CSGA Events
Movie Night
Friday, August 24, 7 PM
Annapolis Friends Meeting House
Events of Interest to CSGA
A Plastic Ocean / Havre de Grace Green Team
Aug 16, 7 PM - Havre de Grace Maritime Museum
Base Build at Denton Summerfest / No Eastern Shore Pipeline
Aug 18, 1 PM - Denton
Days of Action vs Wells Fargo / Climate First
Aug 24, 11:30 AM - Washington
Days of Action vs Wells Fargo / Climate First
Aug 24, 11:30 AM - Washington
News, Information, and Opinion of Interest to CSGA
Should we concentrate farming in a small area, or spread it out to reduce the environmental impact? It's a dilemma farmers face as they feed a growing planet. A new study weighs in.
Inquiry Ends Into Exxon Mobil’s Accounting Tied to Climate Change - The New York Times
The investigation focused on how the company calculated the potential costs of complying with regulations meant to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
A major coal company is throwing itself into a residential battle against a planned offshore wind farm on Lake Erie.
Cost of Coal: Electric Bills Skyrocket in Appalachia as Region’s Economy Collapses | InsideClimate News
As natural gas and renewables get cheaper elsewhere, residents in Appalachia are stuck paying for coal-fired power plants that no longer make economic sense.
Maryland requires three coal power plants to limit arsenic, mercury water pollution starting in 2020 - Baltimore Sun
Maryland is requiring three coal power plants to limit the amount of mercury, arsenic and other metals they release into the Potomac and Patuxent rivers starting in 2020. State environmental regulators issued the water discharge permits to the Chalk Point, Dickerson and Morgantown power plants.
Portland’s efforts to crack down on fossil fuels just won big – ThinkProgress
The "green wall of resistance" sees some reinforcement from the courts.
But there's still reason for hope: Another similar suit is headed to a federal court.
Too big to fail: How one gas company can leave a mark on Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
With the state’s history of abandoned coal sites, regulators are trying to prevent gas well operators from doing the same. And they sound urgent.
Huge Los Angeles gas leak leads to $120 million settlement | The Sacramento Bee
A California gas utility has reached a settlement with state and local governments to pay $120 million after the nation's largest known release of climate-changing methane drove thousands of people from their homes.
Leading scientists warn that passing such a point would make efforts to reduce emissions increasingly futile.
Maryland launches community solar program, creating new green energy opportunities — but also potential conflicts - Baltimore Sun
Maryland has launched a pilot program allowing anyone to power their home with solar energy — even if they rent their home or live in an apartment or condo.
Loudoun County activists protested the Confederate monument in downtown Leesburg Sunday morning by briefly covering it with a tarp.
Federal authorities halted work on the massive Mountain Valley Pipeline this month after an appeals court ruled that federal agencies neglected to follow environmental protections.
A federal court in Montana has ruled that TransCanada must conduct an additional environmental review before it moves forward with the alternative route that has been approved for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline.
The Energy 202: How to get Trump to sign climate legislation? Put it in a defense bill. - The Washington Post
The Pentagon is preparing for climate change, even if other agencies aren't.
Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change - The New York Times
We knew everything we needed to know, and nothing stood in our way. Nothing, that is, except ourselves. A tragedy in two acts.
Given the inevitability of more storms and flooding as climate change gets more powerful, one thing is clear: Maryland and the federal government cannot relent from our commitment to programs that have yielded strong results in our fight against Chesapeake Bay pollution.
DNC Will Take Fossil Fuel Money After All | EcoWatch
Just two months after the Democratic National Committee (DNC) unanimously prohibited donations from fossil fuel companies, the DNC voted 30-2 on a resolution that critics say effectively reverses the ban.
The Ocean Research Project — Matt Rutherford and Nicole Trenhold — is back in Greenland for more research on water temperatures and glaciers, among other things.