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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No Excuse for Water Pollution
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director I have worked on water issues for a long time, so I don’t expect surprises about pollution sources. But that’s what I got when we began to see the facts on water pollution from our nation’s power plants, especially coal plants. It turns out that power
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Can We #ProtectCleanWater?
By Angelique Giraud, Florida Energy Community Organizer Advocates from all over the nation gathered together July 10th in Washington, DC to speak out in support of clean water. For the first time in over 30 years, we have the chance to make power plants, particularly coal-fired plants, clean up
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Fighting Power Plant Pollution and Coal Ash in Colorado!
By Alisa Lapp, Colorado Program Assistant Touring the Valmont Plant Since the end of April our community organizers have been raising awareness about a major problem for our water. We’ve been motivating Coloradans to make their voices heard by writing public comment to the Environmental Protection
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From Missouri to DC to #ProtectCleanWater
Patricia Shuba Speaking at the Power Plant Water Pollution Press Event By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director This morning I met Patricia Schuba from the Labadie Environmental Organization in Missouri. Patricia came to Washington, DC today not to see the monuments and museums but to make sure
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Beyond Fracking: Injecting Acid into the Ground - Really?
By Andrew Grinberg, Oil and Gas Program Coordinator Click here to read part 1 Most of the information on acid stimulation for oil and gas production comes courtesy of industry papers on how to maximize oil production. What we do know is pretty scary. High volume acid jobs can involve injecting
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Beyond fracking: is California being pumped full of acid?
Oxnard, CA - Courtesy of RL Miller By Andrew Grinberg, Oil and Gas Program Coordinator Click here to read part 2 Fracking – maybe you’ve heard of it? From exemptions to environmental regulations to contaminating our water, air, and communities to an Oscar-nominated documentary and a sequel
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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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