Attorney General - Climate Change Actions - Authorization
What this bill does
Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate, commence, and prosecute or defend any civil or criminal suit or action that holds accountable entities whose tortious or otherwise unlawful conduct has contributed to climate change through fraud, deception, or any other mechanism, action, inaction, or practice; and authorizing the Attorney General to hire outside counsel on a contingency fee basis to assist with certain actions if the Attorney General determines that hiring outside counsel on such a basis is in the State's best interest.
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Testimony (14)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Gross, Sara | Baltimore City Department of Law | Oral |
| FAV | DeMarco, Jamie | Chesapeake Climate Action Network | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kemerer, Hannibal | Office of Attorney General | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Carton, James | University of Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Terrasa, Delegate Terrasalegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Deutschmann, Richard | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Terrasa, Jen | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Enten, Robert | Maryland Building Industry Assoc | Oral |
| UNF | Graf, Lorilobbyist | Maryland Building Industry Association | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Ferguson, Colby | Maryland Farm Bureau | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | McCauley, Kirk | WMDA/CAR | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Porter, Hollylobbyist | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | mcavoy, vince | Individual | Oral |