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Senate President Ferguson's statement on trash incineration and MD's Renewable Portfolio Standard
We are excited that Senate President Ferguson will sponsor the Reclaim Renewable Energy Act, which will eliminate trash incineration from Maryland’s Renewable Portfolio Standard and end subsidies for burning trash as renewable energy. For over a decade, Maryland has wasted over $100 million cumulatively subsidizing trash incineration as “renewable energy” despite the fact that incinerators emit more greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy produced than any other power source, even coal.
For too long, communities polluted by trash incinerators or fighting new trash incinerators in Baltimore
Maryland's New Heat Stress Standard
For years, Clean Water Action has been working in Maryland to support the safety of farm workers working in high-heat conditions – particularly pesticide applicators who require safety gear to reduce their exposure to toxic chemicals. As climate change continues to bring more extreme weather, working for climate resiliency means that protecting workers from heat-related risks is more important than ever.
Celebrating Good Times & Environmental Leaders in Pennsylvania
Recently, Clean Water Fund held its annual auction events in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The Pittsburgh auction celebrated its 10 th anniversary, while the Philadelphia event has been going strong for a whopping 22 years.
The events generate financial support for our local campaigns that seek to improve democracy, develop strong grassroots leadership, and bring together diverse communities to work cooperatively for environmental progress.
In southwest Pennsylvania, we’ve invested past proceeds into efforts like our educational program that has reached thousands of Pittsburghers about the
Pendley's Anti-Public Lands Agenda: Statement of Brent Bolin, Clean Water Fund political director
Statement of Brent Bolin, Clean Water Fund political director
Note: In what can only be termed “absurd”, the chief Federal official in charge of America’s public lands, William Perry Pendley, today said the biggest threat facing America’s public lands is not climate change, not under-regulated fossil fuel companies pilfering the public estate, not the zeroing out of Land and Water Conservation Fund funding in the President's proposed budget, not the unprecedented rollback of environmental protections for priceless lands and endangered species but instead is...wild horses.
The comments came
Ensuring Safety: Nuclear Oversight Board Established in New Jersey
Less than a week after Clean Water Action called for an independent oversight board to scrutinize the decommissioning of the Oyster Creek nuclear plant, the Murphy Administration agreed and signed an executive order for its establishment.
The panel will assist in ensuring safety during the decommissioning process and give the public an avenue for lodging safety and public health concerns.
Oyster Creek permanently shut down in September, 2018 following intense safety scrutiny of its degrading components promoted by Clean Water Action. It sits dormant in Lacey Township in Southern New Jersey