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| Six of Maryland's congressional representatives and both of Maryland's senators voted for the environment 100% of the time in the past year and a half, according to the annual Congressional Scorecard on major environmental issues released today by Environment Maryland. | |
| Environment Maryland released a report today highlighting how President Obama’s proposed budget would benefit Maryland's environment and economy. Environment Maryland was joined by Congressman John Sarbanes, clean energy business and labor representatives to explain how Maryland can transition to a clean energy economy, stop global warming, and protect the environment with funding from President Obama’s proposed federal budget for 2010. The budget would mean a cleaner, greener, and more prosperous future for Maryland. | |
| The biggest victory in the legislative session that ended last night at midnight was the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act. Two important bills for the Chesapeake Bay were also approved. The greatest disappointment was the failure of lawmakers to take major action on smart growth. | |
| The 2008 legislative session was full of important steps forward for the environment. In partnership with a statewide coalition of partners, Environment Maryland helped win key victories to protect the Chesapeake Bay, improve our energy policies, and take steps forward on other environmental issues. | |
| Gov. Martin O'Malley signed several landmark environmental bills today. The new laws include the Clean Cars Act, the Stormwater Management Act, and legislation to increase solar power in Maryland. | |
| The 2007 legislative session comes to a close tonight with some big steps forward on environmental issues. Eight of Environment Maryland’s priority bills passed, including both of the bills identified going into the session as the organization’s lead initiatives, the Clean Cars Act and the Stormwater Management Act. A bill to create solar power requirements in the state’s existing renewable energy standard became a priority as the session unfolded and ultimately passed. | |
