SB414 requires the State to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 60% from 2006 levels by 2030 and requires the State to achieve net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2045. Additionally, it requires the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt regulations establishing certain energy conservation requirements for certain buildings by July 1, 2022 and set a goal of planting and maintaining 5,000,000 sustainable trees of species native to the State by the end of 2030.
The Maryland State Senate passed SB414 on March 12, 2021 by a vote of 34 to 11. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this legislation creates more government interference in the free market economy and advances the Marxist climate change agenda. Businesses should have the freedom to conduct business without the government meddling in their affairs by setting unrealistic and costly regulations.