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Could the RENEW Act provide taxpayer relief? 💰 Tune in to Jamie DeMarco and Sen. @vanhollen.senate.gov on Maryland Energy Talk as they discuss how Maryland is holding fossil fuel companies accountable to #MakePollutersPay. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/25fb... #RENEWAct #TaxpayerRelief

Text graphic that says "Offshore wind will bring health benefits, 67% of Eastern shore residents agree"

Let’s keep Maryland’s Eastern Shore beautiful and sustainable. #OffshoreWind energy helps reduce carbon emissions and preserve our natural resources.
You can learn more about how shore voices are standing up for wind at www.saveoceancity.net #ShoreVoicesMatter #SaveOceanCity

🚨 LIVE STREAM ALERT! 🚨
Join us in a few minutes for the #MD First-Day-of-Session Rally 🌎💪
Watch lawmakers & advocates push for the #RENEWAct & climate action. 🌱🌊
📺 Watch here: www.facebook.com/CCANActionFu...
#MakePollutersPay #ClimateAction

🚨 Urgent: Tell Your VA Leaders to Reject Handouts to Polluters! 🚨
Data centers are driving the overbuild of gas plants & pipelines in the Southeast, risking unnecessary infrastructure & pollution. Don’t let taxpayer money fund fossil fuels & Big Tech. act.ccanactionfund.org/page/79107/a...

Advocates target gas company spending as Ferguson tamps down bill savings expectations - Maryland Matters A day after legislative leaders announced a package of bills to lower Marylanders' electricity costs, Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) conceded Tuesday that the measures would provide...

A day after legislative leaders announced a package of bills to lower Marylanders' electricity costs, Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) conceded Tuesday that the measures would provide very little short-term relief.
marylandmatters.org/2025/02/05/a...

It's International Day of Women & Girls in Science

At @mongabay.bsky.social we have many women highly trained in science: PhDs & MSs +

Proud of our diversity! (we're also majority female and non-white fwiw)

Here's one of our biggest smarties' impressive output:

news.mongabay.com/by/liz-kimbr...

A wealth of evidence: PIK compiles 85,000 individual studies about climate policy 11.02.2025 – Research on climate policy is growing exponentially. Of the approximately 85,000 individual studies ever published on policy instruments for mitigating global heating, a good quarter are from 2020 or later. A study led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in the journal npj Climate Action, using machine learning methods, now shows how this vast knowledge is distributed – by instrument, country, sector and policy level – and identifies research gaps. A corresponding web tool, the “living systematic map”, will help to guide science and policy. It will be continuously updated to reflect the current state of research.

A wealth of evidence: Research institute compiles 85,000 individual studies about climate policy

Over a quarter of studies reviewed from 2020 or later; PIK shows knowledge distribution and identifies research gaps

www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

Obviously this is mega-upsetting for a lot of reasons, but among them:
1) a lot of these CBPs were still pretty mid
2) it took a *huge* amount of effort to get career DOE people generally on board with these ideas, and many got pretty enthusiastic about the potential for good. Now, that's punished.

Text graphic: Prioritize Safety, Not profits. Harzardous leaks in BGE's territory rose 35% from 2010 -2023. Pass the ratepayer Protection Act.

⚡Attention #MDGA25! Time to protect people, not profits. Maryland utilities have spent BILLIONS on new gas pipes, leading to massive rate hikes & profits, without protecting safety. Tell our legislators to pass the Ratepayer Protection Act. t.co/qa4Fx5wAVy

Photo of Gov. Moore with this text "Thank you Gov. Moore, for standing up to PJM and protecting Maryland families from spiraling electric bills!"

Major victory for electric ratepayers! Thx to @governorshapiro.bsky.social & @govwesmoore.bsky.social
for leading the way against @pjminterconnection.bsky.social
rate hikes! Real savings for 65 million people! Learn more about PJM & the fight for cheaper, cleaner electricity: bit.ly/moorepjm

Proud to stand with AG Brown, MD OPC, Del. Embry, Sen. Washington, @mddc.1199seiu.org @zekecohen.bsky.social, CCAN, AARP MD, to call on the MD legislature to provide utility customers relief and to end wasteful gas utility spending by passing the Ratepayer Protection Act. pirg.org/maryland/med...

Moore sides with Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro in dispute over utility bill surge Moore joined the governors of Illinois, New Jersey and Delaware in sending a letter to federal utility regulators pointing the finger at PJM Interconnect, the regional grid operator, for a looming jum...

" @govwesmoore.bsky.social joined the governors of Illinois, NJ & Delaware to echo GovernorShapiro
in a letter last week calling on federal utility regulators to lower the cap on prices at an upcoming @pjminterconnection.bsky.social electricity auction." thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...

