Democrats backing aggressive climate policies won or were leading in eight of 12 of the most contested gubernatorial races after voting Tuesday.

Maryland surpassed its greenhouse gas emission-reduction goal for 2020, according to the final data released by the state Department of the Environment.

A Maryland school district is expanding its partnership with Highland Electric Fleets to electrify its buses to use as distributed energy resources in PJM.

Maryland’s community solar pilot program continues to face challenges, with only 59 MW of capacity online, one-tenth of the 600 MW allowed.

The Maryland Climate Change Commission discussed efforts to expand public transportation and reduce emissions from cement manufacturing at a recent meeting.

Dominion Energy plans $603 million in additional transmission spending to serve the unprecedented growth of data centers near Dulles Airport in Virginia.

Rhode Island, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina will receive $36 million in federal and private-sector funding to support offshore wind training programs.

According to an IIJA progress report, allocations to Maryland now total about $1.7 billion, with more than 80% earmarked for transportation infrastructure.

Maryland’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 were 32% below 2006 levels, according to the state Department of the Environment, besting its goal of a 25% cut.

Maryland faces a steep climb to meet its new emissions-reduction goal of 60% below 2006 levels by 2031. A plan for reaching the goal is due next spring.