Martin O Malley

climate change: O’Malley, who is Catholic, pegged the roll out of his plan to the release of Pope Francis’ new encyclical calling for urgent action to address climate change, according to MSNBC. We have a moral obligation to act immediately and aggressively to stop climate change, O’Malley wrote in a white paper released by his campaign. Martin O’Malley, who has been struggling to gain traction in the Democratic presidential primary, proposed an ambitious climate plan this week calling for the U.S. to go 100% clean energy by 2050. O’Malley, who says he would make transitioning to clean energy his No. 1 priority as president, rejects so-called all-of-the-above energy strategies that call for continued use of fossil fuels in addition to renewable sources of energy. That would include new Environmental Protection Agency regulations; the rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline; stricter energy standards on the 90,000 buildings and 250,000 vehicles operated by the federal government; and the prohibition of new oil and gas drilling in Alaska and offshore. Instead, he wants to move to complete dependence on clean, renewable energy over the next 35 years. * Martin O’Malley hires digital director* The Democrat made environmentalism a hallmark of his governorship, and O’Malley says he would use executive action to advance his plan in the White House. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.