Senator Van Hollen on Taxpayer Relief Through the RENEW Act
Right now, Marylanders are paying for the costs of climate change. Higher tides, hotter heat waves, and heavier rain events are all damaging infrastructure and requiring expensive repairs. Public schools that never needed AC for over a hundred years now need to have AC installed at great expense to tax payers. Salt water intrusion is making what used to be agricultural land infertile, slashing property values and as a result, property taxes to the state. 40 years ago, 9 inches of rain was a once in a hundred year rain event, today, 9 inches of rain is at least a once in 10 year rain event…
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