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Who is #Mindingthestore?
Good news! According to a new report from the Mind the Store Coalition nearly 70% of the 50 largest retailers in the country have improved toxic chemical safety programs over the past five years. That means we can find safer products with fewer hazardous chemicals linked to cancer, reproductive disorders or birth defects when we shop. These chemicals are often found in everyday products like cleaners,food packaging, and shampoos and moisturizers. We’re exposed without our knowledge (or consent) to chemicals like PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) on a daily basis. These chemicals often
Testimony for HB807: Task Force on Recycling Policy and Recycling & Waste Systems
Today, the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee holds its hearing on HB807, legislation to create a task force to study recycling and solid waste policies and systems in Maryland. This task force could significantly help advance zero waste in Maryland; here is our testimony in favor of the bill.
HB807: Task Force on Recycling Policy and Recycling and Waste Systems in Maryland Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs March 31, 2021
Positon: Favorable
Dear Chairman Pinsky and Members of the Committee,
HB807 is a comprehensive view on Maryland’s current
Clean Water Action statement: The Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Tax Credit Amendments Act should eliminate oil production subsidies, not increase them
“I thought we were trying to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies not increase them!"
Clean Water Action Applauds Senate Step to Reinstate Methane Pollution Limits
“Unchecked methane pollution from oil and gas operations is supercharging the climate crisis - putting our water at risk from more extreme weather, floods, drought, contamination and sea level rise."
Environmental Community Letter in Support of S1, the For the People Act
Clean Air Moms Action ✶ Clean Water Action ✶ Defend Our Future ✶ Earthjustice ✶ EDF Action ✶ Greenpeace ✶ Interfaith Power & Light ✶ League of Conservation Voters ✶ National Wildlife Federation ✶ Natural Resources Defense Council ✶ Sierra Club ✶ The Wilderness Society
March 24, 2021
On behalf of our millions of members and supporters, we urge the Senate to pass the For the People Act (S1). This historic act would expand and protect the public’s access to fair elections and rein in the destructive influence money plays in political decision-making. This bill ensures that our democracy works for