Clean Water Action Maryland
@cleanwatermd.bsky.social
Working to empower people to take action to protect America's waters, build healthy communities, and to make democracy work for all of us. cleanwater.org/MD
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On Monday, Maryland ended its 90-day legislative session. #mdga25
We worked with our coalition partners to deliver some victories - and have much more work to do. #EnvironmentalJustice #ZeroWaste
Learn more about each of our priorities & what happened here! cleanwater.org/2025/04/09/c...
We worked with our coalition partners to deliver some victories - and have much more work to do. #EnvironmentalJustice #ZeroWaste
Learn more about each of our priorities & what happened here! cleanwater.org/2025/04/09/c...
Just 5 days are left for you to submit a public comment on Baltimore City DPW’s latest plan to implement the sewer consent decree - which ignores a key requirement related to preventing sewer backups.
Comments are due on Monday 12/1, so don’t delay! Click here to submit your comment:
Comments are due on Monday 12/1, so don’t delay! Click here to submit your comment:
Tell Baltimore City: make a plan to eliminate sewage backups!
In a plan out for public comment this month, Baltimore City DPW is sidestepping its requirements to analyze and prevent sewage backups into people's homes in Baltimore. Submit your public comment agai...
cleanwater.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Just 5 days are left for you to submit a public comment on Baltimore City DPW’s latest plan to implement the sewer consent decree - which ignores a key requirement related to preventing sewer backups.
Comments are due on Monday 12/1, so don’t delay! Click here to submit your comment:
Comments are due on Monday 12/1, so don’t delay! Click here to submit your comment:
In DC and MD both - we need a bottle bill!
“For decades, companies have been polluting our communities and have had no responsibility for collecting the containers they’ve been putting out in our community. And now, if this passes, they will have to pay to do that.”
wtop.com/dc/2025/11/d...
“For decades, companies have been polluting our communities and have had no responsibility for collecting the containers they’ve been putting out in our community. And now, if this passes, they will have to pay to do that.”
wtop.com/dc/2025/11/d...
DC Council member’s Anacostia River boat tour highlights importance of ‘bottle bill’ - WTOP News
A proposed D.C. bill would create a 10-cent beverage container deposit program aimed at reducing trash and improving water quality.
wtop.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In DC and MD both - we need a bottle bill!
“For decades, companies have been polluting our communities and have had no responsibility for collecting the containers they’ve been putting out in our community. And now, if this passes, they will have to pay to do that.”
wtop.com/dc/2025/11/d...
“For decades, companies have been polluting our communities and have had no responsibility for collecting the containers they’ve been putting out in our community. And now, if this passes, they will have to pay to do that.”
wtop.com/dc/2025/11/d...
The #PollutedWaterRule puts EPA on the side of polluters, not the people. It’s a corporate water giveaway that benefits developers and industry at the expense of communities downstream.
EPA is only accepting comments for a limited time. Get your message in TODAY! act.cleanwater.org/page/181693/...
EPA is only accepting comments for a limited time. Get your message in TODAY! act.cleanwater.org/page/181693/...
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The #PollutedWaterRule puts EPA on the side of polluters, not the people. It’s a corporate water giveaway that benefits developers and industry at the expense of communities downstream.
EPA is only accepting comments for a limited time. Get your message in TODAY! act.cleanwater.org/page/181693/...
EPA is only accepting comments for a limited time. Get your message in TODAY! act.cleanwater.org/page/181693/...
Join us in January for the Maryland Environmental Legislative Summit!
We'll talk about MD's top environmental priorities for #mdga26: the #CHERISHOurCommunities Act, the #MDBottleBill, the Transportation & Climate Alignment Act, and the state budget.
RSVP here! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We'll talk about MD's top environmental priorities for #mdga26: the #CHERISHOurCommunities Act, the #MDBottleBill, the Transportation & Climate Alignment Act, and the state budget.
RSVP here! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Join us in January for the Maryland Environmental Legislative Summit!
We'll talk about MD's top environmental priorities for #mdga26: the #CHERISHOurCommunities Act, the #MDBottleBill, the Transportation & Climate Alignment Act, and the state budget.
RSVP here! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We'll talk about MD's top environmental priorities for #mdga26: the #CHERISHOurCommunities Act, the #MDBottleBill, the Transportation & Climate Alignment Act, and the state budget.
RSVP here! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Showing just how relentless polluters & their allies in the current administration have become, EPA is once again undermining the Clean Water Act with a new proposal released today.
We will oppose this reckless action and demonstrate that the public opposes risking our water.
We will oppose this reckless action and demonstrate that the public opposes risking our water.
