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An Extra Hour for Clean Power
The days are now getting shorter, and while we’ve rolled back our clocks we will not roll back our water protections. Here’s what your Maryland Clean Water Action office has been up to as we fight federal rollbacks and push Maryland forward.
Coal Free Waters- With a coalition of other groups, we are urging the Maryland Department of the Environment to require Maryland coal plants to minimize their toxic discharge. Join us in Baltimore on November 9th for Understanding the Health Consequences in Maryland of Electricity Produced from Fossil Fuel, a free workshop presented by Chesapeake
Save Our Forests in Maryland
Maryland is losing forests to development daily, but forests serve an important role in our ecosystem, and we cannot afford to lose them.
Forests have more value than just how their proximity increases property values. They're not just nice to look at; we cannot afford to chop down and fragment our remaining forests in an endless pursuit of new development. When we remove forests for houses and pavement, we create more problems with flooding, pollution, and climate change.
Just a few highlights:
Forests filter pollutants, capturing both runoff nutrients (like nitrogen and phosphorus) andInfographic on Massachusetts Gas Leaks
This just in from the infographic corner––our Clean Energy Intern, Victoria, has put together an awesome visual to share the impact of gas leaks on Massachusetts. Tori recently blogged about our campaign to fix gas leaks, a big team effort we're proud to join Mothers Out Front, Community Labor United, HEET, Mass Sierra Club, Boston Climate Action Network, Neighbor to Neighbor, researchers from Boston University, several unions and many other partners in working on.
Check out the graphic below and don't forget to take action to fix gas leaks!
MA Senate Releases Comprehensive Energy Bill
Massachusetts, it's time to take action on climate change!
The Massachusetts Senate has released its comprehensive energy legislation, which will be debated on Thursday, 6/30. It includes two of Clean Water Action's priorities, commitments for 2000 megawatts of offshore wind and doubling the rate of increase of the Renewable Portfolio Standard - the amount of clean energy utilities are requires to buy. The Senate legislation is a strong bill and members of the public can read S2372 at the link or view the summary here.
Amendments are being filed to strengthen our positions. MA residents
Meet Abigail and Sam
Two Baltimore City college students are working with us this summer, spending half their time going door-to-door with our canvass team to educate communities about environmental issues and half their time doing their own research and community organizing work. I asked them why they chose to spend their summer interning with Clean Water Action, and here’s what they said – check it out!