In Marathon Hearing, Senators Consider Sweeping Climate Change Legislation That Aims to Slash Emissions from Buildings
From Maryland Matters:
Advocates and lawmakers pushed for a comprehensive climate bill on Tuesday that would take significant steps to reduce emissions from buildings and set the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal at 60% of 2006 levels by 2030.
“The problem is providing solutions and implementing solutions that will make a difference,” Sen. Paul Pinsky (D-Prince George’s), the lead sponsor of the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, told the Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday. “If there are two watch words…they are ‘urgency’ and ‘boldness.'”