CSGA Events
CSGA Business Meeting
Thursday, March 8, 7 PM
Annapolis Friends Meeting House
CSGA Movie Night
Friday, March 9, 7 PM
Annapolis Friends Meeting House
Events of Interest to CSGA
Mitigation Working Group Meeting / Maryland Commission on Climate Change
March 1, 10 AM - Maryland Department of the Environment, Baltimore
Rally for a Safety Study / We are Cove Point
March 1, Noon - Governors Mansion, Annapolis
Citizens Forum on Offshore Wind Energy / St. Paul's by-the-Sea
March 3, 9:30 AM - St. Paul's by-the-Sea, Ocean City
100% Clean Energy Rally / Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility
March 5, 1 PM - Lawyers Mall, Annapolis
Hearing on 100% Renewable Energy Equity Act (HB878), Regional Carbon Cost Collection Initiative (HB939) and Clean Energy Jobs Act (HB1453) / Maryland House Economic Matters Committee
March 5, 2 PM - House Office Building, Annapolis
Hearing on Clean Energy Jobs Act (SB732) and Distance Requirements for Offshore Wind Projects / Maryland Senate Finance Committee
March 6, 1 PM - Miller Senate Building, Annapolis
Hearing on Sea Level Rise Inundation and Coastal Flooding (HB1350) / Maryland House Environment and Transportation Committee
March 7, 1 PM - House Office Building, Annapolis
Methane Pipelines: Dangers to Health / Physicians for Social Responsibility
March 7, 1 PM - Webinar
Rally for a Safety Study / We are Cove Point
March 8, Noon - Governors Mansion, Annapolis
Hearing on Distance Requirements for Offshore Wind Projects (HB1135), Requiring PSC to consider effects on pollution (HB1126), and Requiring PSC to Receive Health Impact Assessments (HB1632) / Maryland House Economic Matters Committee
March 8, 1 PM - House Office Building, Annapolis
Monthly Chapter Meeting / Citizens' Climate Lobby
March 10, 12:30 PM - Unitarian Universalist Church, Annapolis
No ESPL Community Meeting #1 / Solidarity Maryland
March 10, 3:15 PM - Queen Anne's County Library, Centreville
News, Information, and Opinion of Interest to CSGA
Maryland wants to spend $103 million to expand natural gas service, but environmental ramifications are mixed at best.
New natural gas pipeline planned, existing pipeline to expand | myeasternshoremd.com
Maryland is first state to launch energy storage tax credit | Utility Dive
Guest Commentary: Reforming Md.’s Renewable Energy Law | Maryland Matters
The Shell LNG tanker came too close to shore for comfort.
Palmer was one of more than a dozen people who spent 45 minutes Tuesday rebuffing claims made last week by Council President Richard Slutzky that global warming is “bogus.”
Governor's comments receive immediate backlash.
New Jersey joins coalition backing Paris climate change deal | Washington Examiner
New Jersey joins coalition of 15 other states and Puerto Rico committed to cutting carbon dioxide emissions.
How legislation pending in the Virginia legislature would affect Dominion and ratepayers - The Washington Post
Consumers would likely give up rate reductions in return for energy transformation.
News Release: New report shows millennials concerned about climate change - Alliance For Market Solutions
Opening public lands and waters to fossil fuel extraction could have major climate consequences - SEI
Ending the production of coal, oil and natural gas from public lands and waters could significantly reduce the United States’ CO2 emissions, according to a new study from the Stockholm Environment Institute.
Royal Dutch Shell says the world could be grappling with a shortage of liquefied natural gas within a decade due to underinvestment in new LNG projects.
PJM prepares response to FERC in grid resilience proceeding | Platts News Article & Story
Interior Dept. panel weighs lower royalty payments for offshore oil and gas drilling - The Washington Post
Members of the advisory committee, set to meet Wednesday, largely hail from industry or from energy-producing states.
More Than 100 Cities Worldwide Now Powered Primarily by Renewable Energy | InsideClimate News
As the price of renewable energy drops, more cities are cutting the cord with fossil fuel-based electricity.A new report released Tuesday by the environmental group CDP finds that more than 100 cities worldwide now get the majority of their power—70 percent or more—from renewables. That's up from 42 in 2015, when countries pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the Paris climate agreement.
What Land Will Be Underwater in 20 Years? Figuring It Out Could Be Lucrative - The New York Times
Detailed information about climate risks is surprisingly hard to find. A Silicon Valley start-up is trying to change that.
Seas Will Rise for 300 Years - Scientific American
Coal Country Divides Over an Unrepentant Boss’s Senate Bid - The New York Times
In West Virginia, the name of Don Blankenship, former head of Massey Energy, can evoke hopes for bygone prosperity or the anguish of a deadly disaster.
The elected chieftess is mobilizing her constituents in the face of this environmental threat.
Left to Louisiana’s Tides, a Village Fights for Time - The New York Times
For the community of Jean Lafitte, the question is less whether it will succumb to the sea than when — and how much the public should invest in artificially extending its life.
Mark Jacobson’s previous 100 percent renewable energy papers have prompted other researchers to publish their own studies pointing out faulty technical assumptions and analyses that cast a shadow over his claims.
4 Environmental Activists Are Murdered Every Week. A New Agreement Could Help in Latin America and the Caribbean | World Resources Institute
Threats against environmental defenders are on the rise in Latin America and the Caribbean. An agreement being negotiated this week could help protect activists in the region.
"The idea that Chinese companies make technologically inferior solar products on the back of cheap labor is an outdated myth," one expert said.
University Pulls Back on Pollution Study That Supported Its Benefactor - The New York Times
The president of Tennessee Technological University wrote to the E.P.A. saying the accuracy of the emissions study had been called into question.