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Session Opens

The 2010 capitalandflagjpg-thumb.jpgMaryland General Assembly Legislative Session opened January 13th. Over the next three months more than 2000 bills will be considered, including the State's budget. Negotiating a budget is always a big task but it is rarely such a huge challenge.

With your help, the Maryland LCV Education Fund has fought hard to achieve a seat at the table. Now we need to exercise our collective voice and keep the values of a clean, safe and productive environment front and center as legislators make tough decisions. The economy is on all our minds, but we are the ones to remind our legislators that good environmental policy is good economic policy.

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During the session we will be fighting for the following priorities:

* Protecting the Green Infrastructure Budget

* Smarter Transportation Choices for Maryland

* Watershed Protection and Restoration Act

 
The Wrong Direction- Oppose HB 1125

In 2007 Marylanders, like YOU, fought hard to pass the Stormwater Management Act. This law addresses one of the root causes for our ailing bay, rainwater that washes over hard surfaces like parking lots, carrying pollution into the Chesapeake Bay.

Now, a bill has been introduced, HB 1125 , that threatens to undue this vital progress.

Please contact your legislator and let them know that you oppose allowing developers to avoid paying their fair share and you oppose HB 1125.

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Get Smart about Energy

smart_energy_now.gifHB 522: You wouldn't build a house without a blueprint, but right now Maryland is making decisions about how to construct its energy future without a blueprint. Maryland has committed to ambitious goals to achieve clean, affordable, and reliable energy that will create thousands of new jobs in Maryland but we need a statewide plan to ensure that we achieve those goals.
 

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Protecting the Green Infrastructure Budget
SB140 , SB145 and HB150 : This session, Governor Martin O'Malley and the Legislature will spend most of the session grappling with a projected $1-2 billion additional budget cuts. Given this serious economic situation, yTour voice is vital to ensure the protection of critical environmental programs and agencies that invest in our economy and our environment.

Senate Committee Hearing: On going committee hearings in Budget & Taxation

House Committee Hearing: On going committee hearings in Appropriations

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