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Last week, Virginia’s Balcony Solar bill passed the Labor & Commerce Subcommittee with unanimous bipartisan support! Huge thanks to @paulkrizek.bsky.social for shouting out our work and championing clean energy progress.

#CleanEnergy #balconysolar #pluginsolar #VAleg #environmentaljustice

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! Read our blog to learn how Black communities have been, and continue to be, at the heart of climate justice in the DMV and beyond. Read the blog: ccan.substack.com/p/black-hist...

#BlackHistoryMonth #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateJustice #DMV #ActOnClimate

Most Virginians say data centers are driving up energy costs, draining water, and hurting communities, and they want state lawmakers to make Big Tech pay its fair share. Read the full article: www.wdbj7.com/2026/01/16/n...

#VAleg #datacenters #ai #energycosts #electricitybills

Virginians across the political spectrum are sounding the alarm: data centers are driving up our electricity bills, and state lawmakers need to make them pay their fair share. Read the full article: www.13newsnow.com/article/tech...

#VAleg #datacenters #ai #electricitybills

Three out of four Virginia voters blame data centers for rising electric bills, and nearly 9 in 10 state lawmakers must act. Read more via @VirginiaMercury: virginiamercury.com/2026/01/19/t...

#datacenters #virginiaclimate #ai #electricitybills #valeg #vaclimatejustice

YouTube video by CCAN Action Fund Make Polluters Pay in DC – Bill Announcement and Press Conference

Watch the recording here: youtu.be/I8YOxk8AsOs

HAPPENING NOW! Join live: us06web.zoom.us/j/83974598280 @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social

Join us for Virginia Climate Lobby Day 2026 to push for cleaner air, lower bills, and a sustainable future for all! RSVP today: act.ccanactionfund.org/page/91484/d...

Free event with training + lunch provided and transportation from NoVA & Hampton Roads available!
#valeg #ClimateAction

Winter’s extreme weather is hitting DC’s most vulnerable neighbors hardest, we need to know the true cost of climate change. 📞Urge your Councilmembers to co-sponsor the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Study Act: drive.google.com/file/d/1W_RV...

#MakePollutersPay #DCClimateAction #WinterStorm

92% of Virginians Say Lawmakers Must Do More to Control Data Center Impacts - CCAN Action Fund 92% of Virginians Say Lawmakers Must Do More to Control Data Center Impacts New statewide poll shows voters blame data centers for rising electricity costs and want legislative action to protect ratep...

Link to new poll results press release: ccanactionfund.org/92-of-virgin...

92% of Virginians Say Lawmakers Must Do More to Control Data Center Impacts - CCAN Action Fund 92% of Virginians Say Lawmakers Must Do More to Control Data Center Impacts New statewide poll shows voters blame data centers for rising electricity costs and want legislative action to protect ratep...

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@ltgovhashmi.bsky.social joined a large crowd of advocates at the State Capitol today to call on lawmakers to deliver on affordable clean energy in the face of rising costs tied to increased reliance on fossil fuels, and unprecedented strain from Big Tech data centers. #ClimateAction #ai #valeg

Feeling like your electric bill keeps climbing? #Datacenters are a big reason why. 92% of Virginians agree: lawmakers must do more to rein in data center impacts. Tag your lawmakers in the comments + sign the petition: act.ccanactionfund.org/page/92577/p...

#VAenergy #cleanenergy #generativeai #ai

#ICYMI🚨 NEW POLL: 92% of Virginians say state lawmakers aren’t doing enough to rein in the data center boom, and they’re feeling the impact in their skyrocketing electricity bills.
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#VALeg #DataCenters #EnergyJustice #AffordableEnergy #AI

Yesterday at the Affordable Clean Energy Rally in MD, our very own Robin Dutta, ED of CHESSA, joined advocates to speak about how solar & storage can help improve energy affordability for communities across the state.

Thanks to @ccanactionfund.bsky.social for convening the rally.

