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Expanding Baltimore City's Sewage Backup Assistance Programs
Next week on Wednesday, the Baltimore City Council will be holding a public hearing on sewer backups into homes and the City's existing programs for helping households that have sewer backups. This week, we published a new report with Blue Water Baltimore making key recommendations for improving and expanding these programs. Read the report here, and join us at the City Council hearing next Wednesday to speak out for better support for households facing sewer backups!
WHAT: Health, Environment, and Technology Committee Hearing WHEN: Wednesday October 12th @ 10AM WHERE: Baltimore City Hall
Release: New Report Calls for Expansion of Baltimore City's Sewage Backup Assistance Programs
Blue Water Baltimore and Clean Water Action released a new report on Wednesday calling on the Department of Public Works (DPW) to expand and improve Baltimore City’s two sewage backup assistance programs: the Expedited Reimbursement Program and the Sewage Onsite Support program.
Protecting Lake Linganore: Frederick City's drinking water
Every summer in Frederick County, Maryland, news hits about algae blooms, sediment, and other pollution in Lake Linganore. Source of nearly half of the drinking water in Frederick City and the central part of the County and an important center for recreation for the Linganore community, Linganore Creek and its 83-square-mile watershed are vital for Frederick County. But historic agricultural runoff, continued construction, and the threat of major development just upstream from the lake all put this drinking water source at risk. Residents of the areas have organized to address these concerns
Comment today on the Baltimore City Green Network Plan
The Green Network Plan is the Baltimore Office of Sustainability’s plan to transform vacant and abandoned properties into community assets, such as gardens, parks, urban farms, recreational fields, and more. They've been working for over a year to come up with an outline of green nodes and corridors for the whole city, and have worked with community groups in four areas in East, West, and Southwest Baltimore to create detailed neighborhood greenspace plans. And, now, they want feedback from Baltimore residents on their plan. Read it here and submit comments online.
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A close call last year in Baltimore - why we need to #stopoiltrains
One year ago today, I was woken up by texts letting me know that a train had derailed in downtown Baltimore and asking me if I knew what was going on. I had been working to fight crude oil trains for almost two years then, so I knew what might have happened if the train cars that had derailed had carried crude oil: an explosion and fire that would have killed community residents in their homes, damaged the campuses of the University of Baltimore and the Maryland Institute College of Art, and changed the face of Baltimore. Fortunately, the cars carried liquified petroleum gas vapors and acetone