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Where Water Flows, Equality Grows - World Water Day 2026

March 18, 2026 | By Jon Scott
World Water Day is an annual celebration started by the United Nations in 1993 to raise awareness about the importance of fresh water. It’s a call to action. That’s what Clean Water Action means when we talk about our vision and goal of clean water that is fishable, swimmable and drinkable – for all
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March 22, 2017 | By Melissa Everett, PhD and Anne Hulick
In the 1970s, 88% of American children had elevated levels of lead in their blood. Today that number is less than 1%. Bald eagles, once nearly extinct, have made a dramatic comeback. The US has cut air pollution 70% while our economy has tripled.
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A picture of Little Tuscarora Creek in Frederick County. The banks are slightly eroded. Several mature trees are leaning over toward the water on the left, while newly-planted trees are on the right.
A rally in Annapolis in March 2012 for the Maryland Offshore Wind Act

Maryland needs offshore wind!

March 16, 2017 | By Jennifer Kunze
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
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Recognizing Women Leaders: Laura Vandenberg, PhD

March 8, 2017 | By Cindy Luppi
International Women's Day seems more important than ever this year... to honor important women leaders in environmental health, we're shining the spotlight today on one of our favorite sheroes, a trailblazing scientist whose research helps explore the complex relationships between toxic chemicals
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