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Bipartisan Coalition Demands End to Ratepayer Subsidies for Trash Incineration
On March 8th, an unlikely alliance of Republican and Democratic legislators, residents from across Maryland, and environmental advocates gathered to demand the end of public subsidies for trash incineration in the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard. Surrounded by a trash can filled with mock flaming cash and a hand-made replica of the BRESCO incinerator, the coalition called for the passage of legislation that will end incineration subsidies (HB961/SB548) before a key committee hearing. The legislation, sponsored by Republican Senator Mike Hough from Frederick and Carroll Counties and
Safer Septic Systems for Maryland
Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay Cleanup requires nutrient reductions from every sector that contributes to water pollution. Of the four major sectors contributing to Bay pollution, massive public investment has led to significant reductions in pollution from wastewater treatment plants; counties have permit requirements to reduce stormwater runoff; and agricultural pollution has seen significant reductions in recent years.
From Trash Incineration to Zero Waste in Maryland
How communities across Maryland handle their solid waste has enormous impacts on local air quality, municipal budgets, and climate change.
Sewage Backups in Baltimore
Heavy rainfall stresses all of our infrastructure: flooded transportation systems, leaking houses developing mold, inundated drinking water sources full of polluted runoff, and sewage systems letting rainwater leak in and sewage flow out.
Building a Baltimore without BRESCO
For decades, the BRESCO trash incinerator has stood as the most recognizable welcome sign to Baltimore. But its towering smokestack is the least of the impacts it has on central Maryland. It burns waste from homes, businesses, schools, and institutions across central Maryland, and contributes significantly to local air pollution.