Headline: "Trump's Climate Orders & Maryland's Budget Crisis Demand Bold Action Now" superimposed over view of Chesapeake Bay.

"Maryland must act decisively to secure its climate resilience and economic stability — and we can start by making polluters pay for their lies and the damage they’ve caused." Thank you
@jlmizrahi.bsky.social archive.ph/4V1RG

Cleaner electricity mix helps to cut German emissions by 3% in 2024 – think tank

But: “Rising industrial emissions in a stagnating economy show how urgently we need structural climate protection measures,” said @agoraew.bsky.social Ger dir Müller

www.cleanenergywire.org/news/cleaner... #climate

Germany's electricity mix in 2024 'cleanest ever' – researchers

www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germany... #renewables #solar #PV #windpower

Maryland’s pollution problem is coming from inside the house | GUEST COMMENTARY Maryland has a pollution problem, and the source is close to home, Tim Oberleiton and Susan Miller write.

"By enacting critical reforms, the PSC can foster a robust market for efficient, state-of-the-art electric equipment that will lower bills by reducing energy waste." @Earthjustice www.baltimoresun.com/2024/12/19/m...

"Send your wish list for energy efficient homes to our utility regulator. Tell the Maryland Public Service Commission we want more clean energy investments in 2025!"

This holiday season let the Maryland Public Service Commission know that on your wish list is healthy energy efficient homes! 🖊️Click the link to send your virtual letter today!! 📬 upgrademaryland.org/take-action

Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Reflection On A Remarkable 2024 www.interfaithchesapeake.org/remarkable_y...

Episcopal Church completes divestment from fossil fuel industry [Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church announced Dec. 11 that it had divested entirely from the fossil fuel industry – marking the culmination of a decade-long shift toward environmentally c…

The Episcopal Church divests from fossil fuel, entirely!
episcopalnewsservice.org/2024/12/11/e...

Join us Dec. 14, 1-3 pm to send holiday postcards to Maryland’s utility regulators, as part of Upgrade Maryland’s campaign for affordable, clean energy in the state, at Baltimore’s Ministry of Brewing.

@thirdactorg.bsky.social #CleanEnergy #CleanAir #AffordableEnergy #UpgradeMaryland

.@BOEM just approved the Construction and Operations Plan for the Maryland #OffshoreWind Project, the nation’s 10th commercial-scale project! This project will generate 2 GW of reliable electricity, powering over 718,000 homes and businesses. bit.ly/4f2WVsD

Trump tried to cancel Chesapeake Bay funding. Could he succeed this time? Trump attempted to slash funding for the Annapolis-based Chesapeake Bay Program in all four years of his presidency. Though Congress ultimately blocked those proposals, Maryland environmentalists are ...

The last time Donald Trump was president, his administration tried to slash federal funding for the Chesapeake Bay cleanup to zero. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...

New coal mining licences will be banned Legislation will be introduced to restrict licences for new coal mines as UK embraces clean energy future.

🚨The UK government today announced a complete ban on all new coal mines. This is a pretty historic moment in the story of energy and, in many ways, our relationship with our planet.

Big oil firms knew of dire effects of fossil fuels as early as 1950s, memos show Newly unearthed documents contain warning from head of Air Pollution Foundation, founded in 1953 by oil interests

Major oil companies, including Shell and precursors to energy giants Chevron, ExxonMobil and BP, were alerted about the planet-warming effects of fossil fuels as early as 1954, newly unearthed documents show.
#JustStopAndCleanUpFossilFuels
#BigOilCrimes #uspoli
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Study: Maryland reduced emissions more than any other state in recent years In recent years, Maryland reduced its greenhouse gas emissions more than any other state, a new study says.

"Between 2005 & 2022, MD reduced its GHG emissions by a greater % than any other state, according to a national study... The study...shows that MD reduced its globe-warming emissions 36% ...Washington, D.C., took 2nd place, Maine and New Hampshire close behind." www.baltimoresun.com/2024/11/13/s...

Key fact: clean energy technologies are vastly more efficient than fossil fuels technologies.

Great visual RMI.

"California has used a quarter less natural gas to generate electricity this year than last because its solar panels and batteries have finally achieved critical mass. A quarter less natural gas in a year in the world’s fifth-largest economy"

Plenty of good #Climate and Climate adjacent #StarterPacks but how about a good 🧵that makes them all super easy to find and follow? I'm glad I asked. Here you go!
#ClimateChange #Renewables #EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy #Advocacy #Activism bsky.app/starter-pack...