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ReThinking Institutions: Stopping Waste and Pollution at the Source
One of the toughest challenges working in the environmental movement is it can be difficult to point to a specific and measurable impact, in the same way that polluters can kid themselves they’re doing well, with their up-ticking sales and profit graphs.
It takes all of us working together, but
Fall into Clean Water Updates
We are hoping that everyone is having a good fall. As the leaves start to turn, visit a local farm with the family to enjoy apple and pumpkin-related festivities! Then curl up with some local apple cider and check out some clean water updates:
Highways are not the Answer! Clean Water Action, along
Save our Forests in Frederick County
Forests are critical to the long term health of Frederick's streams, the Monocacy River, and our communities.
Forests:
Filter out pollutants, including nutrients (like nitrogen and phosphorus - good for the Chesapeake Bay!) and contaminants (like metals and pesticides - good for the water we drink
Spreading the word about crude oil trains - neighborhood by neighborhood
“Most of my district is within one mile of the tracks that crude oil has been transported on. I don’t want any more crude oil tank cars putting the neighborhoods in my district at risk.”
That was what City Councilman Ed Reisinger, who represents District 10 in Baltimore City, had to say after
Protecting the Connecticut Green Bank
After countless false starts and impasses, Connecticut’s bipartisan budget still contains a catastrophic flaw: it raids $10 million per year from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and $13 million from the CT Green Bank, both big enough money grabs to disable these critical institutions.
Water Infrastructure will Lead to Job Creation
