Maryland Department of the Environment

MWG - Archive of Meeting Materials

expand Meeting Date: 9/18/2024
  • Letter to the Mitigation Working Group From MD Chamber of Commerce
  • MAPDA-MAPGA comments on 2024 MWG Recommendations
    • expand Meeting Date: 8/21/2024
  • MWG Draft Recommendations for 2024
  • Public Comments
    • expand Meeting Date: 7/17/2024
  • Climate Pollution Reduction Act - MWG 2 Slides
  • CA, WA, NY State Climate RGGI Investments
    • expand Meeting Date: 6/20/2024
  • AGENDA 6.20.24
  • The Renew Act presentation
  • Cap and Invest presentation
    • expand Meeting Date: 5/22/2024
  • AGENDA 5.22.24
  • WASHINGTON'S CAP AND INVEST PROGRAM
    • expand Meeting Date: 4/24/2024
  • Legislative Summary
    • expand Meeting Date: 3/20/2024
  • AGENDA 3.20.24
  • MDoT Climate Pollution Reduction Plan Strategies
    • expand Meeting Date: 2/20/2024
  • Legislative Summary
    • expand Meeting Date: 1/22/2024
  • AGENDA 1.22.24
  • Climate Plan presentation_MDE
    • expand Meeting Date: 10/19/2023
  • Office of the Peoples Council MD Gas Infrastructure Spending presentation by David Lapp
  • Joint Gas Company Letter to MWG re STRIDE program
    • expand Meeting Date: 10/4/2023
  • AGENDA 10.4.23
    • expand Meeting Date: 9/14/2023
  • Recommendations for Annual Report_draft
    • expand Meeting Date: 8/30/2023
  • Clean Heat Standard for Maryland Overview
  • Clean Heat Standards presentation_RAP
    • expand Meeting Date: 7/13/2023
  • Accelarting LD ZEV Adoption Across MD Report
  • Carbon Reduction Program_MDoT
    • expand Meeting Date: 6/15/2023
  • Center for Global Sustainability presentation
    • expand Meeting Date: 5/18/2023
  • AGENDA 5.18.23
    • expand Meeting Date: 4/13/2023
  • Meeting Transcript 4.13.23
  • Discussion Draft_EV Incentive Program
    • expand Meeting Date: 3/16/2023
  • March 16 AGENDA
  • Accelerating LD ZEV Adoption Across MD__Final Report
  • Intro to the Statewide Green Bank_MD Clean Energy Ctr
    • expand Meeting Date: 2/16/2023
  • Pathways to Maryland's GHG Reduction Goals
  • Accelerating LD ZEV adoption across Maryland
    • expand Meeting Date: 12/21/2022
    expand Meeting Date: 10/18/2022
  • AGENDA Oct. 18
  • Alliance for Automotive Innovation
  • MEA Comments on draft Recommendations
    • expand Meeting Date: 10/4/2022
  • AGENDA
  • Sierra Club Comment on Solar
  • Multi-State ACT Support Letter
  • Comments on draft Recommendations-BGE
    • expand Meeting Date: 9/20/2022
  • AGENDA
  • Med and Heavy Duty Truck Recommendations
  • Solar for Reduced GHGs and Energy Costs
  • MMTA letter to MWG
  • ZEV Financial Incentives_MD Motor Truck Assn.
    • expand Meeting Date: 8/23/2022
  • MD Transit Administration presentation
  • Manufacturing Study preliminary results
    • expand Meeting Date: 7/19/2022
  • Buildings Policy Implementation Status
    • expand Meeting Date: 6/21/2022
  • AGENDA
  • PPRP 100 percent
    • expand Meeting Date: 5/18/2022
  • AGENDA
  • Two Ways to Accelerate Gasoline Cuts in MD
    • expand Meeting Date: 4/19/2022
  • AGENDA April 19
    • expand Meeting Date: 3/15/2022
  • AGENDA .
  • Preliminary GHG Inventory presentation
    • expand Meeting Date: 2/22/2022
  • AGENDA
  • National EV Infrastructure Program presentation
    • expand Meeting Date: 1/18/2022
  • Just Transition Study presentation
  • Manufacturing Study Terms of Reference
    • expand Meeting Date: 12/14/2021
  • Mark Stewart presentation
    • expand Meeting Date: 10/13/2021
    expand Meeting Date: 9/21/2021
  • E3 MD Building Decarb Study Output Data Workbook Final
  • Building Energy Transition Plan_Draft
