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Baltimore City BoE Taxpayers' Night and Zero Waste!
Next Wednesday (4/22 - Earth Day!) at 6PM, the Baltimore City Board of Estimates is holding its annual public hearing on next year’s budget: Taxpayers’ Night! As a result of our advocacy in the budget last year, this year’s budget proposal includes a key funding element for Zero Waste progress, but there’s much more to do. Join us there to testify that the City needs to invest in Zero Waste! Let us know you can testify! At Taxpayers’ Night, the Board of Estimates members (Mayor Scott, Council President Cohen, Comptroller Henry, DPW Director Garbark, and City Solicitor Thompson) will hear
Clean Water's 2026 Priorities in MD's legislative session
On Monday, Maryland’s legislative session ended after a whirlwind 90 days. We faced headwinds with a difficult financial picture as Marylanders grappled with the impact of the federal government’s layoffs and funding cuts. Clean Water Priorities Passed: HB0429/ SB0599: After a few years of effort, we finally passed legislation creating an On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant program! This bill, sponsored by Delegate Boyce and Senator Hester, builds on Maryland’s existing efforts to divert food waste from the trash by funding infrastructure and programs for on-farm composting, compost
Lobbying in PFAS: Big Money is Poisoning our Water
Legislators answer to the people of Minnesota who expect safe drinking water, who don’t want toxic chemicals in children’s products, and who are tired of paying for corporate pollution. There are real issues demanding attention—corporate welfare disguised as regulatory “relief” should not be on the agenda.
Maryland's Clean Water Priorities at Crossover
On Monday, Maryland passed a critical legislative deadline called “Crossover.” To keep moving forward after this deadline, a bill must have passed either the Senate or the House and crossed over into the opposite chamber. With less than three weeks to go until the end of Maryland’s legislative session, here is what’s happened with our Clean Water priorities – and how you can take action to get two of them over the finish line! Clean Water Priorities Still Moving Forward: Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grants: Delegate Boyce and Senator Hester's bill now creates and funds grants for on
What’s in Our Water Is in Our Brains: A Minnesota Perspective for Brain Awareness Week
We know the products we interact with, even the air we breathe and water we drink, can impact our health. This Brain Awareness Week, it’s worth taking a look at different contaminants that threaten our brain health—and what we can do about it.
