I’m very pleased that the College Park Patch’s interview with Governor O’Malley started off by asking my question “Do you support offshore wind, and if so what will you do to make it a reality over these next four years”. Not only did Governor O’Malley answer the question in support of offshore wind and list steps he has taken, but he proceeded to discuss clean energy and energy efficiency policy for a full six minutes! This is pretty good for an election where the the environment and clean energy policy has scarcely come up in debates or the media. For more background on why O’Malley should be re-elected Governor, see my op-ed in the Diamondback from a few weeks ago. On an even more positive note, the question after mine was about the Purple Line Light Rail.
Interestingly, my offshore wind question also was asked by the Patch to Ehrlich, although in a slightly different format. He somehow starts at offshore wind and ends at drilling for oil in ANWAR. See the video at the 2:25 mark…
Matt Dernoga
