Event Date: Friday, June 8th, 2018
Contact Karen Polet Doory at kdoory@mdlcv.org or 202-281-8780 to sign up as a sponsor
Brian Frosh ATTORNEY GENERAL
Brian Frosh has spent his career championing important environmental laws that protect the health and safety of all Marylanders, including the Maryland Recycling Act, a ban on oil drilling in the Chesapeake Bay, the Brown elds Revitalization Act, strict requirements for more e cient automobile emissions standards resulting in reduced carbon emissions and air pollution, and sti penalties for polluting our water and stealing state natural resources. As Maryland’s Attorney General, he now works to ensure those laws are enforced.
Collin O’Mara PRESIDENT/CEO, NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION
Under Collin O’Mara’s leadership, National Wildlife Federation is protecting wildlife ranging from bison to monarch butter ies, ensuring healthy waters and sustainable habitats, advancing environmental education, and connecting people with the great outdoors. Prior to NWF, O’Mara led Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control, and he was a primary architect of the City of San Jose’s Green Vision.
JOHN V. KABLER AWARD to Central Maryland Beekeepers Association
This year the Central Maryland Beekeepers Association worked hard in Annapolis – along with other area beekeepers and the Smart on Pesticides Campaign – to lobby legislators and advocate for the Pollinator Protection Act. The “beeks” played an important role in Maryland becoming the first state in the country to pass restrictions on consumer use of toxic neonicitinoid pesticides, which harm bees, birds, butter ies, and other wildlife.
LEGISLATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD to Senator Catherine Pugh
Senator Pugh has been a dedicated public servant representing Baltimore City since 1999. In 2007 she was elected to the State Senate where she has served as, among other things, Chair of the Legislative Black Caucus and as Senate Majority Leader. Her commitment to both clean energy and expanding economic opportunities for women and minorities merged in her successful sponsorship of the Clean Energy Jobs Act which expanded the goal of Renewable Portfolio Standard to 25% by the year 2020. She is the Democratic candidate for Mayor of Baltimore City
Thursday, October 13, 2016 Drinks and hors d’oeuvres – 6:00 p.m. Dinner and program – 7:00 p.m. Loews Annapolis Hotel 126 West Street, Annapolis, MD
Sponsorships start at $1,000 Individual tickets are $200
Green Champions
Ed Hatcher, The Hatcher Group
Gold Sponsors
Harriett Crosby, Alan Griffith, Mike & Trish Davis, Dave & Katie Leavy, Don & Cathy MacMurray, Bambeco, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, U.S. Wind and Winning Connections
Silver Sponsors
Hon. Virginia Clagett, Marcia Verploegen Lewis & Tom Lewis, Jeff Schwaber & Liz Shrayer, Maris St. Cyr, Catherine Dea & Ken Code, Alison & Arnold Richman, Hobart K. & Janis Swan, Dick & Georgie Franyo, DunlapBrowder, League of Conservation Voters and Hannon Armstrong
Bronze Sponsors
District 15 Team: Sen. Brian Feldman, Del. Kathleen Dumais, Del. David Fraser Hidalgo & Del. Aruna Miller, District 16 Team: Sen. Susan Lee, Del. Bill Frick, Del. Ariana Kelly & Del. Marc Korman, District 39 Team: Sen. Nancy King, Del. Charles Barkley, Del. Kirill Reznick & Del. Shane Robinson, Speaker Mike Busch, Councilwoman Mary Lehman, Hon. Joe Tydings, Rusty & Liz Gowland, Bob Gallagher & Cate Greene, John Dawes, Terry Lierman, Oscar Ramirez, Chuck & Jenn Porcari, Jeff Eckel, The Kabler Family, Annapolis Yacht Sales, Bell Nursery, Chesapeake Conservancy, Gally Public Affairs, HD Squared Architects, National Wildlife Federation, Spitfire, SB Microsystems, Trash Free Maryland and Winchester Construction
Thursday, October 13, 2016 Time: 6:00 PM
Loews Annapolis Hotel
126 West Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
We are at a turning point. 2018 is a critical electoral year for all of us. All 188 legislators and state-wide officials are up for re-election. We saw what happened in Virginia and New Jersey, and I know that with a little hard work we can elect a pro-environment state government from top to bottom.
