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(130,895 posts)and why is slate publishing it?
Nobody knows who Martin O'Malley is. Well, nobody except,
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026374118
environmental record
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=398157
O'Malley to Congress: extend unemployment benefits
http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2014/01/12/omalley-to-congress-extend-unemployment-benefits/
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73251.html
From his resume:
A former Governing Magazine Public Official of the Year, Governor OMalley was re-elected in 2010. His 2013 legislative successes were described in a Baltimore Sun editorial as without many parallels in recent Maryland history.
With a balanced approach of spending cuts, regulatory reform, and modern investment in education, innovation, and infrastructure, Governor OMalley and his Administration are making better choices that are delivering better results, including:
Fastest rate of job growth in the region.
#1 ranking for best public schools in America for an unprecedented five years in a row (Education Week).
#1 ranking for holding down the cost of college tuition (College Board).
#1 ranking for innovation and entrepreneurship for two years running (U.S. Chamber of Commerce).
Under the Governors leadership, Maryland also ranks:
#1 nationally in median income,
#1 in Ph.D. scientists and researchers per capita,
#1 in Research and Development, and
#1 in businesses owned by women.
More at: http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/gov/former/html/msa13090.html
'But OMalleys time in Annapolis is also the story of an unbowed liberal champion, who muscled through a string of policy changes that will endure long after he departs Wednesday. Gay couples in Maryland can now marry; the state no longer executes prisoners; minimum-wage workers are getting pay increases; and undocumented immigrants can qualify for in-state college tuition rates. It is harder to buy a gun.
The state spent record amounts on education and more on roads, despite a recession, and there were steep drops in crime and a dramatic increase in people covered by subsidized health care improvements made possible, OMalley boosters say, by the very tax increases that became so reviled.
Ive done what I think is the right thing to do for the common good of the people I serve, OMalley said in an interview. If you look objectively at what this administration was able to accomplish . . . youd say it was a very productive and effective eight years.'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/in-defining-omalleys-legacy-liberal-successes-compete-with-tax-hikes/2015/01/19/5b951d4c-9d81-11e4-a7ee-526210d665b4_story.html
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/editorial/hogan-shelves-chicken-manure-rules/article_e1158828-cc00-5eb6-9b95-ff9ab74fd924.html
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science presented Gov. Martin OMalley (D) with the Reginald V. Truitt Environmental Award for his environmental leadership in Maryland. He received the award Sept. 30 at a special ceremony with invited guests at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology at Baltimores Inner Harbor.
From record farmland acres planted with cover crops to thousands of citizens growing oysters off their piers, to preserving hundreds of thousands of acres of open space, farm and forest lands, weve created common, publicly-available platforms and leveraged state resources to restore the streams and rivers weve inherited, said OMalley in a press release. Im honored to accept this award on behalf of all Marylanders it is through their tireless dedication and commitment that will continue to establish a healthier Chesapeake Bay, and create a more sustainable future for the next generation.
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences Reginald V. Truitt Environmental Award honors a Marylander whose dedication, efforts and achievements in the fields of public service, communication and management have resulted in the better understanding and stewardship of Marylands environment, the release states. Past recipients of the award include former Maryland Sen. C. Bernard Fowler, U.S. Sen. Charles M. Mathias, Gov. Harry R. Hughes, Gov. Parris N. Glendening and U.S. Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes. Three of the five past recipients were in attendance. OMalley is the sixth person to be honored with the Reginald V. Truitt Environmental Award.
Governor OMalley has listened to science in striving for Chesapeake Bay restoration and sustainable growth in Maryland. His leadership in responding to climate change through energy conservation and transformation has set a national standard, said Donald Boesch, president of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, in the release. We as citizens of Maryland have been fortunate to have a governor with such vision, intelligence and commitment to our environmental future.
OMalley has served the people of Maryland as governor since 2007 and led the region in protecting the Chesapeake Bay, according to the release. During his administration, OMalley has been the nations leading governor on the environment, the release states. He has pushed for stronger environmental regulations and has led the restoration of the bay. Maryland is the only state that has consistently met its two-year milestones, ensuring that short-term progress leads to long-term restoration.
Under his leadership, Maryland has worked with its partners to adopt management strategies to rebuild the blue crab population, and has made significant progress in restoring the oyster population and expanding the aquaculture industry, the release continues. He led the creation of BayStat, a data-driven performance management tool, to steadily reduce nitrogen and phosphorus polluting the bay. He has also led the states efforts to adopt, and become an active member in, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the nations first market-based regulatory program in the United States to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
During his administration, Maryland has added more renewable energy to its grid than any time since the Conowingo Dam was built 80 years ago, according to the release. In 2009, he led the states efforts to pass the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act that will reduce greenhouse gases 25 percent by the year 2020.
read more: http://www.somdnews.com/article/20150123/NEWS/150129622/1059/o-x2019-malley-receives-truitt-award-for-environmental-leadership&template=southernMaryland