Protecting and Restoring the Chesapeake
In 1983, 1987 and 2000, Maryland Governors and their counterparts in Virginia, the District of Columbia and other jurisdictions in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed signed formal agreements that set...
View ArticleREDUCE Act - Mercury Reduction
The REDUCE Act Clean Water Action believes that every community deserves to have their health and environmental safety treated with equity and integrity.The REDUCE Act grows out of the environmental...
View Article2016 Legislative Priorities in Maryland
Reducing Mercury Exposures: (HB1328) Mercury acts a powerful neurotoxin in humans and wildlife, with children and pregnant woman in greatest danger. We will phase out two main mercury-containing...
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REDUCE Act (SB398 / HB820)
Every Marylander has the right to breathe clean air and drink clean water. Communities and industry both benefit when community concerns are addressed early in the air pollution permit application...
View ArticleOil Trains Safety
The Rail Safety Act of 2016 (HB1434) addresses public safety concerns associated with transporting crude oil by rail through Maryland – a rapidly-increasing practice that puts our communities at risk....
View ArticleReducing Lead and Mercury in Maryland
Mercury and lead are proven neurotoxins and exposure to mercury and lead poses serious health threats, particularly for pregnant women and young children. Even in low doses, mercury and lead may affect...
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Keep Antibiotics Working!
The inappropriate use of human antibiotics on factory farms is seen as one of the culprits in the 2 million illnesses and 23,000 deaths caused by drug-resistant bacteria each year in the United States,...
View ArticleBaltimore Can Breathe Easy - the Nation's Largest Toxic Incinerator Won't Be...
Today, the Maryland Department of the Environment declared that key construction permits needed for a controversial trash incinerator in South Baltimore are no longer valid. Because no construction...
View ArticleClean Water Action Endorses Candidates for Baltimore City Council
Baltimore, MD Today, Clean Water Action endorsed four candidates for Baltimore City Council. The candidates include Ryan Dorsey for Council District Three, Kristerfer Burnett for Council District...
View ArticleMaryland Is First State to Ban Consumer Use of Bee Killing Neonicotinoid...
Annapolis, MD – On Thursday, Maryland became the first state in the country to restrict consumer use of neonicotinoid pesticides, with the General Assembly passing the Pollinator Protection Act (SB...
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