Baltimore City’s Clean Water Candidates: Primary Endorsements
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Keeping antibiotics out of your water
Great news from Annapolis!
Maryland is poised to become the second state in the country to ban the routine use of antibiotics in farm animals. The Keep Antibiotics Effective Act has passed through both the House of Delegates and the Senate; now one of those chambers has to fully pass its
67 Marylanders speak out for offshore wind
As protectors of the environment, we seem to spend most of our time fighting against dangerous proposals. From trash-burning incinerators to crude oil train terminals, the resources at Baltimore's port seem to attract some of the worst examples of failed development. But last night was an incredible
Offshore wind, onshore jobs in Baltimore
For over a century, Baltimore has been a hub for dirty energy sources and other industry that has put our environment and our communities in danger. From coal-burning power plants and the BRESCO trash incinerator to crude oil train terminals and the coal export facility in South Baltimore, dirty
Maryland needs offshore wind!
Five years ago, as a student at St. Mary's College of Maryland, I spent much of March calling legislators and traveling back and forth from St. Mary's County to Annapolis to rally for the Maryland Offshore Wind Act - cardboard turbines for arms and all. Environmentalists and the wind industry had
Train derailment in Frederick raises the stakes on crude oil in Maryland
Last week, a freight train on its way to the Port of Baltimore derailed in Ijamsville, a small town in Frederick County. Fortunately, although the train was carrying hazardous materials, none of the eight cars that derailed were punctured, and other than disruption to other freight shipments through