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From Trash Incineration to Zero Waste in Maryland
How communities across Maryland handle their solid waste has enormous impacts on local air quality, municipal budgets, and climate change.
Factsheet - Test and Report Phthalates In Packaged Food Bill (MN SF 188 of 2025)
Plasticizers called phthalates are showing up in the foods we eat — sometimes at very high levels. SF 188 (Gustafson) will encourage companies to reduce phthalate levels in their food products and help consumers avoid food with high levels of harmful plastic chemicals.
Report -- Clean Water Act Regulation of Oil and Gas Wastewater Discharges
This 2020 report provides an overview of Clean Water Act regulations governing onshore produced water discharge, evaluates several aspects of its oversight, and makes recommendations for both EPA and state regulators to improve protection of water resources and increase transparency.
Produced Wastewater Report Appendix
The following table contains detailed information about oil and gas extraction NPDES permits to discharge wastewater to waters of the U.S. for states in the U.S. where permits were found during a systematic search. It includes general (G) and individual (I) permits.
Note:
When searching for general permits, it was not clear which permits were specific to oil and gas extraction operations; therefore, the numbers available in the table are not conclusive.
For individual permits, an asterisk * was added to states where permits were not found due to procedural deficiencies or lack of
Rally to Reclaim Renewable Energy
Join us for a rally outside the Maryland State House to Reclaim Renewable Energy!
For years, communities on the frontline of trash incinerators have been fighting against the state of Maryland's greenwashing: Maryland designates trash incinerators as "renewable energy" in our Renewable Portfolio Standard, and wastes money subsidizing polluting incinerators that should be supporting real renewable energy.
Every year that Maryland delays fixing this expensive problem, the state is throwing away $24 million subsidizing three incinerators - in Baltimore City, Montgomery County, and Lorton, VA -