Action Alerts

Support Maryland’s transition to clean energy

What's At Stake

Maryland is at a pivotal moment in its energy history, with the opportunity to lead in the transition from toxic fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy. The Climate Solutions Now Act (CSNA) laid the groundwork for this monumental shift, aiming for 60% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2031, 100% clean energy by 2035, and net-zero emissions by 2045. 

However, the ambitious goals of the CSNA cannot be achieved without further decisive action. It is crucial for Maryland’s leaders to prioritize the transition to clean energy and invest in electrifying our buildings and vehicles, rather than in new fossil fuel infrastructure. The first step to successfully transitioning Maryland to clean energy is ending new investments in fossil fuel infrastructure and redirecting that money to electrifying the region.  

Urge the General Assembly to pass two critical climate bills. 

Read More

Maryland’s electric grid can support a major transition to building and vehicle electrification. In fact, the state’s energy experts have already outlined how to do it. The Maryland Department of Energy’s plan is a roadmap for transitioning from dirty fossil fuels responsibly by replacing old systems with cleaner ones that save consumers money and don’t release toxic indoor air pollution. 

Maryland’s governor and lawmakers must make it clear, the state’s transition to clean and safe energy practices is a priority. Changes needed to safely transition Maryland to clean energy require serious political capital during the legislative session.  

Two bills need your support today: 

  • The Empower Bill (HB 864): Creates programs that incentivize greenhouse gas reductions and discourage gas infrastructure in buildings, thus reducing the risk of explosions and indoor air pollution while saving Maryland residents money. 
  • The Ratepayer Protection Act (SB 548/HB 731): Ensures safety in gas infrastructure spending, focusing on replacing high-risk gas pipes to prevent deadly accidents. 

The Moore administration and lawmakers can provide the political capital necessary to position Maryland as a catalyst for a clean energy sector. Contact your elected officials and express your support for these critical pieces of legislation.  

A family prepares a meal on an induction stove.
A family prepares a meal on an induction stove. Children who grow up in a home with a gas stove are 42% more likely to develop asthma than those who don’t. (Tom Werner / Getty Images)

Delivery to Maryland General Assembly

Important Notice

Your message is delivered to a public agency, and all information submitted may be placed in the public record. Do not submit confidential information.

By taking action, you will receive emails from Earthjustice. Change your mailing preferences or opt-out at any time. Learn more in our Privacy Policy. This Earthjustice action is hosted on EveryAction. Learn about EveryAction’s Privacy Policy.

Why is a phone number or prefix required on some action forms?

Trouble Viewing This Action?

If the action form is not loading above, please add earthjustice.org as a trusted website in your ad blocker or pause any ad blockers, and refresh this webpage. (Details.) If the action form still does not display, please report the problem to us at action@earthjustice.org. Thank you!

Your Actions Matter

Your messages make a difference, even if we have leaders who don't want to listen. Here's why.

You level the playing field.

Elected officials pay attention when they see that we are paying attention. Read more.

They may be hearing from industry lobbyists left and right, but hearing the stories of their constituents — that’s your power.

Our legislators serve at the pleasure of the people who gave them their job — you.

Make sure your elected officials know whose community and whose values they represent. When you contact your elected official, you’re putting a face and a name on an issue.

Whether or not you voted for them, they work for you, for the duration of their term.

Make sure your elected officials know whose community and whose values they represent. (Find your local, state, and federal elected officials.)

Your action is with us in court.

If a federal agency finalizes a harmful action, the record of public comments provides a basis for bringing them into court. Read more.

Throughout each of the public comment periods we alert you to, Earthjustice’s attorneys are researching and writing in-depth, technical comments to submit — detailing how the regulation could and should be stronger to protect the environment, our communities, and our planet.

We need you to join us — your specific experiences, knowledge, and voice are crucial to add to the Administrative Record through the comment periods.

Lawsuits we file that challenge weak or harmful federal regulations rely on what was submitted during the comment period. The court can only look at documents that are in the Administrative Record — including the public comments — to decide if the agency did something improper.

Your actions aid our litigation. Taking action and submitting comments during a comment period is substantively important.

It’s the law.

Federal agencies must pause what they’re doing and ask for — and consider — your comment. Read more.

Many of us may have never heard of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), but laws like these require our government to ask the public to weigh in before agencies adopt or change regulations.

Regulations essentially describe how federal agencies will carry out laws — including decisions that could undermine science, or weaken safeguards on public health.

Public comments are collected at various points throughout the federal government’s rulemaking process, including when a regulation is proposed and finalized. (Learn about the rulemaking process.) These comments become part of the official, legal public record — the “Administrative Record.”

When the public responds with a huge outpouring of support for environmental protections, these individual messages collectively undercut politicians' attempts to claim otherwise.

What this means is each of us can take a role in shaping the rules our government creates — and ensuring those rules are fair and effective.