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Testimony for Railroad Community & Worker Safety
Railroad Company - Movement of Freight - Required Crew Senate Finance Committee March 23, 2021
Dear Chairwoman Kelley and Members of the Committee,
Clean Water Action thanks Delegate Stein for continuing to champion two man crew legislation and supports its passage. We have a keen interest in making sure that trains in Maryland have adequate crew available to not only respond to disasters, but also to prevent them.
April marks the three year anniversary of Baltimore City’s Crude Oil Terminal Prohibition, banning the construction of new and the expansion of existing crude oil terminals in
Women's History Month - Recognizing The Women Who Inspire Us
In recognition of Women’s History Month, Clean Water Action is thrilled to raise the voices of strong women in the environmental justice field who continue to encourage us to take action and better our communities.
Environmental Justice & Climate Change at the Forefront of New Transportation Investments in NJ
Just months after announcing groundbreaking environmental justice legislation, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has announced a trio of environmental actions, including over $100 million in new transportation investments to tackle the climate crisis, reduce pollution in communities of color and high-poverty areas, and create new jobs.
Support HB0332: Burning Trash is Not Clean Energy!
Today, the House Economic Matters Committee is holding a hearing on HB0332, legislation to reform Maryland's Renewable Portfolio Standard - a program intended when it was created in 2004 to promote new wind and solar development. Since then, polluting energy sources have successfully lobbied to add themselves to this subsidy program, and a new report by our allies at the Public Employees for Environmental Responsiblity shows that Maryland paid over $32 million to buy renewable energy credits from dirty energy sources in 2019 alone. For the past two years, we've been working to take trash
62 Organizations Sign On to Protect MoCo's Ag Reserve
62 Maryland environmental, land preservation, food security, and agricultural groups - alongside 137 individuals - have signed on to this letter demanding that the Montgomery County Council amend ZTA 20-01 to make solar power a Conditional Use in the Agricultural Reserve. Here's why.