The bipartisan infrastructure bill touted to address climate change could cause increased GHG emissions because of state discretion over highway spending.

The Maryland Senate approved legislation increasing the state’s GHG emission reduction goal to 60% below 2006 levels by 2030, up from the current 40% target.

Maryland lawmakers are confident they will adopt more ambitious climate goals in 2022, after differences among Democrats stalled action last year.

Six IPPs and electric retailers announced a new organization to promote renewable energy and lobby states for greater customer choice.

The key climate policy stories that bear watching in the Mid-Atlantic region in 2022 make up a short but high-impact list that includes offshore wind, how quickly the region’s investor-owned utilities will decarbonize and Glenn Youngkin. The clean energy landscape in the Mid-Atlantic region got a major shake-up in November when Republican Youngkin edged out …

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Maryland's commercial and multifamily buildings would be forced to eliminate carbon emissions and new buildings would be all-electric under coming legislation.

Maryland regulators selected US Wind and Ørsted to build 1,600 MW in offshore wind, bringing the state close to 2,000 MW in total.

RGGI released an addition 3.9 million allowances from its cost containment reserve, which has only happened twice before in the program’s history.

A Maryland Climate Change Commission working group recommends ordering the state's Building Code Administration to adopt an all-electric construction code.

Offshore wind developers are starting to make good on their job-creation promises, but that hasn't ended opposition to their projects.