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Tell Governor Moore: we need to stop subsidizing trash incineration
The Reclaim Renewable Energy Act could have passed this year. Tell top Maryland decisionmakers you'll be watching to make sure they make it right in 2025.
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Baltimore City’s Clean Water Candidates: Primary Endorsements
The next term of Baltimore city government will be critical for environmental justice in Baltimore. The next four years will be pivotal for the infrastructure investments we need for cleaner water, cleaner air, and healthier communities in the city. Clean Water Action is excited to endorse these four candidates who have shown strong support for climate action, environmental justice, and public health in Baltimore.
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Testimony on MD SB125/HB486: Knowledge is power around Superfund sites
Clean Water Action supports ensuring that Maryland residents contracting to buy homes near contaminated sites on the Superfund National Priorities List receive a disclosure of that fact. This is based on our and partners' work on the NPL site at Fort Detrick, where investigation and remediation of groundwater that was contaminated by improper hazardous disposal has been ongoing for over a decade.
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UPDATED: 87 Groups Agree: Burning Trash is Not Clean Energy!
87 organizations urge Maryland's Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee to pass the Reclaim Renewable Energy Act (HB166/SB146) to stop wasting Maryland residents’ money and make more funding available for real renewable energy - at no additional cost to the state budget.
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Baltimore City Legislative Priorities: Stop Subsidizing Trash Incineration!
Tonight, the Baltimore City Delegation in Maryland's House of Delegates is hosting its 4th Annual Issues & Priorities Pre-Session Hearing. One of the top items on Baltimore's environmental justice agenda: we need to stop subsidizing trash incineration! Check out our testimony and email your representatives!
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Comments on Maryland's Climate Pathway: no to incineration, biogas, & biomass; yes to Zero Waste!
This fall, the Maryland Department of the Environment is finalizing its Climate Pathway report, outlining a policy pathway for the state to reduce emissions by 60% by 2031 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2045. Read our comments & joint comments signed by 19 organizations below.