The Maryland General Assembly has started their 2021 and many bills that are being brought up will have an impact on the climate future of our children and future generations. So we have been writing testimony on some of the more important ones as part of the Maryland Climate Justice Wing. Here is the second tranche of the testimony that we have submitted so far in the legislative session.
Category: Testimony/Comment Letters
The Maryland General Assembly has started their 2021 session and many bills that are being brought up will have an impact on the climate future of our children and future generations. So we have been writing testimony on some of the more important ones as part of the Maryland Climate Justice Wing. Here is some of the testimony that we have submitted so far in the legislative session.
On December 9, our lead volunteer spoke against the amendment of the pipeline permit requested by Panda Mattawoman, LLC at the Public Service Commission. We spoke out to support the activities of Clean Air Prince George’s and for the health of those that live near the proposed pipeline, in particular the students in the area.
You can read the testimony here.
You can read the comments we submitted to the Prince George’s County Board of Education urging them to ensure that the contract to build six new schools in Prince George’s County results in the construction of six new 100% Clean Energy Schools.
You can read submitted to the Maryland Public Service Commission calling on the denial of a permit in case 9330 that would result in construct of a new natural gas pipeline that would come within a half mile of Brandywine Elementary School in regards to a call to action from our friends at Clean Air Prince George’s.
You can read submitted to the Prince George’s County Committee of the Whole calling on the a delay on approval of CR-100-2020, a resolution that approve a contract to build six new schools in Prince George’s County, until it is clear that the contract will commit that the six new schools are 100% Clean Energy.