Survey Shows Where Candidates for Governor Stand on Renewable Energy and Factory Farms

Most Democratic gubernatorial candidates say that they support accelerating Maryland’s transition away from fossil fuels, and some say that they are open to using more controversial renewable sources of energy such as nuclear energy and biogas derived from animal waste in farms to achieve those goals. Former Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D), state Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D), former Attorney General Doug Gansler (D), former Obama administration staffer Ashwani Jain (D), former Obama Education Secretary John B. King (D), former Obama Labor Secretary Tom Perez (D), founder of the socialist Bread and Roses Party Jerome Segal (D) each reported in a survey conducted by environmental groups that they support ending all new development of fossil fuel infrastructure in Maryland, including gas hookups to new buildings.