Don't miss this: "Maryland Gov. O'Malley blames global warming for power outages"

Maryland Gov. O'Malley blames global warming for power outages | WashingtonExaminer.com

Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley on Wednesday attributed the prolonged power outages that left hundreds of thousands of Marylanders in the dark to global warming, saying the state's electricity grid could not handle stronger storms caused by climate change.

"A grid that was resilient for the weather of [the past] is not resilient enough to withstand violent storms that climate change and global warming in our atmosphere are causing today," O'Malley said during a Board of Public Works meeting, at which he called for an enhanced power grid but praised the state's emergency response.

...O'Malley's Republican critics pounced on the remarks, accusing the governor of deflecting blame for yet another power debacle in the Old Line State.

"He's more 'Looney Tunes' now than ever," said Maryland House Minority Leader Anthony O'Donnell, R-Calvert County. "He's trying to pull a storm out of where the sun doesn't shine. He's trying to raise a fear factor because of his own inadequacies."