Testimony on Baltimore City's 2025 Budget
Tonight is Taxpayers' Night, the annual City Council hearing on Baltimore City's budget. Read our testimony on Zero Waste, trash incineration and sewage backups below! And stay tuned for the Department of Public Works budget hearing on June 3.
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Dear Baltimore City Council
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What I Did for Earth Day 2013
by Jonathan A. Scott Today, I had the good fortune to visit with Aveda salon and spa owners, managers, stylists and volunteers in Concord, Hooksett, Londonderry, Windham and Milford, New Hampshire. My colleagues on the Clean Water staff and volunteer Clean Water leaders go to make Earth Day
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Going Solar for Earth Day (April 22)
Why Go Solar, Why Now? You don’t need to wait until April 22 to get started. Today’s rooftop solar electric technology is making the electricity that supplies homes and businesses cleaner and less costly. Each new system brought onto the electric distribution grid reduces the amount of electricity
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Powerful Women: Rachel Carson & Silent Spring Institute
By Cindy Luppi, New England Regional Director Did you know that breast cancer rates in Massachusetts are among the highest in the nation? And that the rates on the Cape and Islands are the highest in Massachusetts? The scientists at Silent Spring Institute, founded in 1994, are working to solve the
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There's Something in the Air
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director It's the sound of our government implementing the clean air and clean water laws we work so hard to pass. Today's announcement of new air pollution controls for cars and gasoline production are welcome news for people struggling with asthma, especially in
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Convening for Green and Loving It
By Tara Shumate, Colorado Field Canvasser and Trainer I am proud to say my faith in our country’s democratic system is restored. For years my only exposure to our political process was news reports about politicians repetitively making decisions that negatively impact our environment, human rights
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S.S. Badger Should Clean Up Its Act Now, Not in Two Years
By Susan Harley, Michigan Policy Director That about sums it up... The coal-fired ferry S.S. Badger will be allowed to continuing dumping toxic coal ash into Lake Michigan for another two years, according to a proposed consent decree filed by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on March
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