The Maryland League of Conservation Voters (MDLCV) Education Fund released its Vision 2025: 2018 Issue Guide on June 6, 2018. The guide details issues that will be important to the environmental community during the 2019 Session and beyond. From the guide’s introduction:

Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund is dedicated to building the effectiveness of the environmental community by maximizing participation of conservation-minded individuals in public policy decisions. We are proud to present this guide to help Marylanders understand the issues facing our state over the next four years. …

Whoever is governor will oversee an administration that will determine our role as citizens of a global community, as well as the future of our citizens’ health, safety, and quality of life. The goals we reach in 2025 will be set in motion by the decisions our public servants make in the upcoming legislative session.

The guide provides a broad outline of issues that MDLCV and other participating environmental groups view as priorities in order to meet their Vision 2025 goals. These issues and goals include:

• Setting the stage for 100% clean energy
  • Making Maryland a leader in clean, renewable energy
  • Ensuring the completion of the first large-scale Off-shore Wind farm on the East Coast
  • Building a clean energy workforce
  • Moving towards a clean transportation system, including improved public transit and electric vehicle infrastructure
• Fishable, swimmable, drinkable state waters, and a healthier Bay Watershed
  • Improved bay ecosystem, including oyster sanctuaries and marine life
  • Smarter development policies that protect forests and open space
  • Reduced run-off from septics and agriculture
  • Conowingo Dam solution involving a federal and multi-state partnership
  • Accelerated progress in meeting targets to protect the health of the Chesapeake Bay
• Improved health outcomes in all communities through reduced environmental degradation
  • Improved health in communities of color
  • Cleaner communities with reduced trash
  • Higher quality of life through sustainable development
• Aggressive enforcement of environmental regulations through professionally led, well-staffed, appropriately funded state agencies.
  • Restored funding to enforcement agencies
  • Improved metrics on enforcement outcomes
  • Reduced recidivism of pollution violators
  • Renewed emphasis on protection of sensitive species, including oysters
• An educated, energized, engaged electorate, reflecting the diversity of Maryland’s population
  • Public financing of elections
  • Improved voter access
  • Strengthened voter education

The guide also includes critical dates for the 2018 election and voter registration information. It does not include specific political endorsements.