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Why is Baltimore City burning our yard waste?
For decades, Baltimore City code has banned the disposal of yard waste and recyclable materials at the City's landfill. CB23-0466 will extend that to all landfills and incinerators, requiring private waste haulers and the City government to divert yard waste for composting instead of incineration. Read our testimony signed by 23 organizations and technical comments for a more in-depth analysis of the bill:
Celebrating Juneteenth: Fighting for Environmental Justice
Happy Juneteenth! Celebrate with Clean Water Action as we continue to fight for Environmental Justice today and every day.
Baltimore City DPW refuses to help with City-infrastructure-caused sewage backups
On Monday 6/3, the Baltimore City Council held its annual budget hearing for the Department of Public Works - and sewage backups were a big subject. The City Council asked for updated information on how many households in Baltimore are getting help from the City's EPA-mandated sewer backup assistance programs, and DPW revealed that in the past two years, only 3 households got reimbursement for City-infrastructure-caused sewer backups, and another 15 households received direct cleanup assistance after City-infrastructure-caused sewer backups. That means that just 18 total households received
Canvassing for Clean Water and the Lead and Copper Rule
UPDATE: The public comment period closed on February 12, 2020. Clean Water Action members submitted more than 15,000 letters and emails asking EPA to do more to protect our water and communities from lead.
Hi all! My name is Veronica Weyhrauch and I’m a Field Manager with our Maryland office. Every day the entire field canvass team, including myself, head out to knock on doors and convince people to get involved.
I get asked a lot by people why we still go door to door at a time when everything is accessible online. There short answer is that there are a lot of reasons, but one of biggest is
Baltimore banned plastic bags!
Yesterday morning, we gathered with Baltimore City residents, advocates, Council members, state delegates, and Mayor Young for the final signing of legislation we've been working for over the past six months: the Comprehensive Bag Reduction Act! This city legislation bans plastic checkout bags in Baltimore, and puts a 5-cent fee on paper and other bags to make up the extra cost of purchasing these bags on stores, and encourage the use of reusable bags. In the past several years, plastic bags have become increasingly difficult to recycle - for example, MOMS Organic Market stopped accepting