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2011- 2012 - Offshore Wind for Maryland Campaign

Wind turbines deployed offshore could deliver large amounts of pollution-free electricity at a stable price – a bargain-rate insurance policy against unpredictable spikes in the cost of electricity and against the serious prospect of global warming. Offshore wind, as a local resource, can also reduce the need for Maryland to develop new power transmission lines to import electricity from coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania or West Virginia.

CCIHC FEB 2012 Action Alerts

Act to Protect the Climate! Feb. 19, 2012 edition

FEDERAL LEVEL – Call Senator Cardin 202) 224-4524 and Senator Mikulsk (202) 224-4654 and tell their office staff to urge the senators to oppose a bill that mandates the US approve development of the dirty oil Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline from Canada. (A bill passed in the House – the Senate needs to stand firm.)

Fracking is exempted from the Clean Water Act! Sign the online petition to ask MD Congressional reps to remove Dick Cheney's "Haliburton" loophole and make fracking subject to Clean Water Act - http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/676/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8499

Petition the White House also to restore the protections of the Safe Drinking Water Act to natural gas drilling and add other fracking protections:
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/protect-communities-negative-impacts-hydraulic-fracturing-fracking-and-natural-gas-drilling/FznjQPPr?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl

MARYLAND - 3 Top Priorities

Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2012 (HB441/SB237) - Sign paper petition or online petition at: http://www.marylandoffshorewind.org/

Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Study Fee – HB 1204 / SB 798 . Fund a comprehensive study on gas fracking and help regulate fracking. Also a number of additional fracking-related bills will improve fracking consumer protections and transparency in fracking. Sign Maryland Petition to fund study at: http://www.chesapeakeclimate.org/take-action/maryland/sign-the-petition-in-support-for-safe-fracking-practices-in-maryland

The Community Cleanup and Greening Act of 2012 (HB1247 / SB511) – Requires $.05 charge for all bags. Sign paper petition or send an email online at www.trashfreemaryland.org (you may need to enter your Zip&4 zip code for their system to find your reps.)

NATIONAL CAMPAIGN – Undo Citizens United! Ask all elected officials to work to get money out of politics! We see the impact dirty carbon fuel industries have in getting subsidies for themselves and opposing renewable energy and climate change solutions! One good national organization is Lawrence Lessig's - http://rootstrikers.org/ Also Public Citzen www.citizen.org/ and Common Cause - www.commoncause.org

Other Bills to Watch:

HB 864/SB 595 - Community Energy-Generating Facilities and Net Energy Metering

Creating a community energy-generating program; specifying that a community energy-generating facility is not an electric company or electricity supplier; requiring community energy-generating facilities to meet specified location, size, and generation criteria; authorizing a public service company or any other person to own a community energy-generating facility; authorizing subscriber organizations to contract with third parties for specified functions; etc.

SUPPORTIVE OF TRANSITION MOVEMENT – Moving to Local Sustainable Economy

The State Bank Study Bill - HB 1258

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Some historical good news - Spring 2010 Maryland Clean Energy Bills Signed by the Governor
www.pewclimate.org/states/news/2010/06/maryland-governor-signs-collection-clean-energy-bills

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