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Maryland takes the lead on near-term state carbon reduction targets
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Dive Short:
- Maryland is intending to have a carbon-neutral economic climate by 2045 under its Environment Solutions Currently Act of 2022, passed previously this month. The legislation additionally needs an extraordinary 60% decrease in economy-wide greenhouse gas discharges by 2030, a substantial rise from the state’s earlier 40% decrease target listed below 2006 degrees.
- The legislation supplies financing as well as oversight to help in reducing air pollution in overloaded areas, straightening it with the Biden management’s campaign to offer deprived areas a healthy and balanced share of tidy power’s advantages — from much less air pollution to even more tasks. The Maryland legislation additionally looks for to change tasks shed in the nonrenewable fuel source sector triggered by the transfer to zero-emission power, structures as well as transport.
- Tidy power as well as ecological equity supporters promoted the legislation as well as gotten in touch with various other states to comply with Maryland’s lead.
Dive Understanding:
Maryland signs up with a handful of states that have actually passed legislations to acquire net-zero carbon discharge economic climates by midcentury. However Maryland’s brand-new legislation goes further on the environment air pollution front by looking for to lower discharges 60% listed below 2006 degrees by 2030.
The golden state, which additionally has a 2045 target date to attain a carbon-neutral economic climate, goes for economy-wide carbon discharge decreases that are 40% listed below 1990 degrees by 2030. Maine, which has a 2045 objective for getting to a net-zero discharges economic climate, aims to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gases 45% listed below 1990 degrees by 2030.
State legislatures throughout the U.S. ought to aim to Maryland “as a design for legal activity that satisfies the minute as well as places us on course for a lasting, fair future,” Gregory Wetstone, American Council on Renewable resource head of state as well as chief executive officer, claimed in a declaration recently.
Tidy power as well as ecological justice supporters likewise applauded the brand-new legislation.
“There is a lot in the costs that aspires as well as a large bargain, as well as additionally affordable as well as possible,” Rebecca Rehr, Maryland Organization of Preservation Citizens supervisor of environment plan as well as justice, claimed.
She praised the ecological justice arrangements, consisting of those that follow the Biden management’s Justice 40 Effort to offer 40% of the advantages of non-fossil power to areas overmuch affected as well as traditionally disinvested.
The costs needs the Maryland Division of the Atmosphere, in partnership with a lasting power company, to recognize areas unjustly influenced by environment effects. “The huge bargain,” according to Rehr, is that the legislation specifies areas that are “overloaded” as well as “underserved,” which she wishes will certainly prevent application hold-ups triggered by specifying the targeted teams.
The costs is anticipated to make solar power extra easily accessible to reduced- as well as moderate-income homes by sparing solar on roofs, parking lot as well as brownfields from real estate tax if the systems offer greater than 50% of the power to these homes.
It additionally mandates that the Maryland Division of Labor change its Structure Efficiency Requirements by January 2023 to need all brand-new structures to satisfy all water as well as room home heating needs without making use of nonrenewable fuel sources as well as have the ability to mount solar roofs as well as electrical automobile battery chargers. Regional exceptions regarded essential will certainly be permitted. State-owned structures need to reduce their greenhouse gas discharges in fifty percent by 2030 as well as be net-zero by 2035. Exhausts from all various other structures need to go down 20% by 2030 as well as 40% by 2035.
The costs develops the Environment Catalytic Resources Fund to be carried out by the state-created Maryland Clean Power Facility, which is an environment-friendly financial institution that makes use of public bucks to utilize economic sector financial investments in power performance, renewables as well as ecological equity. This is the very first time that the eco-friendly financial institution will certainly get a source of specialized state funds. The costs supplies $5 million every year in between 2024 as well as 2026 “to crowd in even more exclusive resources to attain the result preferred,” claimed Katherine Magruder, the facility’s exec supervisor. Reduced as well as modest homes are to get 40% of the funds.
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Maryland Weather: Severe Storms Moving in From West
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BALTIMORE – Severe storms have been plaguing western Maryland this afternoon. They are on the move east and will push into Carroll County near the 6pm hour. These storms have a history of producing winds capable of downing trees. We are also seeing heavy rain and lightning.
Most of the activity will push north and south of the forecast area surrounding Baltimore with the marine layer or stable air mass keeping the severe weather west of the mountain regions.
