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MD Resources

About the Campaign | A Better Way | MD Resources

Map of MD's Shale Gas Basins and Power Plants

Additional Readings

National

  • USC Study: Cleaner Air, Healthier Kids
  • Study: Air pollution causes 200,000 early deaths each year in the U.S. || View Full Study
  • Rules to Cut Carbon Emissions Also Reduce Other Air Pollutants
  • Jobs Beyond Coal: A Manual for Communities, Workers, and Environmentalists

State

  • Maryland Beyond Coal Sign On Letter - November 2019
  • Energy & Health in Maryland
  • State of the Air Report
  • Eastern State SCR Prevalence
  • NRDC report: Wagner dirtiest in State
  • Energy 101

Recent Statements

  • Maryland Commits To Being Coal-Free by 2025 with Announced Retirement of Warrior Run Plant (11/15/2023) 
  • Letter to Governor Moore regarding pending coal plant retirements (11/13/2023)
  • Letter to PJM Interconnection President and Board regarding coal plant retirements (11/13/2023)
  • Morgantown Coal Plant to Retire in 2022, Five Years Earlier Than Previously Announced (6/11/2021)

Health Resources

  • University of Maryland Children's Hospital Breathmobile 
  • The American Lung Association 
  • Greater Baltimore Asthma Alliance 
  • Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America: Maryland, Greater DC Chapter

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)

  • RGGI Fact Sheet
  • RGGI Opportunity Report
  • Electrify Campaign
  • From Power to Empowerment
  • IEER Energy Justice Report
  • Maryland's Clean Energy Future
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