Skip to content

Blog

DC Summers Are Getting More Extreme and Expensive – Who’s Responsible?

August 4, 2026 / ccan-intern / , ,
By Macy Brigham-Hill, DC Campaign Intern, Chesapeake Climate Action Network Growing up in the Nation’s Capitol, I spent my summers climbing trees, exploring Rock Creek Park, playing sports, going to
Read More

Why Virginians Are Paying Billions for Dominion’s Data Center Gas Plant 

May 28, 2026 / Victoria Higgins / , ,
Op-Ed by Victoria Higgins, CCAN Action Fund’s Virginia Director, initially published in Richmond Times Dispatch.   Make it make sense: At a time when Virginians’ bills are being hit by soaring fuel
Read More

Who’s Waiting for Trump? The World is Taking Steps to Make Polluters Pay 

May 13, 2026 / Denise Robbins / ,
By Denise Robbins, CCAN Communications Team In London, nations at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) advanced a proposal for a net-zero framework on maritime shipping, functionally creating the world’s first-ever
Read More

Why Chicago’s 1995 Heatwave Was More than a Weather Disaster

April 24, 2026 / ccan-intern / ,
By Olivia Bahena Sahagún, Federal Carol Brantley Climate Justice Fellow, Chesapeake Climate Action Network In July 1995, Chicago endured one of the deadliest climate disasters in U.S. history. A heatwave
Read More

Protecting Black Futures in the Climate Crisis Must Include FEMA Reform 

February 26, 2026 / Gabrielle Walton /
By Gabby Walton, Federal Campaigns Coordinator, Chesapeake Climate Action Network Black History Month is more than remembrance; it is a call to protect and enhance Black futures. Each February, we
Read More

Saving Trees, One Vine Removal at a Time

February 25, 2026 / Meredith Prescott /
By: Meredith Prescott, Invasive Vines Program Manager, Chesapeake Climate Action Network When we launched the invasive vine removal program in the fall of 2024, I was bracing myself for an
Read More

A Climate Activist’s Journey and Call for Research into Potential Plan B 

February 13, 2026 / Quentin Scott /
By Quentin Scott, Federal Policy Director, Chesapeake Climate Action Network  I recently celebrated my 5th anniversary at Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN), and I realized that, when I started here,
Read More

After Brazil Climate Talks, Thank God There’s Research Into a Plan B

January 27, 2026 / Mike Tidwell /
By Mike Tidwell, Executive Director, Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) “We are moving in the right direction but at the wrong speed.” That was the key message from Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio
Read More

Gridlocked

December 19, 2025 / Jake Schwartz /
LTE by Jake Schwartz, CCAN Federal Campaigns Manager, initially published in the Philadelphia Inquirer The Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection, the powerful but little-known operator of our region’s electric grid, is currently tasked
Read More

Texas shows that solar works 

December 12, 2025 / CCAN Supporter /
LTE by Jamie DeMarco, CCAN’s former Maryland Director, initially published in the Baltimore Sun. The recent op-ed, “Rising energy costs demand action in Maryland,” omits the most basic fact of
Read More
Load More