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Resolve to Help Us Win in 2018
As the new year begins, we are gearing up for another legislative session in Maryland. Here are our priorities for this year.
Forest Conservation Act: Maryland is losing forest to development daily and we are not adequately replacing those trees. Forests are vital for the health of Maryland’s waterways - they not only filter pollutants but they also act like a big sponge and soak up floodwaters. We need an amended Forest Conservation Act that will protect our most important forests.
Fix It, Fund It: The DC metro system needs help. Years of deferring large scale maintenance and improvement
Sacrificando el agua para el beneficio del petróleo y el gas
El programa de Exenciones de Acuífero en el programa de Control de Inyección Subterránea (UIC) de la Ley de Agua Potable (SDWA) permite que ocurra cierta actividad de petróleo, gas y minería en aguas subterráneas que de lo contrario estarían protegidas como fuente de agua potable.
Floraciones de algas nocivas y el agua potable
En el verano de 2014, a los residentes de Toledo, Ohio se les dijo que no bebieran, cocinaran ni se bañaran con el agua de sus grifos. Un crecimiento masivo de algas tóxicas de color azul-verde ingresó en la toma de agua potable de Toledo y el sistema tuvo que ser enjuagado. Esta alga tóxica es causada principalmente por la contaminación de nutrientes de las actividades agrícolas con un poco de ayuda de la escorrentía de los sistemas de aguas residuales municipales y un impulso del cambio climático. El crecimiento rápido y grande de algas de color azul-verde (cianobacterias) se conoce como
Crude Oil Trains in Baltimore: Too Dangerous for the Rails
Big Oil companies’ push to extract and refine more extreme forms of oil has led to unprecedented transport of explosive and climate-polluting crude oil on our nation’s rail lines.
Crude oil train traffic grew 5,100 percent from 2008 to 2014 due to the rapid increase in fracking for oil in the Bakken shale fields of North Dakota and in tar sands oil extraction in Canada. An alarming number of derailments and explosions across North America has followed.
In Maryland, crude oil trains are a danger to communities near rail lines across the state and to Baltimore in particular. The oil industry has
2018 Minnesota Party Platform Issue Resolution - Drinking Water Infrastructure
In Support of:
Drinking Water Infrastructure
WHEREAS, water is a fundamental component of modern society, supporting a range of essential activities for consumers and businesses;
WHEREAS, public and private water and wastewater systems in the United States deliver clean water for drinking and removing and treating wastewater from homes using a complex infrastructure of plants, pumps, and pipes;
WHEREAS, by many estimates, including those of the American Water Works Association, an estimated $1 trillion is necessary to maintain and expand service to meet demands over the next 25 years;
WHEREAS