Md. Gov. Moore Skips Data Center Moratorium, Adds Task Force Instead
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore took the podium in Annapolis last week and did something that disappointed just about everybody: he did NOT slap a moratorium on new data centers. Instead, he signed an executive order (EO) that creates a new state task force to grade data center projects, a public “dashboard” to track them, and a ban on secret deals between state agencies and developers. He also wants lawmakers to kill a 2020 sales tax break for data centers. The antis at Food & Water Watch (FWW) are grumbling that it’s not enough. What they REALLY want to kill is the gas-fired power plants that would keep the lights on. Read More “Md. Gov. Moore Skips Data Center Moratorium, Adds Task Force Instead”
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Susan Vessels, the Republican (we use that term loosely) president of Marietta, OH City Council, has endorsed Democrat Amy Acton for governor of Ohio. Why? Because Acton promised to honor Marietta’s call for a three-year moratorium on new wastewater injection wells. Vessels is so fixated on blocking injection wells that she’s willing to hand the governor’s office — and control of the agency that regulates Ohio’s oil and gas industry — to the woman who, as Ohio’s health director in 2020, signed the order that shut down the state. That’s not a Republican. That’s a RINO (Republican In Name Only).