Clean Currents, LLC, a DC area sustainably-operated clean energy business announced today that it is sponsoring SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Continue reading
Clean Cars Passes in MD 2007 Legislative Session
March 28, 2007 –The Clean Cars Act has been approved with no significant amendments by both the Maryland House and the Senate and is virtually guaranteed to pass out of Conference Committee this legislative session, which ends on April 9th. The Clean Cars Act regulates carbon dioxide emissions from all cars sold in Maryland and ensures that the state will greatly reduce its contribution to global warming.
DC Council Introduces Clean Car Bill
Today the Clean Cars Bill was introduced in the DC City Council by At-Large council member Phil Mendelson, Ward 6 council member Tommy Wells and Ward 3 council member Mary Cheh. The bill addresses automobile pollution that greatly contributes to global warming and human health problems such as asthma while also strengthening the current standards for automobile emissions that form smog and carcinogens like benzene. Continue reading
Memo to Dominion Virginia Power: The Earth is Warming
What planet do the lobbyists for Dominion Virginia Power live on? The Earth the rest of us inhabit is suffering from the Continue reading
Montgomery County Unveils Clean Energy Reward Program
Montgomery County has adopted a unique new approach to encouraging the transition to a clean energy future. Now residents and businesses in the county will get cash back for their clean energy purchases. Continue reading
U.N. Says 2005 Set Greenhouse Gas Record
Heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2005 and are still increasing, the U.N. weather agency said Friday. Continue reading
Richmond Signs onto Mayors Climate Protection Agreement
During a presentation at City Hall today, the Sierra Club and Chesapeake Climate Action Network celebrated Mayor L. Douglas Wilder Continue reading
Hybrid Hustle – Hop to it for best tax breaks
If you are thinking of purchasing a Prius or a Camry Hybrid, you might want to act sooner than later. Continue reading
Groups Applaud Governor's Commtiment to Renewable Energy
Two of the leading clean energy/global warming groups in Maryland applauded Governor Ehrlich Continue reading
Mirant Chalk Point Power Plant Facing 14,000 Pollution Violation
The Environmental Integrity Project and three Maryland groups — Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Maryland Public Interest Group and Patuxent Riverkeeper — have filed notice that they intend to sue the Mirant Corporation Chalk Point Power Plant in Prince George Continue reading