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Maryland's Clean Water Priorities at Crossover

March 30, 2026 | By Jennifer Kunze
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
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Capitol Dome in Annapolis, view of the Bay. Photo credit: Sean Pavone / Shutterstock

Our 2026 Maryland Legislative Priorities

January 14, 2026 | By Jennifer Kunze
Maryland’s General Assembly begins today, and for the first time since 2018, Clean Water Action is not asking for your help in ending subsidies for burning trash under Maryland’s Renewable Portfolio. Your tireless support over the years made a difference, and the General Assembly ended these
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What to do with your Halloween pumpkins? Compost!

November 5, 2025 | By Gabi Sanchez
With autumn in full swing and Halloween behind us, it’s the perfect time to give your pumpkins a second life through pumpkin composting! Each year, Americans toss more than a billion pounds of pumpkins into the trash, but composting them keeps organic waste out of landfills and incinerators while
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A carved pumpkin sits in fall leaves.

Back to School, Back to Zero Waste!

August 22, 2025 | By Gabi Sanchez
A new school year is the perfect time to build sustainable habits. At Clean Water Action, we’re working with schools and communities to cut down on plastic, promote composting, and move toward zero-waste, and we need your help to keep the momentum going!
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Text on a green background says "Back to School, Back to Zero Waste!" above and below a picture of students sorting their cafeteria waste into several different bins.
Map of a portion of Montgomery County showing the proposed M83 route in red labeled "Northern-Removed"

Victory: Montgomery County cancels the M83 highway!

July 30, 2025 | By Emily Ranson
After decades of diligent advocacy, community members in Montgomery County have finally deleted a proposed new highway from the County’s Master Plan of Highways and Transitways! The proposed highway in question was the M-83, the Mid-County Highway Extended, which was a six-mile, planned-but-unbuilt
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