Powerful Groups Take Aim at Aggressive Building Standards in Climate Legislation
Whether the coordinated opposition to the building electrification portion of the climate legislation will impede its progress is an open question, when legislative leaders seem committed to passing the measures intact. But utilities and the building industry often hold great sway in Annapolis.
In Marathon Hearing, Senators Consider Sweeping Climate Change Legislation That Aims to Slash Emissions from Buildings
Advocates and lawmakers pushed for a comprehensive climate bill on Tuesday that would take significant steps to reduce emissions from buildings and set the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal at 60% of 2006 levels by 2030.