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January 28, 2021
There are many ways to skin a cat and, in the General Assembly, there appear to be many ways to confront the climate crisis.
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On Thursday, the Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee held hearings on eight bills designed to address the ravages of climate change and make Maryland communities safer and more resilient.
One bill, the sweeping Climate Solutions Now Act of 2021, would tackle myriad aspects of climate change and lays out ambitious goals for the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But other measures speak to the challenges of global warming on the edges or in incremental ways.
Sandy Hausman has that story.
About half the carbon pollution in Virginia comes from cars, trucks and buses, so environmentalists are asking lawmakers to promote the sale of electric vehicles that don’t pollute.
“We want a pro-EV policy in Virginia, and the 2021 General Assembly is the time to do it,” says Stuart Gardner of Generation180 – a group that promotes clean energy. That group i’s backing a bill from Delegate David Reid to provide cash incentives of up to $2,500 to people who purchase new EVs, with an additional payment of $2,000 from the state for low and moderate income buyers. Used electric cars and hybrids would also qualify for state rebates.
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The following is from the environmental champions at Wild Virginia…thanks for all you do to fight for Virginia’s environment and against polluting and nonsensical projects like the Mountain Valley Pipeline fracked-gas boondoggle!
Today, Wild Virginia and other groups brought suit in the Federal Appeals Court for the District of Columbia Circuit to challenge the reckless actions of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in regard to the Mountain Valley Pipeline. (Petition for Review attached)
FERC has repeatedly ignored common sense and legal requirements in allowing MVP to rush forward with its destructive project, even though numerous challenges could still prevent the project from ever being completed.
In the latest legal strike at the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a coalition of environmental groups is contesting a federal agencyâs decision to allow the troubled project to move forward.
At issue is the Federal Energy Regulatory Commissionâs Oct. 9 order that allowed stalled construction of the natural gas pipeline to resume, and extended for another two years its deadline for completion.
An attorney for Appalachian Mountain Advocates, a law firm that represents the seven groups, asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to review FERCâs decision.
Although the two-page petition does not state the grounds for appeal, attorney Benjamin Luckett raised a number of objections in a brief filed last month with FERC that asked the agency to reconsider.