Maryland's state legislators are at it for a four year in a row, pushing bills that would increase trash and biomass incineration in their state and region. In 2011, the state became the first, and only, to put trash burning in competition with wind power in its renewable energy mandate. Now, over half of the energy used to meet their renewable energy law is from smokestack technologies.
If you're in Maryland, or can share this with those who are, please help us get groups and individuals signed onto this Environmental Community Statement on Maryland's "Renewable Energy" Bills. The legislative session goes until April 7th, so we have six weeks to make sure that none of these misguided energy and waste bills are passed unless they're significantly cleaned up. Email Mike to get involved.