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UPDATED 61 Groups Agree: Let's Reclaim Renewable Energy!
Today, we're testifying in the Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment committee for the Reclaim Renewable Energy Act ( SB590/ HB718) - the latest, and hopefully final, step in the years-long campaign to end "renewable energy" subsidies for trash incineration. This year, communities on the Eastern Shore and in Western Maryland are facing new, but parallel, threats from factory farm methane production and woody biomass incineration. The Reclaim Renewable Energy Act eliminates subsidies for all three, redirecting the money to the real renewable energy we need to actually clean the air and
Testimony on HB352: 2 Crew Members on Freight Trains
Train derailments are not uncommon in Maryland, and many of our rail lines parallel rivers or run through communities. HB 492 will help create safer working conditions for rail workers, improve the safety of communities living near rail lines, and protect the environment by limiting the likelihood of a derailment and subsequent explosion or spill.
Testimony on MD HB161, the Waste Disposal Authority Sunset Act
Today Clean Water Action testified on HB161, the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority Sunset Act. This important bill sets up a review by the state Department of Legislative Services to consider whether or how this quasi-state agency, created by the state in 1980 to plan and finance trash incinerators, should continue.
Clean Water 50 Stories: Patrice Gallagher
Meet Patrice Gallagher, Clean Water Action member and volunteer.
Introducing our summer interns!
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