Maryland Business

By: jackie.sauter

Maryland’s fight for cleaner air is getting some love from the BBC.

BBC World News America’s Katty Kay — you may know her from regular appearances on Meet the Press and The Chris Matthews Show — traveled from D.C. to Maryland’s James Island with environmental scientist Court Stevenson to get a look at the problems plaguing the Chesapeake Bay, and report back on the work the state is doing to reduce carbon emissions.

“The impact of global warming is hard to ignore — rising sea levels are contributing to massive erosion, threatening Maryland’s 3,000 miles of coastline… The rising water has covered what was once a thriving community — 150 years ago there were two schools, a shop and a shipbuilding yard. Mr. Stevenson said it will all be gone in 30 years,” Kay wrote.

Despite the BBC’s worldwide reach, Kay does little to compare Maryland’s policies to those around the world. I would have liked to find a sister state somewhere out there that’s pushing some buttons with its environmental laws. Regardless, I guess it’s still nice to get some international love.

DANIELLE ULMAN, Business Writer