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Beware of Black Plastic: Share leftover stuffing, NOT leftover toxics!

November 22, 2024 | By Kerry Doyle

Are you serving mashed potatoes with a side of toxic flame retardants? If you have Black Plastic kitchen utensils or food containers, the answer is probably YES. How did this happen and what can we all do about it? Let us explain.

Our Comments against a CPCN Exemption for 168 diesel generators

September 15, 2023 | By Jennifer Kunze

As the data center industry seeks to grow in Maryland, it must follow our environmental and energy laws for the good of Maryland residents and of the climate. Clean Water Action submitted a letter with 14 organizations to the Maryland Public Service Commission urging them to reject Aligned Data Center's request for a rehearing on their request to be exempted from the proper regulatory process for installing 168 diesel generators.

Screenshot of the beginning of the comment letter in the text of the blog post. At the top are the logos of signatories.

Image of Clean Water Action's Warehouse Organizer Tolani Taylor testifying in NJ

Fighting a proposed warehouse project in Upper Freehold Township,NJ

September 11, 2023 | By Tolani Taylor

Learn more and get involved in protecting our communities and open spaces from warehouse development!

Knowledge Is Power: Fighting for Public Power in Ohio

September 7, 2023 | By Jackson Koeppel

The Public Power Project travelled across the Midwest where communities are maintaining their own energy grids, learning the sometimes complicated world of power generation, or fighting for local control over the flow of resources and capital in their communities.