Chesapeake Climate Action Network

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Background

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CCAN Director Mike Tidwell on Quirauk Mountain advocating for clean energy

The Chesapeake Climate Action Network was launched on July 1, 2002, with a seed grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

Working with a large and growing network of allies, the group helped pass an Offshore Wind Bill in Maryland,[1] statewide carbon caps in Maryland, clean cars bills in Maryland and the District of Columbia,[2] renewable energy standard bills in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

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