Congrats to our partners Sierra Club DC Chapter, WIN DC, Beyond Gas, & Interfaith Power & Light, whose work will transition 30,000 low—and moderate-income homes from gas to electric!

13-0 vote YES for Healthy Homes!! Thank you everyone for your advocacy this morning and for the past 3 years. Harmful provisions were removed from the amendment! DC is one step closer to a racially and economically just green economy

13-0!

Today, we’re at the DC Council with allies and grassroots leaders from all across DC.

The DC Council is about to pass the Healthy Homes Act, legislation that will help 30,000 homes across DC switch from dirty fuels to clean electric, protect health, & lower utility bills!

😳 Here's an alarming fact: 'natural' gas = mostly methane! Want to learn more? Check out bit.ly/hotandtoxic. #HotAndToxic #NaturalGas #Methane

🕵️ Ok gang, let's find out what 'natural' gas really is...it's planet-warming methane gas! Plus, it comes packed with explosive, cancer-causing toxins like carbon monoxide, benzene, and formaldehyde—oh my. Read the truth at bit.ly/43YMBhp. 🔗

Mayor Bowser’s budget decimates DC's climate programs, rolling back decades of progress to protect our environment & advance equity & justice.

Tell the DC Council to reverse Mayor Muriel Bowser's devastating attacks on our health, climate, & environment! ACT: act.sierraclub.org/actions/DC?act…

Filed under “headlines we’re charged up about.” bloom.bg/4ddxkgG

Wow: internal documents show that the oil industry has known *all along* that methane leaks make 'natural' gas a climate disaster, but instead of slowing production, they funded skewed research and PR efforts to pitch it as a climate solution. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

A helpful breakdown for anyone interested in installing a heat pump to save on energy costs and slash emissions.👇
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For years, the DC Chapter has been part of a citizen science effort with Beyond Gas partners to find methane leaks and monitor indoor air pollution.

We're so grateful to see this work featured on @pbs. Watch to learn more about this powerful effort!

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Yes, Leslie G. Fields ! Speak truth to power.

These activists are so good. Love this clip. Want to get out and see the damage your local gas utility is doing to the climate - get a utility-grade methane monitor and go sample some manholes and you will likely find leaks galore, including some at 'explosive' levels.

Mark Rodeffer Beyond Gas Sierra Club DC Chapter GoNatureForward The Festival Center Matt Gravatt urges Council to make the budget more reflective of our shared values. Restoring SETF money is not just a climate benefit- it is a racial and economic justice benefit!

Demetrius B. MommysMom CM Janeese Lewis George Charles Allen Phil Mendelson Council of DC The health harms of gas-burning indoors are well-documented (& make sense -- breathing around 🔥 indoors is bad news, same as second-hand 🚬). That said, the Healthy Homes Act is only for DC residents who *want* to electrify so their homes are healthier. yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/06/gas-st…

Mark Rodeffer Beyond Gas Sierra Club DC Chapter GoNatureForward The Festival Center “We must make decisions that benefit both immediately and longer term. Residential electrification does that with immediate benefits for affordability with lower utility bills & for the long term we are building Black wealth by stabilizing homeownership” Doris from Varick

Jean Stewart, speaking for churchofthepilgrims & WIN DC, says 'I've gone from pride' in DC's climate leadership 'to outrage' at Mayor Muriel Bowser's effort to defund these programs. The bills passed by the Council of DC 'should not just be pieces of paper'.

That so many DC congregations have been able to go solar has everything to do with high SREC prices. Mayor Muriel Bowser's budget opts DC gov't out of purchasing SRECs to pay the *more expensive* ACP instead -- jeopardizing what made these projects possible. IPLDMV.org/solar

Mark Rodeffer Beyond Gas Sierra Club DC Chapter GoNatureForward The Festival Center Jean Stewart from Church of the Pilgrims and Beyond Gas speaking about how important funding Healthy Homes is for seniors on fixed incomes.

Mark Rodeffer Beyond Gas Sierra Club DC Chapter GoNatureForward The Festival Center Matthias Paustian with Sierra Club DC Chapter explains that we need strong local funding for the SETF to make the most of IRA funding especially when the District is behind in their compliance with Building Energy Performance Standard and the Green Government Building Act.