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Today is the last day of Maryland’s 2024 legislative session. As Delegates and Senators work until midnight to wrap up their business, our Clean Water priorities have all been resolved.

Governor Moore and the leadership of the House and Senate failed to act on climate change and environmental justice this year. Across the environmental movement, advocates are frustrated by what hasn’t passed and appalled by what has. Stay tuned for more as we work with our partners over the coming weeks and months to hold the administration and leadership accountable and lay the groundwork for better outcomes

This weekend, almost 150 people joined us for a special screening of " The Story of Plastic." The Story of Plastic takes a sweeping look at the man-made crisis of plastic pollution and the worldwide effect it has on the health of our planet and the people who inhabit it, from people in Appalachia and the Gulf Coast facing enormous new petrochemical infrastructure being built to expand plastic production, to people in China and Bangladesh dealing with the US's exports of "recyclable" (but not really) plastics. After watching the film, we were joined by Diane Wittner of Echotopia and Lauren

Click here to submit your comments on the Baltimore City budget.

All of this week, the City Council's Budget and Appropriations Committee has been holding hearings on each city department's budget ( you can watch the recordings on the City's Youtube channel), and the Council will vote on the budget as a whole on Monday.

The Baltimore City Department of Finance has warned the Board of Estimates that the costs of coronavirus "could be devastating," and the current budget anticipates $20 million less in revenue. Meanwhile, throughout the country calls are growing to defund police departments