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Most Recent NewsHow to Reach 10% Solar Power by 2030 3/09/2010Baltimore – From laundromats and baseball stadiums, to homes and cars, solar energy is already enhancing energy security and reducing pollution in America. A new Environment Maryland report outlines a vision for using the sun to meet 10 percent of the United States' total energy needs by 2030. Action by Maryland’s General Assembly Could Create Jobs and Expand Solar Power 2/16/2010Businesses gathered today to show their support for pending legislation in the Maryland General Assembly that would increase Maryland’s use of solar power. They were joined by key legislators and O’Malley administration staff. Broad Coalition Calls for More Development Near Transit 1/14/2010A transit-heavy approach to development in Maryland would result in 740,000 tons less global warming pollution going into the atmosphere. This is equivalent to taking 140,000 of today's cars off the road. Promoting development near transit stations would also preserve forests and farmland throughout the state. Most Recent ReportsBuilding a Solar Future: Repowering America's Homes, Businesses, and Industry with Solar Energy 3/09/2010America has virtually limitless potential to tap the energy of the sun. Solar energy is clean, safe, proven and available everywhere, and the price of many solar energy technologies is declining rapidly. By adopting solar energy on a broad scale, the nation can address our biggest energy challenges – our dependence on fossil fuels and the need to address global warming – while also boosting our economy. Building Maryland's Future 1/14/2010Sprawling development threatens Maryland’s last remaining open spaces, while global warming threatens to inundate parts of Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay waterfront over the next century and create major disruptions to agriculture, natural systems and human health across the state. Transit-oriented development – the creation of compact, walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods around transit stations – can contribute to addressing both of these difficult challenges. Transit-oriented development can consume less land than traditional forms of development, reducing the pressure to pave over open spaces. And residents of transit-oriented developments drive much less than residents of sprawling suburban areas, reducing global warming pollution, easing our dependence on oil, and reducing traffic on our roads. Environment America Congressional Scorecard 2009 12/30/2009The 2009 Congressional Scorecard released by Environment America found more environmental progress and more champions even as the group noted the challenges of enacting more significant environmental protections. Environment America is releasing the scorecard as part of its campaign to pass legislation in Congress to repower our economy with clean energy and cut global warming pollution. |
