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Fall into Clean Water Updates
We are hoping that everyone is having a good fall. As the leaves start to turn, visit a local farm with the family to enjoy apple and pumpkin-related festivities! Then curl up with some local apple cider and check out some clean water updates:
Highways are not the Answer! Clean Water Action, along with others, released a statement concerning Governor Hogan’s planned highway expansion. Highway expansion is not the answer to persistent rush hour congestion, this is not an efficient use of our resources - land or financial - and have detrimental impacts on our environment and resilience
A New Plan for Anne Arundel County in the Works
Anne Arundel County has started the process to update the General Development Plan. The General Development Plan (aka Plan 2040) is the vision for what Anne Arundel County should become. It sets the groundwork for future decisions on land use and zoning - where new homes and businesses go - that have an enormous impact on local and regional water quality. We want to make sure that the plan addresses improved transportation, protection of the environment, and sustainable development.
Anne Arundel County has a lot of shoreline, along streams, along rivers, and along the Chesapeake Bay. Sprawl
Clean Water Action Endorses Dickinson and Hodges for Mayoral elections in St. Paul and Minneapolis
Clean Water Action is proud to announce our endorsements of Elizabeth Dickinson for mayor of St. Paul, and Betsy Hodges for re-election as mayor of Minneapolis.
Elizabeth Dickinson for Mayor of St. Paul
Clean Water Action is happy to announce our endorsement of Elizabeth Dickinson for Mayor of St. Paul. Her progressive vision for the city and commitment to environmental issues will keep St. Paul on the path to becoming a more sustainable and equitable city for all.
Elizabeth is no stranger to environmental leadership, for years she has advocated for clean energy, environmental justice
ReThink Disposable: “Unpackaging Alameda” Demonstration Project Launches!
Our $400,000 Ocean Protection Council-funded project has officially launched on the island of Alameda in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Clean Water Fund attended the 33 rd Annual Alameda Art and Wine Faire on July 29, 2017 to unveil a groundbreaking project called “ReThink Disposable: Unpackaging Alameda, ” to create a model “unpackaged” community by engaging 100 food businesses on the island to become ReThink Disposable certified.
Businesses receive free assistance and financial support to implement best practices for cost saving and waste reduction to prevent disposable and litter prone
Train Tunnels through West Baltimore
On Wednesday, the Baltimore City Council held an investigational hearing on the proposed B&P Tunnel expansion through West Baltimore. For the past few years, the Federal Railway Administration tasked Amtrak, MDOT, and Baltimore DOT with finding a solution to the constraints of the existing B&P Tunnel underneath West Baltimore: its narrowness and disrepair slow down and sometimes disrupt Amtrak and MARC passengers traveling betwen Baltimore and DC. But residents of the neighborhoods above the proposed new tunnel have been sounding the alarm, concerned that the proposal could concentrate air