Getting Montgomery Closer to Zero Waste: Panel Discussion
Washington DC Chapter
DC Chapter Vice Chair Catherine Plume wrote to the DC Council requesting that the Polystyrene Food Service and Loose Fill Packaging Prohibition Act be expanded to include polystyrene coolers.
North Carolina Chapter
North Carolina lawmakers are shuffling bills on and off the House and Senate calendar as they seek better odds for passage - and a way to fix a budget impasse - in what might be the session's waning days. Cassie Gavin warns that there may be more to…
Wisconsin Chapter
Today, we partnered with 350-Milwaukee to deliver our petitions to We Energies calling on them to stop the attack on consumer-generated clean energy and give up efforts to impose a solar tax on residential and commercial solar installations.
Ohio
Ohio House Bill 6 is a huge proposed bailout for FirstEnergy, the electric utility that owns Ohio’s two nuclear power plants, Davis-Besse and Perry, both located on Lake Erie where they threaten the drinking water of millions.