  • Building Energy Transition Plan Core Recommendations
    • expand Meeting Date: 8/17/2021
  • Growing Natural Carbon Sinks in Maryland presentation
  • Waste Diversion Programs in Maryland presentation
  • NOTES
    • expand Meeting Date: 7/20/2021
    expand Meeting Date: 6/22/2021
  • Presentation by Sierra Club on Clean Energy
  • CARE presentation by MDE
    • expand Meeting Date: 5/18/2021
  • Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Priorities by Bruce Ho
  • Wood Energy for Mitigation_USDA Forest Service presentation
    • expand Meeting Date: 4/20/2021
  • Transportation Sector Update presentation_MDoT
    • expand Meeting Date: 3/16/2021
  • Maryland Forest Carbon Inventory_DNR and UMD
  • Statewide Fleet Zero Emissions Vehicles (ZEV) Infrastructure Planning_DGS
  • Annual Forest Carbon Monitoring presentation_George Hurtt, UMD
    • expand Meeting Date: 2/16/2021
  • Buildings AD HOC Group Planning Process_slides
  • 2021 GHG MWG WORK PLAN
  • Technical Assistance for Maryland's Energy Transition
    • expand Meeting Date: 1/19/2021
  • GGRA Planning Update
    • expand Meeting Date: 12/9/2020
  • AGENDA
    • expand Meeting Date: 11/4/2020
  • Remaining Draft Recommendations to Discuss
    • expand Meeting Date: 10/6/2020
  • Climate Law and Policy Comments to MWG
    • expand Meeting Date: 9/24/2020
  • Introduction slides by Mark Stewart Building Ad Hoc Group facilitator
  • MWG Recommendations_compilation
  • MWG Recommendations from Depts of Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • MWG Recommendations from Environmental Protection organizations
    • expand Meeting Date: 8/18/2020
  • AGENDA
  • Emerging Energy Technologies
    • expand Meeting Date: 7/14/2020
  • Remote Work for Reducing Pollution
  • The Remote Economy and its Enivronmental Impact
    • expand Meeting Date: 6/23/2020
  • Using Natural and Working Lands to Combat Climate Change
  • Building EcoSystem Markets in Maryland
    • expand Meeting Date: 6/18/2020
  • E3_Maryland Pathways_2020 MWG Policy Scenarios
  • MD Pathways GHG Emissions by Scenario and Sector
    • expand Meeting Date: 5/12/2020
  • Transportation Sector Update
  • Meeting Minutes
    • expand Meeting Date: 4/28/2020
  • Discussion Slides
  • Decarbonizing Buildings
    • expand Meeting Date: 4/2/2020
  • E3 Slides
  • Maryland GHG Inventories and Goals
    • expand Meeting Date: 2/21/2020
  • Meeting Minutes
  • TALEN ENERGY presentation about coal generation
    • expand Meeting Date: 1/21/2020
  • Agenda
  • Presentation on Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI)
    • expand Meeting Date: 12/17/2019
  • Meeting Minutes
  • 2020 MWG WORK PLAN
    • expand Meeting Date: 11/19/2019
  • Agenda
  • GGRA Macroeconomic and Public Health Estimates (Excel File)
  • Advanced Biofuels USA Slide Notes
  • Prosperous, Renewable Maryland
  • Sustainable Low Carbon Fuel Use and Production in Maryland (Long Version)
    • expand Meeting Date: 9/17/2019
  • Minutes
  • Considerations for a Clean & Renewable Energy Standard
    • expand Meeting Date: 8/13/2019
  • Minutes
    • expand Meeting Date: 7/16/2019
  • Agenda
  • GGRA 40 By 30 Goal Draft Plan Overview
  • Economic Impact of the Draft GGRA Plan
    • expand Meeting Date: 5/6/2019
    expand Meeting Date: 4/16/2019
  • Agenda
  • Panelists Biographies
  • Supplemental Information
  • Comments on fossil fuel use in the building sector
    • expand Meeting Date: 3/12/2019
  • Minutes
  • Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Agriculture: Menu of Recommended Practices
    • expand Meeting Date: 1/15/2019
  • Notes
    • expand Meeting Date: 12/6/2018
