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Welcome to Clean Water on the Move, your monthly update from Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund. Take a look at what our amazing staff has been up to and what is coming in the month ahead. Thanks for your ongoing support for our work towards a healthy environment for all.

Today, we're testifying in support of HB220/SB10, the Reclaim Renewable Energy Act - long-overdue environmental justice legislation to stop subsidizing trash incinerators as "renewable energy." Check out this testimony signed by 78 organizations, download our technical testimony for more policy details, and contact your legislators to support the Reclaim Renewable Energy Act today!

Today, the Maryland Department of the Environment announced that they are denying the permits to clear cut over 200 acres of Southern Maryland forest for a solar project. Clean Water Action, along with many other local and regional groups and individuals, objected to the proposal, pointing out the problems with clearing forest for solar development. While solar energy is beneficial and we have an urgent need to transition off fossil fuels, we need to place it with care and foresight. Choosing a site for solar development that requires clear cutting over 200 acres and impairing a high quality