Organizations Archive - 1.5°Climate Strategies Group

Chesapeake Climate Action Network

$61,000 Raised | $19,500 Match Remaining

Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund (CCAN AF) is committed to advancing public policies that fight climate change across their region and beyond. Their Maryland team is working diligently to maintain Maryland's leadership as a national champion maintaining a steady pace in greenhouse gas emissions reductions, clean energy investments, and dedicated climate funding. Right now, CCAN AF is leading the advocacy for a state policy initiative: the Abundant, Affordable Clean Energy Act. This bill codifies clean energy solutions that will help ease Maryland's resource adequacy concerns and proposes ratepayer protections that will lower utility bills.

Geography: Maryland

Funding Type: c4c3

Contact: Brittany Baker, Maryland Director

Presentation Date: 01/14/2025

Powering Up the Deployment Decade

| State Climate Action

| Messaging & Paid Media

| Lobbying

Organizational Details

Additional Davante Lewis Public Service Commissioner Runoff Investments

$143,050 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

In addition to 1.5°CSG’s fundraising efforts for Together Louisiana and POWER Coalition for Equity & Justice in support of Davante Lewis’ election to Public Service Commissioner District 3 in Louisiana, 1.5°CSG also raised $69.5k for Davante Lewis’ candidate campaign and $73.6k which was allocated to other grassroots organizations positioned to positively impact this important race.

Geography: Louisiana

Funding Type: c4

Presentation Date: 12/01/2022

Investing in Elections for Climate

| Down Ballot Races

| Racial Equity Investments

Additional Davante Lewis Public Service Commissioner Runoff Investments

POWER Coalition for Equity & Justice

$168,700 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

An experienced organization focused on expanding the electorate by reaching disenfranchised communities which runs direct programmatic activities and also sub-grants to a large number of other aligned grassroots organizations.