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Speak out at Baltimore City Board of Estimates Taxpayer's Night!
On Wednesday, April 23, the Baltimore City Board of Estimates is holding its annual Taxpayer's Night - the year's first public hearing on next year's City budget. How is the City spending your money? Is the City investing enough in clean water, clean air, healthy communities, and Zero Waste? Speak out at Taxpayer's Night to share your budget priorities!
Clean Water 2025 Maryland Legislative Priorities: Victories and Defeats
On Monday, Maryland ended its 90-day legislative session. With uncertainty out of Washington, this was a difficult year in Annapolis. Legislators grappled with a deficit that became worse as the state faced questions about federal grants and jobs.
Against these difficult headwinds, we worked with our coalition partners to deliver some victories - and have much more work to do.
✅ Reclaim Renewable Energy Act (HB220/SB10): Passed! After nearly a decade of campaigning with frontline communities fighting trash incinerators in Maryland, the General Assembly has finally deleted trash incineration
Maryland General Assembly Eliminates Trash Incineration from the State Renewable Portfolio Standard
Long demanded by community leaders on the frontlines of fighting incinerators in Maryland, this policy will end state subsidies and greenwashing for polluting trash incinerators and redirect those investments toward renewable energy. Maryland has become the second state in the country, behind only California, to delete trash incineration from its Renewable Portfolio Standard.
Amidst Rising Energy Costs, New Report Shows Maryland Ratepayers “Clean Energy” Dollars Are Flowing to Polluting Energy Sources
Maryland “renewable energy” subsidies are going towards polluting energy sources, threatening public health and undermining climate goals at the public’s expense.
HB566: Zero Waste infrastructure in schools!
Today, the House Appropriations Committee held its hearing on HB566, legislation to bring Maryland one step further down the path to Zero Waste by ensuring that new schools are built with facilities to separate recycling and compost from the trash in place. What a great idea! Read our testimony for more:
HB566: School Construction – Design Documents – Waste Disposal Infrastructure House Appropriations Committee February 17, 2022
Position: Favorable
Dear Chair McIntosh and Members of the Committee,
Clean Water Action supports HB566 to require the Interagency Commission on School Construction