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Long demanded by community leaders on the frontlines of fighting incinerators in Maryland, this policy will end state subsidies and greenwashing for polluting trash incinerators and redirect those investments toward renewable energy. Maryland has become the second state in the country, behind only California, to delete trash incineration from its Renewable Portfolio Standard.

Final Decision Rests with Mayor Scott and Baltimore City DPW

Tonight, the Baltimore City Council will vote on a resolution to support expanded access to the City’s Sewage Onsite Support program, an action that would provide relief for hundreds of Baltimore residents annually who experience devastating sewage backups into their homes through no fault of their own. The resolution, entitled “Request for City Action – Expand the Sewage Onsite Support Program” will be introduced by Councilman Gray, and is cosponsored at introduction by Councilmembers Mark Parker, Ryan Dorsey, Odette Ramos, James

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” despite the fact that incinerators emit more greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy produced than any other power source, even coal.

For too long, communities polluted by trash incinerators or fighting new trash incinerators in Baltimore