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We Need Congress to Pass a "Clean" Debt Limit
Clean Water Action has joined The American Federation of Teachers and 140 other organizations in calling on Congress to pass a clean bill that carries out the routine task of raising the debt limit to cover federal spending to which it has already committed. The consequences of not doing so put pressure on people and the economy, and threaten programs that matter to all of us.
Learn more at AFT.org/DebtCeiling.
Download The Full Letter [PDF]
Testimony on MD HB161, the Waste Disposal Authority Sunset Act
Today Clean Water Action testified on HB161, the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority Sunset Act. This important bill sets up a review by the state Department of Legislative Services to consider whether or how this quasi-state agency, created by the state in 1980 to plan and finance trash incinerators, should continue.
Turn the Tide on Plastic Pollution — Take the Bag Ban Pledge!
I've been snorkeling all my life, and a few years ago I realized a life-long dream and became certified SCUBA diver. I don't recall ever seeing plastic in the ocean as a kid, and only recall an occasional bag or errant piece of fishing gear in the water when I was a young adult. Then a few years ago, in Hawaii, I bore witness to a very noticeable flotilla of plastics on the water's surface and some in the water column, meanwhile the beaches on the north shore of Oahu were knee deep in plastics and other trash.
It's getting worse. I just returned from another diving trip elsewhere and I have
The Chilling Effect of Oil and Gas Money on Our Democracy
The oil and gas industry, aided by the erosion of campaign finance laws and nearly boundless lobbying budgets, asserts enormous influence over legislative processes in real time while also enjoying legacy influence in regulatory frame- works. The results can be devastating to the health of the environment and the public.