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Maryland Commission on Climate Change

2021 MWG Meetings   
     10 a.m. - noon  
  subject to changes
  • January 19
  • February 16​
  • March 16
  • April 20
  • May 18
  • June 22
  • July 20
  • August 17
  • September 21
  • October 19
  • November 16
  • December 14
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Mitigation Work Group

The Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Work Group "MWG" supports the charge of the Commission for proposing regulatory, market-based, and voluntary programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while supporting economic development and job creation. For more information, please read the group's Work Plan. You may review the year's proceedings and see how the Work Group's recommendations to the Commission​ are developed throughout the year.

Meetings

The MWG members meet virtually monthly, hosted by the Maryland Department of the Environment. Meetings are open to everyone and include time for public comment. Meeting time, date, and Google Meetings link are listed in the Calendar on the Commission's homepage​.


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MWG Meeting Materials                  Archived meeting materials are here.​
expand Meeting Date: 7/20/2021
●   Maryland Builids Decarbonization Study presentation by E3
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
●   The 2020 GHG Inventory_presentation
●   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
●   Agenda
●   TALEN ENERGY presentation about coal generation
expand Meeting Date: 1/21/2020
●   Agenda
●   Presentation on Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI)

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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.  


Buildings Meeting Materials

Like all Commission and working groups meetings, MWG Buildings sub-group meetings are open to all. The agenda contains meeting details.

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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