Clean Energy

14 Hawai‘i youth plaintiffs from across the pae ‘āina (islands) who are experiencing existential injuries including the loss and damage of homes and kuleana lands, request that this Court recognize and protect their constitutional rights to a life–sustaining environment and climate. They seek to hold the State, Governor, and the Department of Transportation and its Director accountable for administering a state transportation system that promotes and exacerbates the declared “climate emergency,” contrary to legislative and constitutional mandates.

Maryland should take four steps to equitably decarbonize its building sector and fund safer, healthier, more resilient homes for Maryland’s low-income residents and families.