The warm front associated with the severe weather is bring warm, humid air in overnight. Expect overnight lows in the low 70s with scattered showers and isolated severe storms.
A secondary cold front will bring another chance for an isolated strong storms on Sunday. The day won’t be a washout, there is the possibility of active weather in the afternoon and evening.
The front will bring bright sunny skies for Monday with low humidity. Perfect weather for the afternoon barbecue or last summer activity. Kids getting back to school this week should expect refreshing temperatures… possibly even a little chilly with overnight lows in the 50s.
High pressure will control our weather for the middle of the week. Expect sunny skies and low humidity through Friday. Overnight lows Tuesday and Wednesday will be in the mid 50s, with afternoon highs in the upper 70s. The chance of showers returns late Friday.
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How to watch Maryland football vs. UConn
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Maryland football is back and kicks off its season at home against UConn on Saturday.
The Terps will take on the Huskies for first time since 2013, when Maryland won, 32-21. The Terps are coming off an 8-5 season, in which they won their third straight bowl game, while UConn is coming off a disappointing 3-9 season and looking to play spoiler on the road.
With a victory, Maryland will move its week one winning streak to five games.
The numbers
Maryland: 0-0
UConn: 0-0
All-time series: Maryland leads, 2-1
DraftKings Sportsbook line: Maryland -19.5, O/U 44.5
How to watch and listen
When: Saturday, Aug. 31, 12 p.m. ET
Where: SECU Stadium, College Park, Maryland
TV: Fox Sports 1 — Connor Onion (play-by-play), Mark Helfrich (analyst)
Radio: 105.7 FM (Balt) / 980 AM (DC) – Johnny Holliday (play-by-play), Steve Suter (analyst), LaMont Jordan (sideline)
Streaming: Fox Sports
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Maryland Supreme Court reinstates Adnan Syed murder conviction, orders new hearing
BALTIMORE— Maryland’s Supreme Court has upheld an appellate court’s decision to reinstate the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, whose case gained national attention in 2014 when it was featured on the first season of the “Serial” podcast.
The ruling says the case should be sent back to a lower court for a new hearing on whether it should be thrown out entirely. The decision reverses a lower court’s ruling that had cleared Syed’s name two years ago.
Syed had served more than 20 years for the 1999 murder of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee.
He was freed from prison in September 2022 after Baltimore prosecutors found flaws in the evidence presented at trial and a judge agreed to vacate his conviction.
However, Lee’s relatives appealed the decision, contending they didn’t receive sufficient notice to attend the hearing that set Syed free. In March 2023, the Maryland Appellate Court agreed and reinstated Syed’s conviction and ordered a redo of the hearing.
Syed appealed that ruling, bringing the matter to the Maryland Supreme Court. Friday’s ruling comes 11 months after arguments were made.
Justices found the circuit court violated the rights of Young Lee, Hae Min Lee’s brother.
“In an effort to remedy what they perceived to be an injustice to Mr. Syed, the prosecutor and the Circuit Court worked an injustice against Mr. Lee,” the court said.
Syed will remain free until the next hearing which has not been scheduled. The Supreme Court ordered the Lee family must have sufficient notice of the new hearing and a new judge must preside.
“If there’s actually evidence presented that shows that Adnan Syed should not have been convicted, we would be the first ones to congratulate Adnan Syed and argue he should be a free man,” said David Sanford, the attorney for the Lee family. “That hasn’t happened yet.”
In their dissenting opinions, several justices wrote when the case was vacated, any appeal by Young Lee should’ve been rendered moot. Those justices also argued there aren’t any specific victims’ rights that would require Young Lee be allowed to be present at that 2022 hearing.
Syed’s lawyer Erica Suter said that while they disagree with the ruling, the Lee family’s pain in this isn’t lost on them.
“Wrongful convictions devastate the wrongly accused, their family and the family of the victim,” Suter said. “Reinstating Adnan’s wrongful conviction does not provide justice or closure.”
Rabia Chaudry, Syed’s friend and advocate, went on Instagram Live to affirm that she will do what she can to keep Syed a free man.
“I will never not fight for his freedom and I know there are others, also, in his life who will never not fight for his freedom,” Chaudry said.
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