  • Agenda
    • expand Meeting Date: 11/13/2018
  • Agenda
  • Maryland Pathways Policy Scenario 3: Carbon Price Scenario
  • Webinar Notes
    • expand Meeting Date: 11/1/2018
    expand Meeting Date: 8/30/2018
  • Agenda
  • Modeling Update
  • Economic Impacts of Policy Scenario 1 (Updated)
  • Discussion Poll Results
    • expand Meeting Date: 8/2/2018
  • Agenda
  • Sequestering Carbon in Agricultural Soils
    • expand Meeting Date: 6/27/2018
  • Agenda
  • On-Road Inventory Development Process
  • Sierra Club ZEV Task Force Report
  • Sierra Club EV Policy Toolkit
    • expand Meeting Date: 5/31/2018
  • Minutes (revised)
  • Climate XChange Statement
  • Impact of a Carbon Pollution Charge
  • Sequestering Carbon in Agricultural Soils
    • expand Meeting Date: 5/3/2018
  • Minutes
  • The criticality of Natural Gas
  • Recommendations for Maryland CHP Program
    • expand Meeting Date: 4/5/2018
  • Agenda
  • Economic Impacts of Reducing GHG Emissions
    • expand Meeting Date: 3/1/2018
  • Agenda
  • Using Procurement Policies to Support American Manufacturing Jobs
  • Maryland In-State Low Carbon Power and Jobs
    • expand Meeting Date: 2/1/2018
  • Agenda
  • 2018 Work Plan
  • Maryland Pathways Reference Scenario Presentation
    • expand Meeting Date: 11/17/2017
  • Minutes
    • expand Meeting Date: 10/27/2017
  • Agenda
  • GGRA Modeling Update
  • MWG Draft Work Plan
    • expand Meeting Date: 9/15/2017
  • Minutes
  • Transportation and Climate Change Planning
    • expand Meeting Date: 8/24/2017
  • Agenda
  • Recommendations for the 2017 Report
    • expand Meeting Date: 7/13/2017
  • Agenda
  • NABTU Presentation
  • RGGI Presentation
    • expand Meeting Date: 6/23/2017
  • Meeting Notes
  • PACE ... Presentation
    • expand Meeting Date: 5/11/2017
  • Agenda
  • Soil Carbon: Major Player in Maryland's Greenhouse Gas Balance - Ray Weil
  • Reversing Climate Change - Restore the Soil to Save Humanity and the Planet
    • expand Meeting Date: 4/21/2017
  • Making a Living on a Living Planet - Labor Network for Sustainability
  • 40_by_30_Update
  • Supplemental Material: Beyond a Band-Aid: A discussion paper on protecting workers and communities in the great energy transition Arjun Makhijani, PH.D.
  • Supplemental Material: The Impact of Climate Change on Work and Working People in Maryland - Labor Network for Sustainability
  • Supplemental Material: Blog series by Brian Lombardozzi, "The True Cost of Chinese Solar Panels"
    • expand Meeting Date: 3/16/2017
  • Meeting Notes
  • Maryland Health, Communities and the Environment
  • Supplemental Material: Highlights from the Maryland Climate and Health Profile Report
  • Supplemental Material: MWG and ECO Working Together
    • expand Meeting Date: 2/24/2017
  • Meeting Notes
  • Presentation: Maryland's GHG Inventory: Methane
  • Presentation: Methane Emissions from the Baltimore-Washington Area
    • expand Meeting Date: 12/19/2016
  • Meeting Notes
    • expand Meeting Date: 11/28/2016
  • Agenda
  • Potential Priorities for the 2017 Work Plan
    • expand Meeting Date: 10/24/2016
  • Meeting Notes
    • expand Meeting Date: 10/6/2016
  • Meeting Notes
    • expand Meeting Date: 9/26/2016
  • Agenda
  • Outline of MWG Contribution to MCCC 2016 Report
  • Presentation: MDOT Climate Change: Status Update and Trends Overview
  • Presentation: Electric Vehicles and Maryland
    • expand Meeting Date: 8/22/2016
  • Meeting Notes
  • Presentation: Developing an MWG Recommendation on Methane Emissions
  • Letter to Governor Hogan from the Maryland Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities
