Maryland’s Data Center Backlash Is Growing. Here’s What Comes Next
October 22, 2026
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CCAN Action Fund released a new statewide poll, conducted by Global Strategy Group, that shows a whopping 92% of likely voters believe state lawmakers are failing to properly manage the rapid growth of data centers in the Commonwealth. They want action!
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Maryland communities are hitting pause on the data center boom and momentum is growing. Nearly 90% of Marylanders now live in a county or city with some form of data center ban or pause.Read our latest blog, then join CCAN and Nature Forward on November 7 in Baltimore for the People Over Data Centers: Maryland Action Summit. RSVP here: chesapeakeclimate.org/peopleoverdatacenters/#baltimore #ClimateAction #EnvironmentalJustice #CleanEnergy #ActOnClimate #climatejustice #PeopleOverPolluters #ClimatePolicy#DataCenters #AI
We hosted an SRM Research Hub Crawl during #NewYorkClimateWeek to explore what responsible research into solar reflective methods could look like and who should help shape it.Our position is clear: Research is not deployment. CCAN does not support deploying SRM, and nothing replaces cutting carbon pollution. But the public deserves answers about the risks, the science, and the safeguards. Read the blog here: ccan.substack.com/p/the-srm-conversation-is-growing-nearly#ClimateScience #ClimateAction #ClimatePolicy #SolarGeoengineering #SRMresearch #ClimateResearch #climatejustice #CleanEnergy #EnvironmentalJustice #climatesolutions
Last Tuesday, CCAN and Sierra Club had an Action Night with VCU students and CCAN members, learning more about the negative impacts of NextEra Energy's proposed acquisition of Dominion energy. We followed the presentation with action stations, including public comment submission, poster making, and getting involved, including signing up for our march on 11/17. If you are interested in getting more involved, register for the 11/17 march: actionnetwork.org/events/stop-nextera-day-show-up-for-the-sccs-nextera-hear#vcu#dominionnexteramergere#CleanEnergyn#DataCentersn#AIs#ClimateActionc#EnergyAffordabilityi#vacleanenergyn#vaelectricitybillsBills
CCAN is joining Ward 7 residents in calling for NO GAS AT RFK! It’s the law — the new stadium should be built with 100% clean energy. But the Commanders want an exemption so they can burn dirty fossil fuels on site. @fokpcivic, @sierraclubdc, @washingtoninterfaithnetwork, @rfk.futureJoin the RFK for All coalition at a community assembly on November 10 to learn more and take action for no gas at RFK: actionnetwork.org/events/rfk-for-all-fall-assembly/#DCUtilityAssistance #ClimateJustice #PeopleOverProfit #ClimateAction
