Our priorities

Climate Coalition Montgomery County priorities FY26

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  • Green infrastructure, focusing on stormwater management and heat island mitigation

  • Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS)

  • Montgomery County Community Choice Energy (CCE) and County Solar Energy Strategic Plan

  • Land Use Planning / Data Centers and Zoning

  • Zero Waste / Waste Reduction and Prevention; Incinerator; Synthetic Turf

  • Transportation / Upcounty Transit; Toll lanes

  • Resilience / Local Food Production; Resilience hubs

  • Green Housing / Sustainable Housing;

  • Housing Density; Geothermal

What we have supported in the past

  • Buildings Energy Performance Standards

  • Plastic Bag Ban

  • Green Building Now Act

  • Phasing-out gas-powered leaf blowers

  • Climate assessments for all bills, ZTAs, and master plans

  • Forest Conservation Law amendments

  • Increasing County budget for climate action

  • Strengthening the County's final Climate Action Plan