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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
2016 had its high points
All across the internet and throughout holiday conversations, everyone seems to be talking about what an awful year 2016 was. Between celebrity deaths and the election of Donald Trump, it definitely had some real black strikes against it. But as I’m looking back on the accomplishments of Clean Water Action in Massachusetts, I’m finding some real reasons to celebrate as well. Here’s a reminder of some of 2016’s better moments! The Massachusetts legislature passed a comprehensive energy bill that included guaranteed purchase of 1600 megawatts of offshore wind (the largest amount in the US)
Victories and Challenges in Pennsylvania
Climate change is a hoax. We’re going to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. We’re going to eliminate the Waters of the U.S. rule. We’re going to roll back most of the Obama administration’s environmental policies, including the Clean Power Plan. These are not only president-elect Trump’s words but his vision for the environmental world he intends to create and they could have a profound impact on Pennsylvania’s water, air, and health. We are ready to fight back against any attempt to weaken critical environmental protections, but we need your renewed support today. Thanks to our
