Climate Change
Lobbyist Disclosure Failures Disadvantages Maryland Climate Advocates, According to Audit
The opaque system allows industry operatives to shape legislative decisions with little public oversight, a nonprofit research group has found.
As Maryland lawmakers weigh proposals aimed at reining in utility companies, lowering electricity prices and expanding the state’s low-carbon energy system, a new audit report has found that the lobbyists who want to influence those decisions have largely operated in the dark—and done so legally.
Lobbyist Disclosure Failures Disadvantages Maryland Climate Advocates, According to Audit