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REI Members to REI: Take Leadership on PFAS!
REI has tarnished its reputation as a company committed to sustainability by continuing to sell clothing, including for children, that contains PFAS. As an REI member, I am disheartened to see that not only do many REI products contain PFAS, but REI is failing to make meaningful progress to phase them out. REI recently earned an “F” grade for its PFAS phase-out policies.
PFAS are a broad class of toxic chemicals that scientists have tied to a wide range of health and environmental harms. As noted in a recently-released Massachusetts government report, just one subset of PFAS has been linked to
2022 Maryland Legislative Session Wrap Up
Another year, another legislative session complete for us in Maryland! Maryland’s legislative session runs for just 90 days each year, between January and April, and ended this year on Monday 4/11. It was a busy legislative session full of lots of action on clean water, clean air, and environmental justice - and Clean Water Action members like you sent 3,000 emails to your delegates and senators in support of our priority legislation. Thank you for everything you do!
Here’s how our top clean water priorities fared:
Septic SystemsSeptic systems play an important role in protecting water
Curbside Composting in Key City
On Thursday, April 7, the Frederick City Mayor and Board of Aldermen are considering a pilot program for curbside compost! Under this contract, Key City Compost - which is in process of expanding its compost site just north of Frederick City - would partner with the city to pick up and compost food scraps from 800+ homes in two areas of the city, in the the Golden Mile corridor and downtown. Read more here, and check out our testimony below!
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Dear Mayor and Board of Aldermen,
Clean Water Action would like to express our enthusiastic support for the award of RFP 22
Baltimore's 2020 Sewer Update
On Thursday, January 23, Baltimore’s Department of Public Works held a public information session on its tasks and progress on sewers and Baltimore’s sewage consent decree. DPW lawyer Paul DeSantis spoke for the brunt of presentation, and afterwards six stations were also held to elucidate issues in the eye of the public. DeSantis recapped on ideas such as Baltimore’s consent decree, the number of closed and open SSO structures, Phase 1 and Phase 2 goals of Baltimore’s modified consent decree, and the Headworks project.
Some emphasized points included additional flow monitors and rainfall
Subsidizing BRESCO from Baltimore County
On Thursday Feb., 20 and Tuesday Feb., 25, I was able to attend and and testify for introductions of House Bill 438 and Senate Bill 560 into their respective committees (Economic Matters in the House, and Finance for the Senate). Both of these bills would eliminate incineration as a source of energy in the Maryland renewable portfolio standard, therefore taking away the renewable energy subsidies they recieve. If these subsidies were to be taken away, incinerators could feasibly survive, but the subsidization would instead go to more deserving entities. Although this legislation seemed to get