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Testimony on Baltimore City Taxpayer's Night
On Wednesday, April 21, the Baltimore City Board of Estimates held Taxpayer's Night, an annual opportunity for Baltimore City residents to comment on the proposed next year's budget. Several organizations, including Organizing Black and Communities United, recruited dozens of people to speak against the proposed increase to the budget of the Baltimore Police Department - read more in the Sun here, and read commentary from Communities United board member and Baltimore Peoples Climate Movement partner Nabeehah Azeez here. Standing in solidarity with these demands, we also spoke on the need to
We all need to breathe. The road to Asthma Justice.
Every year in May, World Asthma Day is held to raise awareness about asthma around the globe.
We Will Not Be Silenced: Speaking Out Against NEPA Rollbacks
Clean Water Action joined environmental advocates and community leaders from across the country for a rally and hearing in Washington, DC to speak out against the Trump Administration's rollbacks of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Kim Gaddy, Clean Water Action's Environmental Justice Organizer, traveled from Newark, NJ to speak at the hearing.
Groups to NJ Governor: Invest in Protecting Public Health and do it Equitably
Trenton, NJ: In anticipation of Governor Phil Murphy's budget speech next week, a broad collection of faith, labor, progressive, community, and environmental organizations today urged the governor to continue fairly increasing revenue and achieving budget savings to dig NJ out of a financial hole left by his predecessors and to increase funding for critical environmental programs.
Over the past two decades, environmental programs have been disproportionately cut, or have been slowest to recover, compared with other state programs. Lack of investments in NJ Transit, clean energy, water
Trump’s FY 21 Budget: The worst budget for water. By the worst president ever
These cuts won’t just mean that EPA is doing less to protect our water, they also hit state and local governments and drinking water systems hard. States where Clean Water Action works would lose out on federal funding, leaving taxpayers and ratepayers holding the bag.