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Clean Water Action - Statement on Wildfires in New Jersey and Oyster Creek Nuke
Ocean County, NJ – The vast wildfire in Southern Ocean County, including the area where the closed Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station is located, could be a harbinger of what is to come as dry conditions persist throughout the state. The wildfire drives home continued disturbing issues involving Oyster Creek, even though it closed in 2018 and is well into a decommissioning.
Celebrating Earth Month
April is Earth Month. It all started back in 1970, when the first Earth Day mobilized millions of people nationwide to stop pollution and bring cleaner air and water. We’ve made huge progress since then. Clean Water Action – and members like you – have helped make things a whole lot better for our water and our health. Now, that progress is threatened.
Clean Water 2025 Maryland Legislative Priorities: Victories and Defeats
On Monday, Maryland ended its 90-day legislative session. With uncertainty out of Washington, this was a difficult year in Annapolis. Legislators grappled with a deficit that became worse as the state faced questions about federal grants and jobs.
Against these difficult headwinds, we worked with our coalition partners to deliver some victories - and have much more work to do.
✅ Reclaim Renewable Energy Act (HB220/SB10): Passed! After nearly a decade of campaigning with frontline communities fighting trash incinerators in Maryland, the General Assembly has finally deleted trash incineration
Maryland General Assembly Eliminates Trash Incineration from the State Renewable Portfolio Standard
Long demanded by community leaders on the frontlines of fighting incinerators in Maryland, this policy will end state subsidies and greenwashing for polluting trash incinerators and redirect those investments toward renewable energy. Maryland has become the second state in the country, behind only California, to delete trash incineration from its Renewable Portfolio Standard.
A New Energy Law in Massachusetts
It has been a busy, busy two years.
Advocates, activists, health professionals, clean energy entrepeneurs, faith leaders, researchers, scientists, and public officials in every corner of the state have been pushing forward clean energy and climate solutions that empower communities, invest in our local economies and deal a blow to the ever-expanding footprint of fossil fuels.
This week, I was pleased to join many of my colleagues from partner organizations--many of whom are members of the Global Warming Solutions Project--to attend the bill signing of An act to promote energy diversity. This