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We're tackling global warming

Maryland will reduce its global warming emissions by a quarter over the next decade thanks to a new law that sets firm deadlines for transitioning to clean energy and smarter transportation. Here, Environment Maryland Campaign director releases our report, "Too Little But Not Too Late," showing how our state can still achieve its ambitious goals.

News Release | Environment Maryland

House Transportation Bill Drives Us To Deeper Oil Dependence

Representative John Mica (R-FL), Chairman of the House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, officially introduced a major transportation reauthorization bill. The overall plan for the bill includes proposals to open the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as well as the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, and to open landscapes in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming to oil shale extraction. At the same time, it cuts all funding for biking and walking safety and cripples environmental review for transportation projects.

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News Release | Environment Maryland

Offshore Wind and Manure Management Regulations Top Environment Maryland’s Legislative Agenda for 2012

The full agenda outlines the Environment Maryland’s plans to restore the Chesapeake Bay, repower Maryland with clean energy, reduce global warming pollution, protect the state from natural gas drilling, preserve Maryland’s open spaces, and improve Marylanders’ quality of life.

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Report | Environment Maryland

2012 Legislative Agenda

Environment Maryland’s Legislative Agenda for 2012: restore the Chesapeake Bay, repower Maryland with clean energy, reduce global warming pollution, protect MD from natural gas drilling, preserve open spaces, and improve Marylanders’ quality of life.

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Nuclear Power Plants Threaten Drinking Water for 200,000 Marylanders

The drinking water for 200,000 people in Maryland could be at risk of radioactive contamination from a leak or accident at a local nuclear power plant according to a new report called Too Close to Home: Nuclear Power and the Threat to Drinking Water released by Maryland PIRG Foundation (Maryland PIRG) and Environment Maryland Research and Policy Center.

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Report | Environment Maryland Research & Policy Center

Too Close to Home: Nuclear Power and the Threat to Drinking Water

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which took place in March 2011, delivered a reminder to the world that nuclear power comes with inherent risks. In the United States, 49 million Americans receive their drinking water from surface sources located within 50 miles of an active nuclear power plant —inside the boundary the Nuclear Regulatory Commission uses to assess risk to food and water supplies.

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