Official Statement on the “Polluted Water Rule”, EPA's Proposed Revision to the Definition of “Waters of the United States”
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is once again advancing a proposal to undermine the Clean Water Act. The agency’s new proposal, which clean water advocates are calling the “Polluted Water Rul...
cleanwater.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Showing just how relentless polluters & their allies in the current administration have become, EPA is once again undermining the Clean Water Act with a new proposal released today.
We will oppose this reckless action and demonstrate that the public opposes risking our water.
We will oppose this reckless action and demonstrate that the public opposes risking our water.
Each year, billions of tons of discarded products end up in landfills or as litter around the world.
"A culture of care and repair" can keep materials out of the landfill, help curb pollution, and create a more circular economy! #ZeroWaste
insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
"A culture of care and repair" can keep materials out of the landfill, help curb pollution, and create a more circular economy! #ZeroWaste
insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
A Growing Number of ‘Repair Cafes’ Are Popping Up Around the World to Curb Consumer Waste - Inside Climate News
Local communities are hosting events where people can bring in their broken goods for repairs—free of charge.
insideclimatenews.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Each year, billions of tons of discarded products end up in landfills or as litter around the world.
"A culture of care and repair" can keep materials out of the landfill, help curb pollution, and create a more circular economy! #ZeroWaste
insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
"A culture of care and repair" can keep materials out of the landfill, help curb pollution, and create a more circular economy! #ZeroWaste
insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
Each year, Americans toss more than a BILLION pounds of pumpkins into the trash in the fall.
Compost instead to fight #ClimateChange & create healthy soils!
Here's a quick roundup of pumpkin composting options in MD - including a Great Pumpkin Smash this weekend:
cleanwater.org/2025/11/05/w...
Compost instead to fight #ClimateChange & create healthy soils!
Here's a quick roundup of pumpkin composting options in MD - including a Great Pumpkin Smash this weekend:
cleanwater.org/2025/11/05/w...
What to do with your Halloween pumpkins? Compost!
With autumn in full swing and Halloween behind us, it’s the perfect time to give your pumpkins a second life through pumpkin composting!
cleanwater.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Each year, Americans toss more than a BILLION pounds of pumpkins into the trash in the fall.
Compost instead to fight #ClimateChange & create healthy soils!
Here's a quick roundup of pumpkin composting options in MD - including a Great Pumpkin Smash this weekend:
cleanwater.org/2025/11/05/w...
Compost instead to fight #ClimateChange & create healthy soils!
Here's a quick roundup of pumpkin composting options in MD - including a Great Pumpkin Smash this weekend:
cleanwater.org/2025/11/05/w...
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"What happens to the letters I write when Clean Water canvassers knock on my door?"
We deliver them directly to your elected leaders!
We're fighting for legislation to clean up air pollution. Shout out to Sen Mark's and @jocomerford.bsky.social's enthusiastic staff!
Keep the letters coming!
We deliver them directly to your elected leaders!
We're fighting for legislation to clean up air pollution. Shout out to Sen Mark's and @jocomerford.bsky.social's enthusiastic staff!
Keep the letters coming!
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"What happens to the letters I write when Clean Water canvassers knock on my door?"
We deliver them directly to your elected leaders!
We're fighting for legislation to clean up air pollution. Shout out to Sen Mark's and @jocomerford.bsky.social's enthusiastic staff!
Keep the letters coming!
We deliver them directly to your elected leaders!
We're fighting for legislation to clean up air pollution. Shout out to Sen Mark's and @jocomerford.bsky.social's enthusiastic staff!
Keep the letters coming!
Coal plants have dumped millions of pounds of toxic metals into our waters for decades.
Now, Trump's EPA wants to delay regulations made last year to protect us from this pollution - and may use this extra time to gut the standards altogether.
Take action today!
act.cleanwater.org/page/179274/...
Now, Trump's EPA wants to delay regulations made last year to protect us from this pollution - and may use this extra time to gut the standards altogether.
Take action today!
act.cleanwater.org/page/179274/...
Tell EPA that our water protections can't wait!
In 2024, we won stronger regulations to limit the toxic wastewater that coal-fired power plants dump into our rivers, lakes and streams. Now Trump's EPA wants to delay these regulations and allow coal...
act.cleanwater.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Coal plants have dumped millions of pounds of toxic metals into our waters for decades.
Now, Trump's EPA wants to delay regulations made last year to protect us from this pollution - and may use this extra time to gut the standards altogether.
Take action today!
act.cleanwater.org/page/179274/...
Now, Trump's EPA wants to delay regulations made last year to protect us from this pollution - and may use this extra time to gut the standards altogether.
Take action today!
act.cleanwater.org/page/179274/...
TONIGHT! Join us for our annual Virtual Member Meeting to hear about all the great work we're doing to #ProtectCleanWater across the country - including here in Maryland!
RSVP here for the Zoom link: act.cleanwater.org/page/179525/...