When you have more solar in Maryland, when you have battery storage in Maryland, you are lowering utility bills for all in Maryland - Robin Dutta, Chesapeake Solar and Storage Association

While Washington is putting up roadblocks and driving up energy costs, Maryland is taking action - Senator Ben Brooks (District 10)

The General Assembly has the opportunity to take decisive action this legislative session in order to permanently fix Maryland's Solar Renewable Energy Credit program in a way that protects ratepayers and gets more clean energy built - said Delegate Lorig Charkoudian (District 20)

Affordable Solar FOR ALL IN MD! | CCAN Action Fund Affordable Solar FOR ALL IN MD!

Tune into our live of the Affordable Clean Energy Rally on the first day of the Maryland General Assembly session here: facebook.com/100064549098...

Solar in Virginia! Sign to tell Virginia legislators to bring more solar to Virginia!

Gas prices and data center strain have sent electric bills soaring, but there’s a way to lower prices. Solar is affordable and clean, yet more than 55 localities across VA have banned or restricted solar farms.

Support solar siting reform act.ccanactionfund.org/page/92578/p...

#VApolitics #VALeg

Virginia’s new political chapter starts now! Join us on Wednesday, January 21, at 10 AM as we rally for an affordable clean energy future. Food and music available! RSVP today: actionnetwork.org/events/affor...

#PeopleOverPolluters #AffordableCleanEnergy #ClimateJusticeVA

Big win for climate justice in Maryland! 🌎💪The General Assembly just *overrode the veto* of the #RENEWAct. @katiefryhester.bsky.social @adrianboafo.bsky.social @lcharkoudian.bsky.social

Full story: ccanactionfund.org/in-major-win...

#ClimateJustice #MakePollutersPay #MDPolitics

Local Activists Speak Out Against Washington Gas Pipeline Replacement Plan Washington Gas's plan to modernize the natural gas distribution system in D.C. faces opposition from climate advocates and residents.

“Today’s disruption was a cry for accountability, and a demand that our regulators finally wake up.”

Advocates are urging the @DC_PSC to hold Washington Gas accountable for its reckless spending on replacing methane gas pipelines. Read more:

www.washingtoninformer.com/washington-g...

Local Activists Speak Out Against Washington Gas Pipeline Replacement Plan Washington Gas's plan to modernize the natural gas distribution system in D.C. faces opposition from climate advocates and residents.

“Today’s disruption was a cry for accountability, and a demand that our regulators finally wake up.”

Advocates are urging the @DC_PSC to hold Washington Gas accountable for its reckless spending on replacing methane gas pipelines. Read more:

www.washingtoninformer.com/washington-g...

For every mile of gas pipeline replaced, Washington Gas passes the cost to consumers. Already, 1 in 7 residents are behind on their gas bills, with Washington Gas shutting off service to nearly 3,000 customers in 2024. Take action: act.chesapeakeclimate.org/page/86792/p...
#EnvironmentalJustice

Residents are disrupting the D.C PSC meeting on Project Pipes to call out what they describe Washington Gas's corporate greed and the Commission’s continued failure to protect ratepayers. Learn more about the dangerous of project pipes: chesapeakeclimate.org/stop-project... #ClimateJustice

Washington Gas wants to charge residents 215$ mil, on top of the 13% rate hike they received last month, for #ProjectPipes instead of fixing leaks. Residents have packed the room and are demanding that the PSC put people over corporations. #EnvironmentalJustice #PeopleOverPolluters

We’re live from final DC PSC hearing on Washington Gas’s costly methane gas pipeline replacement project called Project Pipes. Tune in to our FB live to follow the hearing: facebook.com/share/v/1DpG...

A watchdog for PJM, the mid-Atlantic electricity grid Virginia, warns that new data centers could overwhelm VA' power systems, urging FERC to make #PJM stop plugging in #DataCenters until more generation and transmission are online. @richmond.com story: richmond.com/news/state-r... #CleanEnergy⁠⁠

While the state agency that oversees utilities regrettably approved the project, Dominion still cannot build this plant without an air permit.

Now it’s up to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to get this decision right on Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 5 p.m.