Events & News - Feb 8
- CSGA
- Feb 8, 2018
- 4 min read
CSGA Events
CSGA General Business Meeting
Thursday, February 8, 7 PM
Annapolis Friends Meeting House
CSGA Movie Night
Friday, February 9, 7 PM
Annapolis Friends Meeting House
Climate Change Speakers Series
Thursday, February 15, 7 PM
Annapolis Friends Meeting House
Events of Interest to CSGA
Rally for a Safety Study / We Are Cove Point
Feb 8, Noon - Lawyer's Mall, Annapolis
Monthly Meeting / Citizens' Climate Lobby, Annapolis Chapter
Feb 10, 12:45 PM - Unitarian Universalist Church, Annapolis
Annual Meeting / Climate First!
Feb 11, 1:30 PM - Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library, Washington
Hearing on Maryland Metro Funding Act HB372 / Maryland House Appropriations Committee
Feb 13, 1 PM - House Office Building, Annapolis
Hearing on Dominion's Charles Station compressor station / Charles County Board of Appeals
Feb 13, 7 PM - Charles County Government Building, La Plata
Rally for a Safety Study / We Are Cove Point
Feb 15, Noon - Lawyer's Mall, Annapolis
Hearing on Public Service Commission Public Notice and Hearing Requirements HB715 / Maryland House Economic Matters Committee
Feb 15, 1 PM - House Office Building, Annapolis
Rally for a Styrofoam Ban / Baltimore Beyond Plastics
Feb 15, 1:30 PM - Lawyer's Mall, Annapolis
March on the Mansion: Rally to No Potomac Pipeline / Upper Potomac Riverkeeper
Feb 15, 6 PM - Lawyer's Mall, Annapolis
Building Personal Resilience in Unsettling Times / Earth Forum of Howard County
Feb 19, 2 PM - First Presbyterian Church of Howard County, Columbia
News, Information, and Opinion of Interest to CSGA
Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG Export Project Begins Producing Liquefied Natural Gas | Dominion Energy
Ocean City finds wind turbines too gauche - Baltimore Sun
Ocean City Council's symbolic vote against off-shore wind turbines sends a negative message - about Ocean City.
9 states buck the Trump administration and move forward with a price on carbon pollution – ThinkProgress
Currently only one state in the country has an economy-wide cap on carbon. These states want to change that.
Sen. Van Hollen and Rep. Beyer introduce carbon cap & dividend bill in Congress - Citizens' Climate Lobby
Democratic Congressmen Van Hollen and Beyer propose capping carbon emissions, auctioning carbon pollution credits, and returning 100% percent of the revenue to Americans with a quarterly dividend.
EPA head Pruitt says Bay Journal funding under 'reconsideration' - Baltimore Sun
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency told a Senate committee Tuesday that the decision to cut grant funding for the Chesapeake Bay Journal was “under reconsideration.”
White House withdraws controversial nominee to head Council on Environmental Quality - The Washington Post
Kathleen Hartnett White has long questioned the established science of climate change, once describing carbon dioxide as “the gas of life on this planet.”
The Northern Pass decision has sparked an uproar from communities that are otherwise supportive of increasing clean energy use in the state.
The University Climate Change Coalition is creating a roadmap for university-level action.
White House seeks 72 percent cut to clean energy research, underscoring administration’s preference for fossil fuels - The Washington Post
Document also suggests substantial cuts to Energy Department staffing.
In its zeal to roll back protections, the EPA under Scott Pruitt is abandoning long-standing standard methods of evaluating the costs and benefits of regulations. This unprecedented shift could damage the long-term credibility of the EPA and other government agencies.
US, African energy groups form alliance amid Trump 'shithole' outrage | Washington Examiner
Monroe County wants to elevate the lowest, most flood-prone roads in Key Largo and Big Pine Key to fight the sea level rise brought on by climate change. The project could cost $3.5 million to raise less than a mile of road.
A UT/WVU study says coal isn't growing, and lost jobs keep Appalachia from improving.
Preaching climate-friendly farming in Trump country - The Washington Post
This climate crusader is making a pilgrimage through Trump country, persuading farmers to reduce the impacts of food production.
The Trump administration will reconsider an Obama-era plan that blocks energy development across millions of acres of California desert.
Fighting Climate Change? We’re Not Even Landing a Punch - The New York Times
Decades of diplomatic efforts to stem global warming have proven ineffectual because too many strategies have been taken off the table.
More than a thousand military sites vulnerable to climate change - FederalNewsRadio.com
A new study points out where the military might be vulnerable to climate change, including extreme temperatures, flooding and fires.
California localities warn of disaster when suing oil companies. So how come they don’t tell investors?
Oil Boom Gives the U.S. a New Edge in Energy and Diplomacy - The New York Times
Having survived a slump, shale drilling is surging as prices recover, limiting market upheaval and providing Washington with strategic leeway.
America’s trade imbalance just got a wee bit smaller. The U.S. has now become a net exporter of natural gas on an annual basis for the first time since at least 1957.
Yes, global warming will be bad. But these scientists say it won’t reach the worst-case scenario. - The Washington Post
Climate change won't get as bad as we dread, a new study finds. But we're not going to get off easy, either.
Seeing Red on Climate | Grist
Young Republicans, reformed lobbyists, and green Tea Partiers: Meet America’s “eco-right.”
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