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The 2017 Legislative Session is over - what next?
Last night marked the end of Maryland's 2017 legislative session. This was a wild three months in Annapolis, but we were there for it all, campaigning for our priority issues, adding a few more, and making sure that we were an active voice for clean water throughout. We framed our legislative work around our core issue areas: the Chesapeake Bay, Climate, Environmental Justice, Equitable Development, and Toxics. The Keep Antibiotics Effective Act: Maryland is now the second state in the country to prohibit the routine preventative use of antibiotics for farm animals! 70% of antibiotics
Keeping antibiotics out of your water
Great news from Annapolis! Maryland is poised to become the second state in the country to ban the routine use of antibiotics in farm animals. The Keep Antibiotics Effective Act has passed through both the House of Delegates and the Senate; now one of those chambers has to fully pass its counterpart’s bill by Monday. Why do we care? 70% of medically-important antibiotics prescribed are for farm animals. Many are consumed by healthy animals just to prevent potential disease. Those antibiotics pass through the animals’ guts and make their way into our water. As bacteria are exposed to more and
Fighting Back Against Utility Greed
Graphic courtesy of the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office. Here's the bad news, Massachusetts: Eversource Energy is proposing a large rate increase, coupled with fees on solar energy and a structure that reduces customer control as well as incentives for cost-saving energy efficiency. Clean Water Action is joining with our allies at the Green Justice Coalition and Mass Power Forward to fight this egregious burden on consumers and attack on clean energy. You can take action online to oppose this rate hike right now! In Boston, Cambridge, Natick, Barnstable and beyond, large crowds have
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 intricate puzzle of environmental links to this breast cancer epidemic. Their landmark research has ranged from studying the toxic contamination of Cape Cod well water to examination of toxic flame retardants building up in indoor household dust, and beyond. The top five reasons we highlight the
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 areas where the health threat from smog and other air pollution is high. The new program is needed because we still haven't met our clean air goals for soot, particulate matter, volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides. That sounds complicated, but it's not. It means we can get $6 billion in
