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Support the CHERISH Our Communities Act
Now more than ever, communities in Maryland that have been overburdened by pollution for too long need and deserve state-level protections. Tell your legislators and Governor Moore to pass the CHERISH Our Communities Act in 2026!
Tell Baltimore City: make a plan to eliminate sewage backups!
In a plan out for public comment this month, Baltimore City DPW is sidestepping its requirements to analyze and prevent sewage backups into people's homes in Baltimore. Submit your public comment against this plan today!
What to do with your Halloween pumpkins? Compost!
With autumn in full swing and Halloween behind us, it’s the perfect time to give your pumpkins a second life through pumpkin composting!
Each year, Americans toss more than a billion pounds of pumpkins into the trash, but composting them keeps organic waste out of landfills and incinerators while creating nutrient-rich soil for our communities.
Howard County, MD, makes it easy to take part through the Harvest Heap program:
Drop off pumpkins at Alpha Ridge Landfill or Robinson Nature Center. Howard County residents participating in the Feed the Green Bin food scrap collection program can setHow local governments help with sewage backups
Last year, over 5,000 basement backups were reported to 311 in Baltimore City. The number of basement backups has increased over the years with such a large number of people having to deal with the issue. Baltimore City’s Emergency Response Plan does not require the city to clean up after a basement backup, forcing many homeowners to spend thousands of dollars and expose themselves to an unhealthy environment. Basement backups occur in many places across the United States, and their responses to cleanup and financial plans are described below.
Baltimore City’s Emergency Response Plan (ERP)
Stormwater, sewage, sediment, and train derailments
Yesterday the city of Baltimore experienced a severe wet weather event that resulted in flood warnings throughout the DMV area, coupled with a water main break downtown. While the water main break is responsible for the day’s increase in train delays and a strong flow of murky brown water into the inner harbor near Howard and Pratt, an infrastructure failure may not be necessary for the same problem to occur in the near future.
Can you report that the brown water was sediment and not human waste in the inner harbor.
— Craig “Sunsun” Allen (@just2muchfunfun) July 9, 2019One of the main effects