Off the Books: Maryland’s Clean Energy Push Ignores Backup Generator Pollution

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By By Aman AzharJul 16, 2025, 4:55 am329 pts
Despite ambitious emissions goals, the state is failing to track and regulate fossil-fueled backup generators. The creeping data center boom will make a bad situation worse, advocates warn. By Aman Azhar When thousands of gallons of diesel fuel spilled into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor from Johns Hopkins Hospital…

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