Maryland Department of the Environment

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The Just Transition Employment and Retraining Working Group

The Just Transition Employment and Retraining Working Group submitted the “Just Transition Employment and Retraining Working Group Study” to the Commission and to the General Assembly and completed its primary mandate set by the Climate Solutions Now Act. 

With this statutory requirement satisfied, the working group has been placed on pause and will not meet actively until further notice. If the Commission has additional requests, the working group may reconvene at a future date.


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The JTWG will support clean and renewable technologies while considering equitable economic development opportunities at community levels. The JTWG will advise the MCCC on equitable workforce development and traini​ng, including relating to energy efficient measures, transportation, natural working lands, renewable energy, and other clean energy technologies.
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The “Just Transition Employment and Retraining Working Group Study,” with input from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, responds to the mandate outlined in Section 2–1303.1. of the Maryland Climate Solutions Now Act (CSNA)​ of 2022.

This study is designed to inform the state’s decision-making regarding challenges and opportunities for Maryland's workforce resulting from a clean energy transition.​

Contact: Mark Stewart, Director ​of Climate Change Program, Maryland Department of the Environment, [email protected]​


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This working group is not currently convening​.





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Maryland Department of the Environment
1800 Washington Blvd
Baltimore, MD 21230