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Clean Water Waves | In The News, August 2023
Our work to protect clean water across the country often makes the news. Clean Water Waves highlights recent articles featuring our staff speaking on their areas of activism and expertise.
Will Pollution be Part of Maryland's Climate Pathway? Speak out now!
Maryland has published a draft climate plan - and the solid waste section needs a lot of changes. Here's how you can speak out!
Clean Water Waves | In The News, July 2023
Our work to protect clean water across the country often makes the news. Clean Water Waves highlights recent articles featuring our staff speaking on their areas of activism and expertise.
Great news! EPA & MDE order Baltimore City to help more households with sewer backups
For nearly a decade, Baltimore residents have been demanding that the City help people out when City infrastructure causes sewage to back up into people's homes. And this summer, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Maryland Department of the Environment are supporting residents' demands, ordering the City to start offering assistance to every household that faces a sewer backup caused by issues in City infrastructure.
Environmental Regulators Order Baltimore City to Expand Sewage Assistance Program - Rain or Shine
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Maryland Department of the Environment have ordered Baltimore City to expand a program that helps homeowners who have suffered a sewage backup due to problems in the city's aging sewer pipes, fulfilling a longtime demand of community organizations, environmental advocates, and impacted residents. Sewage backups can be devastating for residents and render a home uninhabitable, and our organizations urge the city to quickly and completely adopt the regulators’ recommendations.
Currently, city programs only help residents with sewage backups in a narrow