Sierra Club endorsed Janeese Lewis George for mayor
because she stands up to for-profit utility monopolies,
fights for lower energy costs and a cleaner, healthier DC!
Also see WTOP: Trump endorses McDuffie/status quo, June 12.
SIERRA CLUB PRESS RELEASE QUOTED:
“Kenyan McDuffie puts the interests of big corporate polluters over DC residents.
For eight long years, McDuffie chaired the DC Council committee with oversight of utility regulation, using his position, McDuffie helped Pepco and Washington Gas raise gas and electric rates after both gave him thousands in campaign cash, resulting in today’s soaring energy prices!
In 2018, McDuffie stripped from a landmark clean energy law a provision requiring Pepco to procure 80% of its electricity from long-term contracts for renewables like wind and solar. The long-term contracts McDuffie killed would have saved each DC household $300-$500 a year, $137 million/year total.
In 2022, McDuffie pushed legislative amendments written by Washington Gas to gut clean energy legislation requiring DC government buildings to maximize energy efficiency and renewable energy and not use fossil fuels.
McDuffie held five times more closed door meetings with Pepco lobbyists than any other councilmember. All the while, he held zero hearings and introduced zero bills on energy affordability. During the eight years McDuffie oversaw utility oversight, DC’s electric rates soared at more than double the rate of the largest utility in Virginia, even though Virginia is home to more data centers than anywhere else in the world.
McDuffie was also one of only two DC councilmembers who did not sponsor DC’s bottle bill to reduce plastic pollution in our streets and rivers.
McDuffie’s record is so bad he scored 0% in Sierra Club DC’s Scorecard!“
*ALSO SEE FROM FREE DC JUNE 12:
Trump said June 11 if Janeese becomes DC’s next mayor “I wouldn’t like it…”
Trump knows Janeese Lewis George won’t cooperate with his corrupt and immoral agenda. That’s exactly why Free DC supports her. Trump wants a mayor he can bully so that his attempts to seize control of the capital city get easier and faster. His threat is a classic move from the authoritarian playbook. It’s up to us to reject it –NOT comply in advance” as McDuffie indicates he would… –FreeDCproject.org