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I hope you and your loved ones are staying safe in the midst of this Covid-19 emergency. While our offices are closed, our dedicated staff are safely working at home. We continue to remain active on important environmental legislation in Maryland and wanted to provide a quick update.

Last week, for the first time since the Civil War, Maryland's legislative session adjourned early. It was a hard decision for legislative leadership to make, but with rapidly deteriorating conditions and clear evidence of community-spread it was one that had to be made.

What does this mean for legislation we were

Yesterday, I testified in favor of Senate Bill 723, to give consumers a right to repair their electronics. This might not seem like an environmental issue, but the flood of thrown away products has an enormous environmental impact. Read the joint written testimony signed by 9 organizations below.

SB723: Consumer Protection: Right to Repair Senate Finance Committee March 11, 2020 FAVORABLE

Our groups represent thousands of Marylanders who are concerned about the impact that a throw away society has on our environment. Right to repair gives Marylanders the right and option to repair their

Clean Water Action's Baltimore office is fortunate to have three interns working with us this summer! All rising seniors studying environmental science or policy at Baltimore-area colleges, Morgan, Megan, and Sofia are already conducting research and outreach on our campaigns on sewage system infrastructure, septic system improvements, zero waste initiatives, climate resiliency, and more. I'll let them introduce themselves!

Morgan Hoffman, Environmental Science, Towson University

Hi everyone! I’m Morgan and I’ll be interning with Clean Water Action this summer. I am a rising senior at