CSGA Events
CSGA Discussion
Thursday, February 21, 7 PM
Annapolis Friends Meeting House
Events of Interest to CSGA
The Green New Deal / Physicians for Social Responsibility
Feb 21, 5:30 - Busboys & Poets, Washington
Trash Dance / Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore
Feb 21, 6:30 - Brown Advisory, Baltimore
Climate Change / Empathy Circle
Feb 23, 1 PM - Videoconference
An Inconvenient Sequel / Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake
Feb 24, 12:30 PM - Mount Lebanon Baptist Church, Reisterstown
Annual Meeting / Climate First!
Feb 24, 1:30 PM - Tenleytown Library, Washington
OilMoneyMitch: Look us in the eyes / Sunrise
Feb 25, 9 AM - Washington
Hearing on HB246 / Maryland House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
Feb 25, 1 PM - House Office Building, Annapolis
Adaptation and Response Working Group Meeting / Maryland Commission on Climate Change
Feb 25, 2 PM - Tawes State Office Building, Annapolis
Lobby Night / Maryland Sierra Club
Feb 25, 4 PM - Miller Senate Office Building, Annapolis
Hearing on HB695 / Maryland House Environment and Transportation Committee
Feb 26, 1 PM - House Office Building, Annapolis
New Year, New Money / Baltimore Peoples Climate Movement
Feb 26, 6 PM - Thrive Baltimore, Baltimore
Monthly Call / Elders Climate Action
Feb 26, 7 PM - Teleconference
Methane the More Powerful Greenhouse Gas / Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Feb 26, 7 PM - Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater
Hearing on SB270 & SB788 / Maryland Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee
Feb 27, 1 PM - Miller Senate Office Building, Annapolis
Education, Communication, and Outreach Working Group Meeting / Maryland Commission on Climate Change
Feb 28, 2 PM - Conference Call
Daniel Aldana Cohen on a Green New Deal, from the Left / Red Emmas Bookstore
Feb 27, 7 PM - Red Emmas Bookstore, Baltimore
Thought Leadership for Climate Emergency with Paul Gilding / The Climate Mobilization
Feb 28, 8 PM - Videoconference
Interfaith Perspectives on Environmental Justice and Activism / Interfaith Power & Light
Mar 3, 1 PM - All Souls Unitarian Church, Washington
News, Information, and Opinion of Interest to CSGA
Annapolis seeing sea rise at about twice the global rate. Flooding there foreshadows problems other coastal towns can expect.
In Annapolis, the tide has come in or out 540,000 times, but now it’s worrisome - The Washington Post
As the sea rises around the world, the city by the Chesapeake Bay faces a dilemma.
Critical Issues in Transportation 2019: Policy Snapshot | The National Academies Press
Emissions from the U.S. electric power sector projected to remain mostly flat through 2050 - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
The company now expects the project cost to be between $7 billion and $7.5 billion.
A group of kids and young adults suing the federal government over climate change is asking a court to block various approvals for fossil fuel development on federal land and offshore.
Climate Change Still Seen as Top Global Threat, but Cyberattacks Rising Concern | Pew Research Center
People around the world agree that climate change poses a severe risk to their countries, according to a 26-nation survey conducted in spring 2018. Terrorism, specifically from ISIS, and cyberattacks are also seen by many as major security threats.
The Tiny Swiss Company That Thinks It Can Help Stop Climate Change - The New York Times
Two European entrepreneurs want to remove carbon from the air at prices cheap enough to matter.
How to Be a Green Traveler - The New York Times
You may live a sustainable lifestyle at home, but what about while on vacation? Here are some practical steps you can take to limit your impact on the environment.
Large Natural Gas Producer to Pay West Virginia Plaintiffs $53.5 Million to Settle Royalty Dispute — ProPublica
As our investigation detailed, EQT Corp. had been accused of deducting a variety of unacceptable charges from natural gas royalty checks.
Trump’s empty pledge to revive coal is only punishing Appalachia – ThinkProgress
Appalachia can have bright future without coal, experts say.
'Resist Rockwool' Holds Sit-in of Senator Joe Manchin Office | DC Media Group
Constituents of Senator Joe Manchin appealed to him to come down firmly against the Rockwool plant located only yards away from an elementary school.
TransCanada Seeking to Avoid Political Firestorm Over Potomac Pipeline Appeal | Morgan County USA
How to Cut U.S. Emissions Faster? Do What These Countries Are Doing. - The New York Times
How the United States could cut emissions in half, using policies that other countries already have in place.
Court Throws out Energy Transfer’s ‘Racketeering’ Claims Against Dakota Access Pipeline Opponents | DeSmogBlog
A North Dakota federal judge dismissed Energy Transfer’s racketeering lawsuit against Greenpeace and all its co-defendants in a sharply worded ruling issued today, finding that the pipeline builder’s allegations fell “far short of what is necessary to establish a [racketeering] claim.”
Our kidneys might be vulnerable to the more frequent extreme heat brought on by global warming.
Former Vice President Al Gore urged residents of a historic African-American community in Virginia on Tuesday to continue their fight against a plan to build a natural gas compressor station in their neighborhood.
From foil-wrapped glaciers to the Alpine storm cyclist: the artists fighting climate change | The Guardian
After too long a silence, art is finally tackling global warming.
Trump administration confirms it has ended fuel-economy talks with California - Los Angeles Times
The Trump administration and California have failed to reach a compromise over EPA rules requiring automakers to steadily decrease car emissions. Litigation is likely the next step.
Environmental campaigners say Samir Flores Soberanes’s murder is a ‘political crime’.
‘Glacier’ tackles climate change through a theatrical ballet production - The Washington Post
D.C. policy analyst Diana Movius found an unconventional platform to share her passion.