Testimony on Baltimore City's 2025 Budget
Tonight is Taxpayers' Night, the annual City Council hearing on Baltimore City's budget. Read our testimony on Zero Waste, trash incineration and sewage backups below! And stay tuned for the Department of Public Works budget hearing on June 3.
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Dear Baltimore City Council
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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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Happy Retirement, Saugus Incinerator Ash Landfill! (Don’t Let the Door Hit Ya!)
In Massachusetts, a toxic unlined ash landfill polluting air and water, the oldest facility of its kind, is finally on the likely path toward retiring.
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Let's Put Lead Service Lines Behind Us
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed updates to the Safe Drinking Water Act Lead and Copper Rule and is accepting public comments through February 5, 2024.
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Fueling Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream With Action
Celebrating one of America's most radical thinkers and revolutionaries of the 20th century, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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2024 Clean Water Action Maryland Legislative Priorities
Maryland's 90 day legislative session starts today! From now through April, we'll be working hard to fight for legislation to protect clean water, clean air, and healthy communities in Maryland. And we need you! We'll be in touch throughout the legislative session with the latest news and
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