Delegate Bobo Sponsors Important Environmental Legislation

It would be great for the State and for the Bay if this bill becomes law.

The bill, which will be sponsored by Del. Elizabeth Bobo, a Howard County Democrat, would bring Maryland in line with standards originally adopted in California for limiting releases of three known or suspected cancer-causing chemicals.

Of course the coast is not clear:

The so-called Clean Cars Program is expected to face continued resistance from the auto industry.

I'll be watching this bill. It might just save your life.

Brad Heavner, director of Environment Maryland and a veteran environmental lobbyist, said at a news conference at Sinai Hospital that a new report by his group shows the cancer risk associated with the three chemicals is 40 times higher in Maryland than the federal Environmental Protection Agency's benchmark.