Why is Baltimore City burning our yard waste?
On Wednesday, June 26, the Baltimore City Council's Health, Environment, and Transportation Committee is holding a hearing on Council Bill 23-0466: Recyclable Materials and Yard Waste . Unlike every other County in Maryland, Baltimore City has no centralized yard waste composting program - only
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Here's a Bad Idea: Drilling for Gas Under State Forests.
By Steve Hvozdovich, Marcellus Shale Campaign Manager Governor Corbett wants to open our state forests to drilling…because. Are you kidding me? Reopening Pennsylvania’s state forests to new gas development is short sighted and threatens both the environmental and economic benefits our forests
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The River City, Where Coal Ash (STILL) Flows from Eden
By Jennifer Peters, National Water Campaigns Coordinator (Follow Jennifer on Twitter - @EarthAvenger) Update - February 18, 2014: Click here to tell EPA to Put Drinking Water First and Protect Communities from Coal Ash! The motto for the City of Danville, Virginia is “The river city, where
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A River Runs Gray, Threatening Downstream Water Supplies
By Jennifer Peters, National Water Campaigns Coordinator (Follow Jennifer on Twitter - @EarthAvenger) Update - February 18, 2014: Click here to tell EPA to Put Drinking Water First and Protect Communities from Coal Ash! Nearly 72-hours after a stormwater pipe buried beneath a 27-acre unlined coal
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Finally, Coal Ash Rule Out by End of 2014
By Jennifer Peters, National Water Campaign Coordinator (Follow Jennifer on Twitter - @EarthAvenger) Update - February 18, 2014: Click here to tell EPA to Put Drinking Water First and Protect Communities from Coal Ash! After years of delay, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced it
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States Taking the Lead
Click to learn more By Cindy Luppi, New England Regional Director Exciting news: state legislatures are starting to ramp up across the country...and a majority of them, at least 33, are considering bills to regulate toxic chemicals. Clean Water Action is leading the charge on this issue in
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Three Weeks Later - What Have We Learned from West Virginia?
By Michael Kelly, Communications Director (Follow Michael on Twitter - @MichaelEdKelly) Three weeks ago nearly 300,000 West Virginians lost their tap water because of a spill at a chemical storage facility less than a mile and half from an intake for the region’s drinking water. Cities and
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We All Live Downstream - Clean Water Action Podcast
Welcome to We All Live Downstream: a Clean Water Action Podcast available on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
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