Energy and Transportation

1. Transportation reform – oppose new highways, support electrified
   transportation and charging infrastructure, support Transportation Climate
   Initiative, support funding for mass transit
2. Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) cleanup – The RPS requires
   Maryland’s utilities to provide electricity from renewable sources at a
   certain minimun percent, and it gives financial incentives for its
   generation. However, some of the portfolio is renewable but not clean,
   such as incineration. In particular, incineration of a byproduct of paper
   pulp known as black liquor is especially dirty. Support removing these
   dirty energy sources from the RPS
3. Broad building codes improvement
4. Fossil fuel infrastructure reform – support adding new requirements
   to make it more difficult to build new fossil fuel infrastructure
5. Phaseout coal plants
6. Oppose the Governor’s expected “Clean Energy” bill (which would
   include fracked gas, large hydro, nuclear)

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