Testimony on HB161, the Waste Disposal Authority Sunset Act
This afternoon, we testified on HB161, the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority Sunset Act. This important bill sets up a review by the state Department of Legislative Services to consider whether or how this quasi-state agency, created by the state in 1980 to plan and finance trash
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Preventing Tomorrow’s Drinking Water Problems Today: It’s the Least a Superpower Can Do
by Lynn Thorp During the last few weeks, Clean Water Action helped coordinate a United States site visit by the United Nations Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque is the first such Expert
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We Can Live Without Cancer-Causing Chemicals
by Kim LaBo Our bodies are two-thirds water. What is in our water is in us. Yet, when we rinse our shampoo out of our hair, clean the toilet bowel with a strong cleaner, or wash our clothes, we don’t think about what we are sending out through our plumbing to our local waterways. We assume what we
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If it Ain't Broke... U.S. House Tackles Clean Air, Water & Everybody Loses
by Alex Yerkey I watched the U.S. House of Representatives “hard at work” until (far too) late into the early morning last Saturday. They were debating on the Continuing Budget Resolution. As amendment after amendment was proposed that would roll back environmental protections and endanger public
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Diesel Clean-Up is a Win-Win
by Lynn Thorp There’s dire news about climate change pretty much every week now. There’s also promising news about what we can do to address global warming if we can find the political will to do so. This week's United Nations Environmental Programme report on Black Carbon is no exception, and it
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Triclosan Facts: Now that you know, it's time to act
Triclosan fact#1: this chemical ingredient is found in more than three quarters of liquid hand soaps in the U.S., and is also added to products like cosmetics, cutting boards and children’s toys. Triclosan fact#2: manufacturers include it for its supposed “antibacterial” properties, yet triclosan is
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Congress Poised to Act on Diesel Pollution
Written by Jonathan Scott, Clean Water Action’s interim Communications Director What if there was a way to save lives in communities across the country that would also protect and create jobs, improve children’s health, reduce global warming pollution and protect our water? That is exactly what the
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