Coal in Maryland

6 – Six coal plants in Maryland pumped out the same amount of climate pollution in 2017 as over 2,000,000 cars – that’s over 40% of the passenger vehicles on the road in Maryland
5 – Five coal plants in Maryland were operating with expired water discharge permits in 2018
4 – Four coal plants in Maryland were built during or before the Richard Nixon presidency (two were built when Dwight Eisenhower was President!)
3 – Three coal plants in Maryland are operating without modern pollution controls that provide a safeguard for smog-forming nitrogen oxides. Breathing smog is like getting sunburn on your lungs.
2 – Two coal-fired power plants in Maryland are co-located on the same site, polluting the same community, in northern Anne Arundel County just south of the Baltimore City border.
1 – One of Maryland’s coal plants deactivated in 2018.

Since 2010, 280 coal-fired power plants have retired or announced their retirement plans
In 2016, a new wind turbine rose every 2.4 hours in the U.S.
There are more than twice as many solar jobs as coal jobs in the U.S., including mining and power.

From 2011 – 2017, electricity generation from coal in Maryland declined by nearly 60%
In 2016, the Maryland General Assembly passed a bill that was signed by Governor Hogan, requiring the state to reduce climate pollution 40% below 2006 levels by 2030.
The solar energy expected online from the solar carve out of 14.5% by 2028 in the Clean Energy Jobs Act will produce more electricity than all of Maryland’s coal plants produced in 2018.