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This week’s Feedback Friday topic is:
Developers Push Back on Potential Legislation
This week, Stephen Neukam of the Capital News Service reported on the renewed effort by Maryland Democrats to pass climate legislation this General Assembly. “The Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, the Senate version of a cross-chamber environmental legislation push, would prohibit newly-constructed buildings beginning in 2024 from using fossil fuels for heating and hot water and existing buildings over 25,000 square feet to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2040,” Neukam reports. But…“Representatives for the commercial real estate industry argue the new standards would be too costly for developers and that the changes are unrealistic to be accomplished on the timeline lawmakers have set.”
The debate is expected to continue at hearings before the House Environment and Transportation Committee.
What do you think? Do you think new development in Maryland should be held to new, environmentally-sensitive building standards and best practices? Or would legislation of this sort handicap developers/development?
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