CSGA Events
CSGA Business Meeting
Thursday, February 14, 7 PM
Annapolis Friends Meeting House
CSGA Discussion
Thursday, February 21, 7 PM
Annapolis Friends Meeting House
Events of Interest to CSGA
Hearing on House Bill 308 / Maryland House Matters Committee
Feb 14, 1 PM - House Office Building, Annapolis
Maryland State Legislative Briefing and Training / Earth Forum of Howard County
Feb 17, 2 PM - First Presbyterian Church of Howard County, Columbia
DC Metro Group Meeting / Pachamama Alliance
Feb 17, 9 PM - Video Call
Students Reclaim Our Future / League of Conservation Voters
Feb 18, 1:30 PM - Maryland House of Delegates, Annapolis
Maryland Climate Lobby Night / Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Feb 18, 5 PM - Maryland House of Delegates, Annapolis
Hearing on HB504 / House Appropriations Committee
Feb 19, 1 PM - Maryland House of Delegates, Annapolis
Hearing on SB387 and SB744 / Senate Health, Education and Environmental Affairs Committee
Feb 19, 1 PM - Miller Senate Building, Annapolis
Hearing on HB492 / House Health and Government Operations Committee
Feb 19, 1 PM - Maryland House of Delegates, Annapolis
Meeting including Hearing on Styrofoam ban / Anne Arundel County Council
Feb 19, 7 PM - Arundel Center, Annapolis
What's Up With Stormwater Compliance / Severn River Association
Feb 19, 7 PM - Union Jack's of Annapolis, Annapolis
Education, Communication, and Outreach Working Group Meeting / Maryland Commission on Climate Change
Feb 20, 10:30 AM - Maryland Department of the Environment, Baltimore
Exploring Social Justice - The Green Amendment / American University Library
Feb 20, 11:30 AM - American University, Washington
Hearing on HB472 / House Environment and Transportation Committee
Feb 20, 1 PM - Maryland House of Delegates, Annapolis
Meeting / Baltimore Commission on Sustainability
Feb 20, 4 PM - Baltimore City Planning Office, Baltimore
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
News, Information, and Opinion of Interest to CSGA
New climate study: Annapolis might feel like Mississippi in 60 years - Capital Gazette
What’s the Annapolis area weather going to be in 60 years? A new study from a University of Maryland researcher says hot, about 9 degrees hotter a lot more humid than now on average. Think Mississippi.
Baltimore City Council approves air standards bill that could shut trash incinerators - Baltimore Sun
The Baltimore City Council on Monday approved a bill applying stringent emissions limits on the city’s biggest source of industrial air pollution, a step that could end the burning of trash across the region without a plan on how to dispose of waste that is currently incinerated.
Baltimore City, Baltimore and Howard counties begin considering alternatives if trash incinerator closes - Baltimore Sun
After the Baltimore City Council passed clean air legislation Monday that could lead a large trash incinerator to shut down, officials in the city and surrounding counties began considering their alternatives for if and when that consequence comes to pass.
University College London researchers estimate that settlers killed 56 million indigenous people, causing farmland to be reforested. That increase in vegetation resulted in a massive decrease in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
A gas driller is escalating its campaign against a Pennsylvania homeowner who's long accused the company of polluting his water, demanding that he be thrown in jail over his failure to submit to questioning as part of the company's $5 million lawsuit against him.
A new bill would prevent the release of records related to security operations involving “critical infrastructure,” which includes fossil fuel pipelines.
The Future of Carbon Pricing in Maryland | ClimateXChange
Since 2017, carbon pricing has received national recognition as one of the most promising states when it comes to passing legislation.
Environmental Rule of Law: First Global Report | UN Environment
The first ever global assessment of environmental rule of law finds weak enforcement to be a global trend that is exacerbating environmental threats, despite prolific growth in environmental laws and agencies worldwide over the last four decades.
Ways to help kids cope with — and help combat — climate change - The Washington Post
How can we help our children understand without paralyzing them with fear?
Nadia Nazar, 16, spent the last three weeks preparing her testimony for the first climate change hearing in years. As the co-founder of a youth-led climate movement, Zero Hour, Nazar was the first panelist to speak Wednesday during the congressional session’s second half. She talked about deadly floods in India, from where her parents emigrated, and epic floods in Maryland, where she lives.
Budweiser’s 2019 Super Bowl Ad Is B.S. | The New Republic
The beer's parent company is using the Super Bowl to send green messages—while associating with two anti-environmental groups.
Itasca County sheriff's deputies apparently took four activists into custody Monday afternoon after they used bolt cutters to break into an Enbridge pipeline facility.
Wildfires, hurricanes and other extreme weather cost the nation 247 lives, nearly $100 billion in damage during 2018 - The Washington Post
Experts say that climate change might already be fueling an increase in the number of billion-dollar disasters.
A new report on clean energy innovation headed by two of the world’s leading energy experts assesses the state of the clean energy innovation ecosystem in the U.S. and identifies clean energy technologies with the highest breakthrough potential.
Most U.S. utility-scale solar photovoltaic power plants are 5 megawatts or smaller - U.S. Energy Information Administration
Solar Jobs Down 3 Percent Nationwide in 2018, But Some Key States See Job Growth - The Solar Foundation
Students are going on strike around the world to demand action on climate change, in a movement led almost entirely by teenage girls.
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