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Maryland's Clean Water Priorities at Crossover

March 30, 2026 | By Jennifer Kunze

On Monday, Maryland passed a critical legislative deadline called “Crossover.” To keep moving forward after this deadline, a bill must have passed either the Senate or the House and crossed over into the opposite chamber. With less than three weeks to go until the end of Maryland’s legislative

Protecting Lake Linganore: Frederick City's drinking water

June 30, 2017 | By Jennifer Kunze

Every summer in Frederick County, Maryland, news hits about algae blooms, sediment, and other pollution in Lake Linganore. Source of nearly half of the drinking water in Frederick City and the central part of the County and an important center for recreation for the Linganore community, Linganore

Lake Marian, in the Linganore Creek watershed

Katrina on the Statehouse Steps in Rhode Island. Photo by Dave Gerraughty

Following the Leader

June 29, 2017 | By Katrina Santos

I am a canvassing intern for the summer here at Clean Water Action in Rhode Island. In addition to knocking on doors, I got the opportunity to shadow State Director Johnathan Berard for one day to learn how the organization operates on the policy and lobbying side. It was incredibly informative and

Comment today on the Baltimore City Green Network Plan

June 28, 2017 | By Jennifer Kunze

The Green Network Plan is the Baltimore Office of Sustainability’s plan to transform vacant and abandoned properties into community assets, such as gardens, parks, urban farms, recreational fields, and more. They've been working for over a year to come up with an outline of green nodes and corridors

Setting a 10 year agenda with Clean Water Action

June 25, 2017 | By Cee Byrd

Photo caption: Clean Water Action staff and volunteers—from left, Lisa Bjerke, Kadineyse Ramize Pe ña, Joel Wool, Cee Byrd, Jennie Stephens, Terina Keller, Danny Faber, Elizabeth Saunders, Alex Papali Usually, I like to spend the second Saturday in June at Boston’s annual Pride festival, but in