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Testimony on Baltimore City's FY24 budget

May 25, 2023 | By Jennifer Kunze

Clean Water Action, on behalf of our 5,000 members in Baltimore City, urges that deliberations about Baltimore City’s FY24 budget prioritize spending on solid waste and sewage infrastructure and management that will protect the environment and public health.

General MD Baltimore Harbor. Credit HES Photography. Shutterstock

Maryland State House at night with blossoming trees and construction

2023 MD Legislative Session Wrap Up

April 11, 2023 | By Emily Ranson and Jennifer Kunze

Every year, Maryland's General Assembly meets for just 90 days at the beginning of the year. It was a busy, hectic legislative session, and it just ended on Monday! We've been hard at work lobbying and organizing for clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. Here's how our top priorities fared!

Keep it off the curb! How to keep these 5 banned items out of your trash

February 10, 2023 | By Bayley Koopman and Clean Water Action Massachusetts

Recycling some items can take a little bit more work than just putting mixed paper on the curb, but it’s worth it to protect our communities from the pollution caused by landfills and incinerators! Here's how to keep 5 banned items off of the curb.

A picture of the BRESCO trash incinerator in Baltimore

Testimony on MD HB161, the Waste Disposal Authority Sunset Act

February 8, 2023 | By Jennifer Kunze

Today Clean Water Action testified on HB161, the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority Sunset Act. This important bill sets up a review by the state Department of Legislative Services to consider whether or how this quasi-state agency, created by the state in 1980 to plan and finance trash incinerators, should continue.

Rhode Island Needs a Bottle Bill: Act Now!

Take action! Tell your state legislators to support a Rhode Island container deposit law to fight plastic pollution and increase recycling.

Tell your RI legislators to support Extended Producer Responsibility!

Take action to stop the plastic crisis upstream and downstream - Contact your Rhode Island legislators today to tell them to support Extended Producer Responsibility!