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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

Moving past single-use plastics in Howard County

February 16, 2021 | By Jennifer Kunze

Tonight, the Howard County Council is holding a hearing on Council Bill 13-2021, to eliminate a range of single-use plastic food products. Here's our testimony on why that's a great idea. February 15, 2021 Dear Howard County County Council, On behalf of Clean Water Action’s over 7,000 members within

Toxic for People & Planet projected on BRESCO by the Backbone Campaign

Support HB0332: Burning Trash is Not Clean Energy!

February 4, 2021 | By Jennifer Kunze

Today, the House Economic Matters Committee is holding a hearing on HB0332, legislation to reform Maryland's Renewable Portfolio Standard - a program intended when it was created in 2004 to promote new wind and solar development. Since then, polluting energy sources have successfully lobbied to add

SB0412/HB0084: Right to Repair, and why this matters for the environment

February 1, 2021 | By Jennifer Kunze

Today, the Senate Finance Committee is holding a hearing on SB0412; last week, the House Economic Matters Committee held a hearing on its parallel bill, HB0084. These bills would establish a consumer's Right to Repair products they buy, from cell phones to tractors. Here is the testimony we

Montgomery County's Agricultural Reserve at sunrise

62 Organizations Sign On to Protect MoCo's Ag Reserve

January 25, 2021 | By Jennifer Kunze

62 Maryland environmental, land preservation, food security, and agricultural groups - alongside 137 individuals - have signed on to this letter demanding that the Montgomery County Council amend ZTA 20-01 to make solar power a Conditional Use in the Agricultural Reserve. Here's why.