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Message from the Director
Mike Tidwell Dear [[First_Name]], The year 2019 began with the world in shock. Scientists said we had barely 10 years to cut carbon emissions in half if we wanted to avoid a full-on climate catastrophe. Then, just 12 months later, the year ended with Swedish schoolgirl and climate activist – Greta Thunberg – being named Time Magazine’s “person of the year.” A lot happened in between. And the Chesapeake Climate Action Network is proud to have played our role, both regionally and nationally, in the climate movement with several major victories. As the year comes to an end, won’t you make a gift to keep us going? |
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September was an inspiring month of climate action, as millions of people around the world went on strike, spanning the globe and generations. During the month of climate strikes, a clear message was sent to government officials and businesses. We are a movement fighting for everyone’s future, and we won’t stop until they take visionary steps to solve the climate crisis. CCANers were a strong presence at numerous strikes across our region. Our sister organization, CCAN Action Fund, took it one step further with the historic #ShutDownDC action. It was a peaceful and inspiring takeover of DC streets alongside more than 1,000 climate activists on September 23. Activists rose before the sun and twenty-two "affinity groups" blocked major intersections and roads to disrupt business as usual. CCAN AF led a group which occupied eight lanes of traffic at Independence and 12th Street for three hours, successfully shutting down rush hour traffic around the Capitol. Read CCAN director Mike Tidwell’s oped in the Washington Post (which was named one of the Post’s top op-eds of the year!) about why it was necessary to shut down traffic in DC to draw attention to the climate crisis. Click here to read!
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For over four decades, Big Oil and Gas companies, such as ExxonMobil, have known that climate change would bring about increasingly catastrophic impacts. However, in the interest of big profits, they decided to launch a massive misinformation campaign to deceive the public about their products and contribution to the crisis. CCAN has worked to bring this deceit to light and hold Exxon accountable for its harmful actions through petitions to political leaders and an informative report. On October 23, the first congressional investigation aimed at examining the oil industry’s efforts to suppress the truth about climate change took place in the House Committee on Oversight and Reform’s subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. CCAN helped to make this hearing happen by working with subcommittee members, and it made national news. Now, we'll continue to push for additional congressional hearings to hold Exxon accountable. Donate today to help us bring to light the truth about Exxon’s denial campaign.
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