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Testimony on Baltimore City's 2025 Budget

May 16, 2024 | By Jennifer Kunze

Tonight is Taxpayers' Night, the annual City Council hearing on Baltimore City's budget. Read our testimony on Zero Waste, trash incineration and sewage backups below! And stay tuned for the Department of Public Works budget hearing on June 3.

Pie chart showing 39.8% for Wheelabrator Disposal and 7.0% for Single-Stream Recycling

Baltimore City’s Clean Water Candidates: Primary Endorsements

April 15, 2024 | By Jennifer Kunze

The next term of Baltimore city government will be critical for environmental justice in Baltimore. The next four years will be pivotal for the infrastructure investments we need for cleaner water, cleaner air, and healthier communities in the city. Clean Water Action is excited to endorse these four candidates who have shown strong support for climate action, environmental justice, and public health in Baltimore.

Testimony on MD SB125/HB486: Knowledge is power around Superfund sites

January 30, 2024 | By Jennifer Kunze

Clean Water Action supports ensuring that Maryland residents contracting to buy homes near contaminated sites on the Superfund National Priorities List receive a disclosure of that fact. This is based on our and partners' work on the NPL site at Fort Detrick, where investigation and remediation of groundwater that was contaminated by improper hazardous disposal has been ongoing for over a decade.

A graphic titled "Where does this pilot study fit into the Process?" "The Superfund process" with a path toward a mountain and the sun, showing the steps in the CERCLA process: Preliminary Assessment / Site Inspection, Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study, Proposed Plan / Record of Decision, Remedial Design / Remedial Action, Construction Completion, Post-Construction Completion, NPL Deletion, and Reuse

UPDATED: 87 Groups Agree: Burning Trash is Not Clean Energy!

January 25, 2024 | By Jennifer Kunze

87 organizations urge Maryland's Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee to pass the Reclaim Renewable Energy Act (HB166/SB146) to stop wasting Maryland residents’ money and make more funding available for real renewable energy - at no additional cost to the state budget.

Baltimore City Legislative Priorities: Stop Subsidizing Trash Incineration!

November 28, 2023 | By Jennifer Kunze

Tonight, the Baltimore City Delegation in Maryland's House of Delegates is hosting its 4th Annual Issues & Priorities Pre-Session Hearing. One of the top items on Baltimore's environmental justice agenda: we need to stop subsidizing trash incineration! Check out our testimony and email your representatives!

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Comments on Maryland's Climate Pathway: no to incineration, biogas, & biomass; yes to Zero Waste!

October 17, 2023 | By Jennifer Kunze

This fall, the Maryland Department of the Environment is finalizing its Climate Pathway report, outlining a policy pathway for the state to reduce emissions by 60% by 2031 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2045. Read our comments & joint comments signed by 19 organizations below.