Not only does Maryland LCV help state and local environmental candidates get elected — we hold lawmakers accountable for their environmental performances once in office. None of this would be possible without regular people like you and me, along with thousands like us across the state, coming together to support Maryland LCV and the Conservation Voter Movement. Maryland LCV’s Environmental Scorecard is the best tool out there to see which legislators share our environmental values and which ones put special interests first.
Please take this chance to renew YOUR commitment to this important work and every donation made before December 31st will be TRIPLED by a generous donor!
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Tuesday, August 15, 2017
6 PM- 8 PM
Home of Beth Garraway
904 Creek Drive
Annapolis, MD 21403
The actions taken in Annapolis impact every part of our state. They can protect our farms, forests, rivers, beaches, and lakes – or allow for further harm. It’s up to us to make sure our legislators represent our values in protecting our air, land, water, and public health.
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Once again, Marylanders who care about our coast must come together to fight against Dirty Energy. We haven’t seen Governor Hogan speak out against opening Maryland’s coast to drilling.
The time is NOW for Governor Hogan’s leadership in protecting and preserving our coastal jobs, ecosystems, and communities. Send your message today urging our Governor to stand with people and oppose offshore drilling as part of Maryland’s clean energy future!
In November, Howard County residents voted to establish the Citizens’ Election Fund directing the County Council to create a new program to curb the influence of large and corporate donors.
Now we’re calling on the County Council to pass CB30 to finalize the Howard County Citizens’ Election Fund in May for a more accountable local government.
By Kristen Harbeson, Political Director
Check out your legislators’ scores and our interactive map!
And it’s all thanks to you. Maryland became the first state to pass a statewide ban on Styrofoam food service products, and Maryland is facing the climate crisis head-on with the passage of the Clean Energy Jobs Act.
Environmental champions also took up the work of Chispa Maryland, the organization’s Latinx outreach program, to pass legislation that creates a permanent grant structure to fund the transition of Maryland’s school bus fleet from diesel to electric-powered.
It’s time for us all to work together as the urgency of the climate crisis becomes more apparent with every passing day. All of these bills passed because of the work that Marylanders did in electing Delegates and Senators who prioritize a clean environment.
Once our elected officials return to Annapolis in January, we at Maryland LCV will be there to hold them accountable for their actions, or inactions.
The full Scorecard is available online and includes records of votes cast on the floor of the House and Senate and in committees, along with past voting records.
Thank you for being a part of the Conservation Voter Movement!
Contact: Ramón Palencia-Calvo rpcalvo@mdlcv.org Cell: (202) 531-5091
September 27, 2019
Annapolis, MD- On September 27th, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) announced funding for electric school buses as part of pilot programs to improve air quality and provide immediate health benefits to children through reduced vehicle emissions for four school districts in Maryland.
“Chispa Maryland celebrates this critical milestone in cleaning up our school fleets. We will continue working with Governor Hogan, MDE, and local school districts to phase out dirty diesel school buses in Maryland to protect the health of children and advance our Clean Buses for Healthy Niños campaign,” said Ramón Palencia-Calvo, Deputy Executive Director of the Maryland League of Conservation Voters (Maryland LCV) and Director of Chispa Maryland, community organizing program of Maryland LCV.
Volkswagen cheated federal emissions tests and polluted the air with toxins that increase respiratory illnesses and further the effects of climate change. In 2017, Chispa Maryland launched the Clean Buses for Healthy Niños campaign. The campaign, supported by thousands of parents, students, and advocates called for using the money that Maryland received from the Volkswagen Mitigation Fund to transition diesel public school buses to zero emissions electric school buses to protect the health of students and communities, especially these in communities most affected by poor air quality.
Palencia-Calvo added, “we congratulate all the youth and allies that are working tirelessly to accelerate this transition to clean electric buses and are encouraged to see the commitment of the Hogan Administration to zero emission vehicles by financing all the electric school bus projects submitted as part of this settlement. However, at a time when every dollar in Maryland’s education system is critical, we are perplexed by the fact that school districts left $2.1million unclaimed.”
After this first round of funding, about $2.1 million remains available for school bus projects. MDE intends to open this funding for new proposals in spring 2020. Chispa Maryland will continue advocating to use these funds for zero emissions school buses.
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Chispa, meaning “spark” in Spanish, is a program of Maryland League of Conservation Voters launched in 2014. Chispa Maryland has been working to ensure that Maryland Latino families and community leaders are a powerful voice for protecting the environment, our health, and our future. Chispa works with Latino families, community groups, faith-based organizations, and legislators to identify and address unique environmental issues facing Latino communities in Maryland.