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Rhode Island legislative sessions are short and packed. This session ended with Clean Water Action fending off a last-minute attack on the state law restricting toxic PFAS, but many priority bills remained in limbo as the legislators broke for the summer. Here’s a breakdown of what happened!

Frederick County faces critical environmental questions in this year’s election. Data center policy and zoning looms large over the county, and land use, sprawl, clean water protections, and solid waste management are perennial issues. This election and the next four years will be pivotal for local decisions to protect for cleaner water, cleaner air, and healthier communities in Frederick County. For these reasons, Clean Water Action is proud to endorse these candidates for local office: County Council District 1: Louisa Conklin County Council District 2: Jamie Shopland County Council District

As Baltimore County prepares to elect a new County Executive and a new, larger County Council, environmental issues are front and center. From land use and land conservation to good government and transparency issues, the next set of elected officials in the County will have big decisions to make. We’ve been working especially on solid waste management: ending the County’s practice of shipping trash to the BRESCO incinerator in Baltimore City, building composting and other Zero Waste infrastructure, and demanding change at the Days Cove landfill. The next four years will be pivotal for the