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SB723: Consumer Protection & Right to Repair

March 12, 2020 | By Emily Ranson
Yesterday, I testified in favor of Senate Bill 723, to give consumers a right to repair their electronics. This might not seem like an environmental issue, but the flood of thrown away products has an enormous environmental impact. Read the joint written testimony signed by 9 organizations below
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Baltimore's 2020 Sewer Update

February 28, 2020 | By Solomon Brooks
On Thursday, January 23, Baltimore’s Department of Public Works held a public information session on its tasks and progress on sewers and Baltimore’s sewage consent decree. DPW lawyer Paul DeSantis spoke for the brunt of presentation, and afterwards six stations were also held to elucidate issues in
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Subsidizing BRESCO from Baltimore County

February 27, 2020 | By Solomon Brooks
On Thursday Feb., 20 and Tuesday Feb., 25, I was able to attend and and testify for introductions of House Bill 438 and Senate Bill 560 into their respective committees (Economic Matters in the House, and Finance for the Senate). Both of these bills would eliminate incineration as a source of energy
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NEPA Silenced

We Will Not Be Silenced: Speaking Out Against NEPA Rollbacks

February 25, 2020 | By Jenny Vickers and Kim Gaddy
Clean Water Action joined environmental advocates and community leaders from across the country for a rally and hearing in Washington, DC to speak out against the Trump Administration's rollbacks of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Kim Gaddy, Clean Water Action's Environmental Justice Organizer, traveled from Newark, NJ to speak at the hearing.
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