Maryland Adopts Green Building Tax Credit

Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. has launched a statewide green building tax credit. Although authorized in the spring of 2001, the credit was in development through last fall and officially launched only in November. The Maryland Energy Administration hopes that the tax credit will increase the number of green buildings in the state, in effect reducing demand on power plants and pollution of the Chesapeake Bay. New York became the first state to offer a green building tax credit, in 2000. For more information on the New York credit and its first recipients, see

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