In a recent letter, Sierra Club called on the Maryland Commission on Climate Change's (MCCC) Mitigation Working Group to recommend bold, ambitious climate actions for the Governor and General Assembly.
The MCCC annually issues a report with proposed climate actions, but for the last several years, the MCCC has failed to propose any actions that would actually reduce climate pollution.
We hope that in 2020 the Commission will fulfill its purpose with respect to climate change and propose significant, meaningful action from Governor Hogan and the General Assembly.
Check out our letter that details some (not all!) of the steps Maryland needs to take now to start truly responding to the climate crisis.
Excerpt from September 17 Sierra Club letter to MCCC
"We hope that in 2020, in the midst of the ongoing and worsening climate crisis, the Maryland Commission on Climate Change will meet its statutory obligations to recommend specific mitigation practices, policies, and programs. Our suggested actions are the steps we believe the Commission can and should put forward in its 2020 Plan. They do not, however, fully encompass all of the strategies the Sierra Club believes the state should enact and implement to reduce climate pollution, create union jobs in the clean energy economy, and advance the climate justice movement, but these are steps we believe the Commission can recommend in 2020. We appreciate Secretary Grumbles’ recent recognition that Maryland must increase its current target for climate pollution reduction, and our requests are designed to ensure that promised reductions will be achieved."