New Meetup: June 9 Celebrate Maryland's Climate Heroes - Benefit for CCAN

Announcing a new Meetup for Maryland Suburbs Alternative Energy Powerup Meetup!

What: June 9 Celebrate Maryland's Climate Heroes - Benefit for CCAN

When: June 9, 2009 7:00 PM

Where: Click the link below to find out!

Meetup Description: June 9 Celebrate Maryland's Climate Heroes - Benefit for CCAN
Announcing a new Meetup for Maryland Suburbs Urbanism/Sustainable Development!
What: Celebrate Maryland's Climate Heroes - Benefit for CCAN
WHEN: Tuesday, June 9th from 7-9pm
WHERE: The award-winning Student Center at the Takoma Park campus of Montgomery College
REFRESHMENTS: Hors d'oeuvres and drinks provided
TICKETS: Minimum donation of $50 and all the proceeds support CCAN's critical work. Purchase tickets below
ATTIRE: Cocktail attire
~About the Awardees~
U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (MD-8th Dist) has achieved many clean energy successes in his six years in Congress. He is co-chair of the House Renewable Energy and Efficiency Caucus. He led the fight for establishing a “Green Bank” within the recent economic stimulus package. And in April he introduced the historic and much-praised climate bill called “The Cap and Dividend Act of 2009.”

State Senator Paul Pinsky (Dist. 22) and Delegate Kumar Barve (Dist. 17), meanwhile, were lead sponsors this year of the strongest climate bill ever passed by a U.S. state: the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act of Maryland.
Council Member George Leventhal has achieved many clean energy successes in his six years on the Montgomery County Council. He pioneered the campaign to switch county government buildings -- including schools -- to 10 percent wind power. He launched the "Clean Energy Reward" program for Montgomery County residential purchasers of clean energy. And he has been an unshakeable leader in the fight for the Purple Line light rail system in the county.

Betsy Taylor and Ted and Jennifer Stanley have dedicated much of their remarkable careers to advocating for social justice and environmental stewardship. Without their support, CCAN would never have achieved its landmark successes across the region.

~Host Committee~
Jamie Raskin, MD State Senator (District 20)
Bill McKibben, MIddlebury College
Bob Musil, Chairman, 2020 Vision
Gary Skulnik, Clean Currents
Lise Van Susteren, The Climate Project
Mark Cohen, Executive Producer, THE COFFEE HOUSE
Dallas Burtraw
Seth Goldman, Honest Tea
Charlotte Brewer
Peter Barnes
Betsy Cohn and Judy Appelbaum
Cleo Braver and Alfred Tyler
Charlie Garlow
Cindy and Ed Brandt
Cindy L. Parker, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dave Blazer, Bluewater Wind
Dee Raff
Denny May
Ellen McGovern
Karen and Jim McManus
Kevin Rackstraw
Linda and Robert Pepper
Lisa Kiely, University of Maryland
M.A. Sheehan
Mel Raff
Pat DeLaquil, Clean Energy Commercialization LLC
Scott Nash, MOM’S Organic Market


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