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Fighting crude oil terminals in Baltimore
On Wednesday, February 21, the Baltimore City Council's Land Use and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on the Crude Oil Terminal Prohibition: Baltimore's best chance for preventing a deadly crude oil train explosion. Rally with us at noon in front of City Hall! And to learn more, read our comments on the bill below.
Bill: Baltimore City Council Bill 17-0150 - Zoning - Prohibiting Crude Oil Terminals
Committee: Land Use & Transportation Committee
Position: SUPPORT
Date: February 14, 2018
Dear Land Use & Transportation Committee Members,
On behalf of Clean Water Action, our
The fight for a foam-free Baltimore
This week, a bill to ban styrofoam food packages was approved by Baltimore City's Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. Thanks to incredible organizing by the student-led group Baltimore Beyond Plastic, who brought hundreds of elementary, middle, and high school students to rally and testify in support of the bill, it received unanimous committee support. Below are the comments we submitted on behalf of this bill. Kudos to the kids who made it possible!
DATE: February 5, 2018 TO: Judiciary and Legislative Investigations Committee FROM: Clean Water Action POSITION: Support RE: Council Bill 17
Protect our Forests and Fix the FCA
The Maryland Forest Conservation Act was designed to protect Maryland's forests; it implemented replanting requirements and minimum forested thresholds, and required more county oversight to protect our forests from over-development. While the law slowed forest clearance in some places, the law is falling short of protecting priority forests, especially where development pressure is intense and there are large, contiguous forests.
It is time to update the Forest Conservation Act!
Senate Bill 610, sponsored by Senator Young, and House Bill 766, sponsored by Delegate Healey, would amend the
67 Marylanders speak out for offshore wind
As protectors of the environment, we seem to spend most of our time fighting against dangerous proposals. From trash-burning incinerators to crude oil train terminals, the resources at Baltimore's port seem to attract some of the worst examples of failed development. But last night was an incredible opportunity to stand up for the kind of investment in infrastructure we do want to see in Baltimore: infrastructure that cleans our air, fights climate change, and brings good, stable industry and high-paying jobs back to Sparrow's Point. Last night the Public Service Commission held its second
Offshore wind, onshore jobs in Baltimore
For over a century, Baltimore has been a hub for dirty energy sources and other industry that has put our environment and our communities in danger. From coal-burning power plants and the BRESCO trash incinerator to crude oil train terminals and the coal export facility in South Baltimore, dirty energy has made Baltimore fail to meet health-based air quality standards, displaced residents, all while failing to supply enough jobs to keep Baltimore's economy strong. The city has long failed to meet federal health-based air quality standards for ground-level ozone, which contributes to asthma