Chesapeake PSR Praised for Clean Energy Work August 2, 2018

The Baltimore Sun newspaper in a recent editorial applauded Chesapeake PSR for calling out the “hypocrisy” of Maryland’s renewable energy practices and welcomed the chapter’s new report, Unbundled: How Renewable Energy Credits Undermine Maryland’s Transition to Clean, Renewable Energy.

The report critiques Maryland’s policy of allowing utilities to buy huge shares of out-of-state renewable tax credits to meet their Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS). This has held the state back from investing in clean energy, particularly offshore wind, where Maryland has the potential to become an industry leader.

The editorial also cited Chesapeake PSR’s work against Maryland’s “cleanwashing.” Maryland falsely categorizes as renewable such heavily polluting sources of energy as incineration of trash and “black liquor” (paper-making wastes).

Congrats Chesapeake PSR for your impressive work!

Read the editorial

More In the News

Meet three therapists who are helping Marylanders cope with their climate anxiety

Maryland Matters Van Susteren asserts that the number of people suffering from climate anxiety is “impossible to quantify.” But she and some colleagues attempted to...
More about Meet three therapists who are helping Marylanders cope with their climate anxiety

Hydrogen for heating is gaining steam. Is it safe?

E&E News Similarly, Physicians for Social Responsibility said heating homes with hydrogen is a prime example where more efficient and less expensive solutions already exist:...
More about Hydrogen for heating is gaining steam. Is it safe?

Stop open burning of sugar cane fields in Palm Beach County

Photo: Lisa Jacobs / CC BY-ND 2.0 Howard Kessler, MD, President of PSR Florida | The Palm Beach Post The inhalation of pollutants from these...
More about Stop open burning of sugar cane fields in Palm Beach County