Martin O'Malley (Environmental)

O'Malley's Environmental (section page)

Renewable Energy

• Create a Clean Energy Jobs Corps to partner with communities to become more energy efficient, create new green spaces, and restore and expand forests (MOW-CEF)
• Generate 100% of American electricity with renewable energy by 2050 (MOW-CEF)
• Federal legislation that caps on carbon emissions from all sources, proceeds from permits returned to low- and middle-class families and invested in job transition assistance and Clean Energy Jobs Corps (MOW-CEF)
• Reject projects like Keystone XL and deny new permits for drilling in Alaska, the arctic, and off the coast (MOW-CEF)
• Increase royalties and emissions fees for fossil fuel companies currently drilling on federal land and invest proceeds in jobs and skills training (MOW-CEF)

Carbon Emissions

• Caps or taxes on carbon emissions from all sources, proceeds from permits returned to low- and middle-class families and invested in job transition assistance and Clean Energy Jobs Corps (MOW-CEF)
• Fully implement Clean Power Plan (Ballotpedia)
• Adopt a zero-tolerance policy for methane leaks from current oil and gas production (Ballotpedia)