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Saving the planet: sometimes as important as saving jobs
Maryland House committee kills climate bill |
Joseph Romm |
10 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Kari Manlove, fellows assistant at the Center for American Progress. ----- After reporting last week on the climate policy progression carving its way through the Maryland Senate, the same measures were defeated in a Maryland House committee this week. Supposedly, the bill was killed by pressure from industry and labor lobbyists, ironically accompanied by steelworkers draped with 'Save Our Jobs' t-shirts. First of ... |
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| Topics: business, legislation, Maryland, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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Weak brew in Maryland
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David Roberts |
21 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Maryland climate bill passes state Senate after being severely weakened: The Global Warming Solutions Act would require a 25 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions from Maryland businesses by 2020. But under the amendment approved Thursday, the state's environmental agency would have to get the General Assembly's approval each time it issued rules to cut the pollution....Shari Wilson, the state environment secretary, said the amendment would undermine her agency's ab ... |
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| Topics: legislation, Maryland, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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