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Baltimore City BoE Taxpayers' Night and Zero Waste!

April 16, 2026 | By Jennifer Kunze
Next Wednesday (4/22 - Earth Day!) at 6PM, the Baltimore City Board of Estimates is holding its annual public hearing on next year’s budget: Taxpayers’ Night! As a result of our advocacy in the budget last year, this year’s budget proposal includes a key funding element for Zero Waste progress, but
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Victories and Defeats in MD's 2021 Session

April 13, 2021 | By Emily Ranson
Monday was the last day of Maryland's Legislative Session. Maryland has a 90 day legislative session - it runs straight from January to April. Once it ends, the legislature can come back via Special Session to vote on legislation or override vetoes, but those are not common. So, this concludes our
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Pass the Maryland Essential Workers Act

March 22, 2021 | By Haley Sanborn
Clean Water Action, along with a number of other organizations, has joined with Marylanders for Food and Farm Worker Protection in supporting a package of legislation to protect Maryland’s seafood and poultry processing and farm workers from COVID-19. This package includes paid sick leave expansion
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Testimony for Railroad Community & Worker Safety

March 19, 2021 | By Emily Ranson
Railroad Company - Movement of Freight - Required Crew Senate Finance Committee March 23, 2021 Dear Chairwoman Kelley and Members of the Committee, Clean Water Action thanks Delegate Stein for continuing to champion two man crew legislation and supports its passage. We have a keen interest in making
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Working on Waste in Baltimore County

February 26, 2021 | By Jennifer Kunze
Since November, Baltimore County has been convening a Solid Waste Work Group has been meeting to review how trash is managed in the county and make recommendations for improvements. Their final meeting is this Thursday, March 4, and the County's consultant, GBB (a company selected by the Northeast
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