Advocates thank governors for cutting pollution, urge continued action
Officials and stakeholders from nine northeastern states gathered on Monday, September 25 in Baltimore, Maryland to discuss a new plan to cut pollution from power plants another 30 percent by 2030. The...
View ArticleJust-Passed House Budget Threatens our Health, Our Environment And The...
The U.S. House of Representatives just passed a 2018 budget. In response, Environment America D.C. Office Director Anna Aurilio issued the following statement: "The just-passed House budget threatens...
View ArticleTrump budget delivers more pollution not more power to states including...
Based on a briefing by the Trump Administration, President Trump’s proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget would cut important environmental and health programs. Below is a statement from Aminah Zaghab,...
View ArticleSenate Bill Aims to Rollback Clean Car Standards
Today, Senators Blunt (R-MO), Moran (R-KS ), Young (R-IN), Stabenow (D-MI), Peters (D-MI), and McCaskill (D-MO) introduced a bill to amend vehicle standards, also known as the “Blunt Clean Cars Rollback”.
View ArticleCampaign launched to educate Maryland residents about 100 percent renewable...
Environment Maryland Research & Policy Center is deploying dozens of door-knockers this summer in a major effort to educate Maryland residents about the prospects for shifting to 100 percent clean,...
View ArticleHouse Bill Would Shift America Entirely to Clean Energy By 2050
Today, Representatives Jared Polis (CO), Jared Huffman (CA), Raul Grijalva (AZ) and Pramila Jayapal (WA) introduced a bill to phase out fossil fuels and completely replace them with clean, renewable...
View ArticleMaryland proposes new regional limit on global warming pollution, but more...
Today, the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states announced a proposal to cut power plant pollution by at least 30 percent from 2020 to 2030. The proposal would strengthen what is already the best regional...
View ArticleLess Shelter from the Storm
After Hurricanes Harvey and Irma recently pummeled our coasts, Environment Maryland warned that pending budget proposals from the Trump administration and Congress threaten key programs that protect...
View ArticleAdvocates thank governors for cutting pollution, urge continued action
Officials and stakeholders from nine northeastern states gathered on Monday, September 25 in Baltimore, Maryland to discuss a new plan to cut pollution from power plants another 30 percent by 2030. The...
View ArticleJust-Passed House Budget Threatens our Health, Our Environment And The...
The U.S. House of Representatives just passed a 2018 budget. In response, Environment America D.C. Office Director Anna Aurilio issued the following statement: "The just-passed House budget threatens...
View ArticleSenate budget sells out our environment, health, and the treasured arctic...
The Senate just passed their budget resolution for 2018. In response, Jennie Olson at Environment America, issued the following statement: “The Senate budget makes drastic cuts to some of our most...
View ArticleMore than 30,000 Americans Call on Secretary Perry to Stop Blocking Clean Energy
Today, Environment America delivered a message from 33,923 supporters in all 50 states urging Energy Secretary Rick Perry to back off on his proposals to get the federal government to intervene on...
View Article“States and cities are the driving force in the fight against climate change....
Today, a coalition of Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states – including Maryland – announced steps toward limiting dangerous carbon pollution from cars and trucks, the leading contributor to climate change...
View ArticleJust-Passed House Tax Bill would Doom America to a Dirty Energy Future
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed their tax bill that slashes incentives for clean energy sources such as wind and solar and electric vehicles, while maintaining most of the permanent oil...
View ArticleBee-Thankful this Thanksgiving
We don’t see many bees flying around Maryland at the end of November, but we do see the fruits of their labor. Pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, green beans and more of the foods that make Thanksgiving...
View ArticleTrump administration announces steps to replace EPA’s Clean Power Plan
Today, the Trump administration took its first step toward rolling back the EPA’s Clean Power Plan by announcing a move to replace this critical program that cuts power plant pollution. Environment...
View ArticleTax Bill Threatens America’s Environment
Today, the House of Representatives is voting on a tax bill that would open America’s unspoiled Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling and maintain billions in tax breaks for fossil...
View ArticleFederal regulators reject Rick Perry proposal to bail out coal and nuclear...
Federal regulators have rejected a proposal from Energy Secretary Rick Perry to subsidize unnecessary and aging coal and nuclear power plants at the expense of cleaner, more affordable energy options....
View ArticleAs electric cars revolutionize the vehicle market, new study helps cities...
With electric vehicles (EVs) hitting U.S. streets in record numbers, a new study by Environment America Research & Policy Center, PennEnvironment Research and Policy Center and Frontier Group...
View ArticleMaryland Models Strong, Bipartisan Climate Action for the Nation
Today Environment Maryland Research & Policy Center released a new report touting the success of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the nation’s best regional climate program that has...
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