    • expand Meeting Date: 7/25/2016
  • Agenda
  • Presentation: Enhanced Efforts on Economic and Social Equity Analyses
    • expand Meeting Date: 6/27/2016
  • Agenda
  • MWG Work Plan
  • COMAR 26.19.01 Oil and Gas Resources: Issue Papers for Stakeholder Input - June 2016
  • Presentation: Overview of Methane in the Environment. Laura Lapham, PhD, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
  • Presentation: Oil and Gas Methane Emissions: Impacts, Sources, and Solutions. Andrew Williams, Environmental Defense Fund
    • expand Meeting Date: 5/23/2016
  • Meeting Notes
  • Presentation: The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and the Clean Power Plan
  • Work Plan
    • expand Meeting Date: 4/25/2016
  • Meeting Notes
  • Presentation: Economic Impacts of Climate Action: Beyond Jobs
    • expand Meeting Date: 3/14/2016
  • Agenda
  • Work Plan Draft
  • Short-lived Climate Pollutants White Paper
  • Draft 2016 Work Plan
    • expand Meeting Date: 2/29/2016
  • SB323 Presentation
    • expand Meeting Date: 11/19/2015
  • Agenda
  • GGRA Update
  • MCCC Concept Paper
    • expand Meeting Date: 10/9/2015
    expand Meeting Date: 9/3/2015
  • Agenda
    • expand Meeting Date: 7/27/2015
  • Scientific and Technical Working Group Presentation
    • expand Meeting Date: 7/23/2015
    expand Meeting Date: 7/20/2015
  • Meeting Notes
    • expand Meeting Date: 7/16/2015
  • MDE Presentation - The Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Act: Where Do We Go From Here?
    • expand Meeting Date: 7/13/2015
  • Meeting Notes
    • expand Meeting Date: 6/19/2015
  • Multi-State ZEV Task Force
    • expand Meeting Date: 6/5/2015
  • Agenda
  • Land Use Strategies: MDP GGRA Responsibilities
  • Draft Table of Contents for the Commission Report
    • expand Meeting Date: 5/21/2015
  • Agenda
  • Handout 2 - DNRs Implementation of GGRA Programs
  • Handout 4 - Draft TOC for Commission Report
    • expand Meeting Date: 5/6/2015
  • Agenda
  • Handout 2 - MWG Roster
  • Handout 4 - List of Outside Resource Assignments
  • Handout 7 - Implementation of GGRA Programs Assigned to MDE: A Brief Analysis of Overall Success and Areas for Improvement
  • Handout 9 - Background Publications and Links
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    Stakeholders' Commtents on the Draft Building Energy Transition Plan (2021)​:

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    MWG Buildings Sub-Group

    On April 28, 2020, the Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Working Group (MWG) co-chairs agreed to create an ad hoc group of volunteers, both members and non-members of the MWG, focused on developing recommendations for decarbonizing buildings in Maryland. The group’s primary objectives, which come from the MWG’s 2020 Work Plan, are to:
    • Analyze and determine specific targets and timelines for decreasing emissions from residential and commercial buildings; 
    • Analyze and identify specific mechanisms for decreasing emissions from residential and commercial buildings;
    The Buildings sub-group presented its recommendations​ to the Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Workgroup on September 24, 2020.  

    The MWG Buildings sub-group meetings are open to all,  Online meetings info and links are listed in the Calendar on the Commission's homepage​.

    Meeting Materials

    September 16, 2021
    August 25, 2021 
    August 3, 2021
    July 13, 2021

    May 27, 2021

    April 28, 2021

    March 18, 2021

    September 3, 2020

    August 20, 2020

    July 9, 2020

    June 4, 2020

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