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Complete Streets and clean air in Baltimore
If not for the snow, the Baltimore City Council would have held a hearing today on the Complete Streets ordinance, a bill that would help Baltimore ensure that roads are designed with the safety and wellness of all people in mind. Transportation planning that prioritizes public transit, bicycle, and pedestrian uses helps people stay healthier, air stay cleaner, and the climate stay cooler. Read our testimony below, and click here to send your own comments to the Council. Thanks to this snowstorm, it's not too late! Bill: Baltimore City Council Bill 17-0102 – Complete Streets Committee: Land
Maryland's Legislative Update: Crossover is Coming
An important date is coming up on Monday in Maryland’s legislative session: crossover! At crossover, bills have to pass through one of the chambers and make it over to the other chamber. Bills that have not made it through one chamber by Monday will be effectively done for this year (of course, there are always exceptions to the rule). Here is the status of our priority bills: Forest Conservation Act: Maryland is losing forest, and HB766/SB610 are trying to stem this tide. Last night, the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs voted a compromise bill out, and that will be hitting
Connecticut's Legislative Session 2018: The Same, Only Different (Hint: Good Things are Possible)
As the legislative session opens in Connecticut, the lay of the land looks the same as last year, except with some promising differences that are largely the results of grassroots action taken by our members and allies. It’s a short session with a sharp focus on finance. But what better entrée to talk about the economic benefits and value of clean energy? Here are three specific things we’re keeping an eye on: The Energy Efficiency Fund and Green Bank are still reeling from the year-end raid of $63 million from their balance sheets, but they have regrouped with plans to keep operating. The
Meeting Connecticut's Emission Reduction Targets
Governor Dannel Malloy created the Governor’s Council on Climate Change (also known as the GC3) on Earth Day, 2015. Recently, the council met to review a year’s worth of modeling and recommended a midterm target for Connecticut’s agreed-upon reduction of greenhouse gases.
Fighting crude oil terminals in Baltimore
On Wednesday, February 21, the Baltimore City Council's Land Use and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on the Crude Oil Terminal Prohibition: Baltimore's best chance for preventing a deadly crude oil train explosion. Rally with us at noon in front of City Hall! And to learn more, read our comments on the bill below. Bill: Baltimore City Council Bill 17-0150 - Zoning - Prohibiting Crude Oil Terminals Committee: Land Use & Transportation Committee Position: SUPPORT Date: February 14, 2018 Dear Land Use & Transportation Committee Members, On behalf of Clean Water Action, our over 8,000
