Clean Water Action: Senate President Ferguson's Statement on Trash Incineration and MD's Renewable Portfolio Standard
October 19, 2024
October 19, 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Clean Water Action issued the following agency statement on Oct. 18, 2024:
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We are excited that Senate President Ferguson will sponsor the Reclaim Renewable Energy Act, which will eliminate trash incineration from Maryland's Renewable Portfolio Standard and end subsidies for burning trash as renewable energy. For over a decade, Maryland has wasted over $100 million cumulatively subsidizing trash incineration as "renewable energy&quo . . .
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We are excited that Senate President Ferguson will sponsor the Reclaim Renewable Energy Act, which will eliminate trash incineration from Maryland's Renewable Portfolio Standard and end subsidies for burning trash as renewable energy. For over a decade, Maryland has wasted over $100 million cumulatively subsidizing trash incineration as "renewable energy&quo . . .