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Victory: Montgomery County cancels the M83 highway!
After decades of diligent advocacy, community members in Montgomery County have finally deleted a proposed new highway from the County’s Master Plan of Highways and Transitways! The proposed highway in question was the M-83, the Mid-County Highway Extended, which was a six-mile, planned-but-unbuilt, six-lane highway with a $1.37 billion price tag. It would have cut through park land and drinking water sources; damaging water quality, increasing greenhouse gas emissions, and spending enormous financial resources that could go toward public transit instead. For almost 50 years, fierce opposition
Last week’s downtown sinkhole shows need for infrastructure investment
On Monday, July 4th, a sinkhole formed on West Mulberry Street in Baltimore City. Located between Greene and Paca Streets, this sinkhole will block traffic on Mulberry street for weeks and has already caused transportation officials to close a ramp off of U.S. Route 40 that led to downtown Baltimore. Not only is this sinkhole an inconvenience for traffic, but it is also unsafe. An inspector from the Department of Public Works (DPW) was injured as he examined the sinkhole when the ground collapsed under him, which widened the sinkhole.
Behind Those California Water Headlines: Problem Solved! Let's All Go Home!?
What's behind the recent headlines on California groundwater? Does a new study suggest the problem is solved, and that we can all go home? Er...no!
Factsheet - Data Centers in Minnesota
While Clean Water Action Minnesota is not inherently opposed to large-scale data centers, nor the technological advancements of the 21st century, Clean Water Action Minnesota is opposed to massive tax breaks for the ultra- wealthy, exorbitant facility water and energy demands, and threatening our environment for short-term profits.
"Permission to Pollute" Act - Factsheet
The U.S. House of Representatives is advancing dangerous legislation: the “PERMIT Act” (H.R. 3898), a package of over 15 anti-clean water bills. This legislation would gut the Clean Water Act and make it far easier for polluters to contaminate our rivers, lakes, wetlands, and sources of drinking water. That’s why we are calling it the “Permission to Pollute Act.”
