The General Assembly finds that: (1) Greenhouse gases are air pollutants that threaten to endanger the public health and welfare of the people of Maryland; (2) Global warming poses a serious threat to the State’s future health, well–being, and prosperity; (3) With 3,100 miles of tidally influenced shoreline, Maryland is vulnerable to the threat posed by global warming […]
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Alternative compliance mechanism” means an action authorized by regulations adopted by the Department that achieves the equivalent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions over the same period as a direct emissions reduction. (c) “Carbon dioxide equivalent” means the measurement of a given weight of a greenhouse gas […]
(a) On or before June 1, 2011, the Department shall publish: (1) An inventory of statewide greenhouse gas emissions for calendar year 2006; and (2) Based on existing greenhouse gas emissions control measures, a projected “business as usual” inventory for calendar year 2020. (b) The Department shall review and publish an updated statewide greenhouse gas emissions inventory for calendar […]
The State shall reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 25% from 2006 levels by 2020.
// EFFECTIVE UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2023 PER CHAPTER 11 OF 2016 // The State shall reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 40% from 2006 levels by 2030.
(a) The Governor may include the State as a full participant in any regional governmental initiative, agreement, or compact that limits or reduces greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector. (b) On or before November 1, 2019, and each year thereafter for the next 3 years, the Department and the Department of Transportation shall report to the […]
(a) The State shall develop plans, adopt regulations, and implement programs that reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with this subtitle. (b) On or before December 31, 2018, the Department shall: (1) Submit a proposed plan that reduces statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 40% from 2006 levels by 2030 to the Governor and General Assembly; (2) Make the […]
In developing and implementing the plans required by § 2–1205 of this subtitle, the Department shall: (1) Analyze the feasibility of measures to comply with the greenhouse gas emissions reductions required by this subtitle; (2) Consider the impact on rural communities of any transportation related measures proposed in the plans; (3) Provide that a greenhouse gas emissions source […]
(a) (1) An institution of higher education in the State shall conduct an independent study of the economic impact of requiring greenhouse gas emissions reductions from the State’s manufacturing sector. (2) The Maryland Commission on Climate Change shall oversee the independent study required by this section. (b) On or before October 1, 2022, the institution of higher education responsible […]
(a) A greenhouse gas emissions source in the State’s manufacturing sector that implements a voluntary greenhouse gas emissions reduction plan that is approved by the Department on or before January 1, 2012, may be eligible to receive voluntary early action credits under any future State law requiring greenhouse gas emissions reductions from the manufacturing sector. (b) A […]
On review of the study required under § 2–1207 of this subtitle, and the reports required under § 2–1211 of this subtitle, the General Assembly: (1) May act to maintain, revise, or eliminate the 40% greenhouse gas emissions reduction required under § 2–1204.1 of this subtitle; and (2) Shall consider whether to continue the special manufacturing provisions […]
The Department shall monitor implementation of the plans required under § 2–1205 of this subtitle and shall submit a report, on or before October 1, 2022, and every 5 years thereafter, to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly that describes the State’s progress toward achieving: […]
// EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2031 PER CHAPTER 645 OF 2021 // (a) (1) It is the policy of the State to support and encourage public and private tree–planting efforts, with a goal of planting and helping to maintain in the State 5,000,000 sustainable trees of species native to the State by the end of calendar year […]