RSVP here for the Zoom link: act.cleanwater.org/page/179525/...
October 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
TONIGHT! Join us for our annual Virtual Member Meeting to hear about all the great work we're doing to #ProtectCleanWater across the country - including here in Maryland!
RSVP here for the Zoom link: act.cleanwater.org/page/179525/...
RSVP here for the Zoom link: act.cleanwater.org/page/179525/...
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Massachusetts considering residential organics disposal ban by 2030
The state was one of the first to require large commercial food waste generators to divert the material. Now, it's seeking input on a plan to possibly extend the mandate to more businesses and residen...
www.wastedive.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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In 2 weeks, join us at our national Virtual Member Meeting to talk about the Power of Clean Water Action, here in Maryland and across the country! #ProtectCleanWater
RSVP here: act.cleanwater.org/page/179525/...
RSVP here: act.cleanwater.org/page/179525/...
October 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
In 2 weeks, join us at our national Virtual Member Meeting to talk about the Power of Clean Water Action, here in Maryland and across the country! #ProtectCleanWater
RSVP here: act.cleanwater.org/page/179525/...
RSVP here: act.cleanwater.org/page/179525/...
Baltimore County government’s first large-scale ground-mounted solar facility at the closed landfill in Parkton will generate about 11% of the electricity the county consumes each year! #ZeroWaste #SmartOnSolar
Baltimore County to launch its largest solar project at the Parkton landfill next month
The county says it will lock in the cost of energy from Parkton for 25 years.
www.wypr.org
October 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Baltimore County government’s first large-scale ground-mounted solar facility at the closed landfill in Parkton will generate about 11% of the electricity the county consumes each year! #ZeroWaste #SmartOnSolar
“We’re all going to suffer because these turf fields — particularly the old ones, which we know have #PFAS — are going to leach off and contaminate farmers’ fields, groundwater, drinking water supplies, and surface waters,” said Kyla Bennett of @peer.org.
www.inquirer.com/news/turf-ar...
www.inquirer.com/news/turf-ar...
Recycle company’s bankruptcy leaves tons of discarded artificial turf across the state
The turf, laden with forever chemicals, now faces an uncertain future.
www.inquirer.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“We’re all going to suffer because these turf fields — particularly the old ones, which we know have #PFAS — are going to leach off and contaminate farmers’ fields, groundwater, drinking water supplies, and surface waters,” said Kyla Bennett of @peer.org.
www.inquirer.com/news/turf-ar...
www.inquirer.com/news/turf-ar...
It’s #SourceWaterProtectionWeek! Protecting our drinking water sources reduces health risks and controls treatment costs. It's a win-win for public health and savings. Let's prioritize source water protection! #ProtectTheSource #PuttingDrinkingWaterFirst
September 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It’s #SourceWaterProtectionWeek! Protecting our drinking water sources reduces health risks and controls treatment costs. It's a win-win for public health and savings. Let's prioritize source water protection! #ProtectTheSource #PuttingDrinkingWaterFirst
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WIND. IS. THE. FUTURE.
The Trump admin's short-sighted attacks on wind directly harm MA workers. (And only help out-of-state fossil fuel companies.) Get out of our way, Trump. Salem workers and neighbors are building the future.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/23/o...
The Trump admin's short-sighted attacks on wind directly harm MA workers. (And only help out-of-state fossil fuel companies.) Get out of our way, Trump. Salem workers and neighbors are building the future.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/23/o...
Trump’s halt on wind energy is a direct hit to Salem’s future - The Boston Globe
Salem was poised to be the home of a new type of energy infrastructure, one that would bring cleaner air and promote healthy communities while providing hundreds of good-paying jobs.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
WIND. IS. THE. FUTURE.
The Trump admin's short-sighted attacks on wind directly harm MA workers. (And only help out-of-state fossil fuel companies.) Get out of our way, Trump. Salem workers and neighbors are building the future.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/23/o...
The Trump admin's short-sighted attacks on wind directly harm MA workers. (And only help out-of-state fossil fuel companies.) Get out of our way, Trump. Salem workers and neighbors are building the future.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/23/o...
Join us TOMORROW! RSVP here: cleanwater.org/chemrecyclingwebinar
#ZeroWaste #ChemicalRecycling #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateAction
#ZeroWaste #ChemicalRecycling #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateAction
Let's talk trash!
Join us on 9/18 for a webinar about the dangers of so-called #ChemicalRecycling - featuring our allies in the Stop Grace Coalition fighting a chemical recycling plant proposed in Howard County.
RSVP here! cleanwater.org/chemrecyclingwebinar #ZeroWaste
Join us on 9/18 for a webinar about the dangers of so-called #ChemicalRecycling - featuring our allies in the Stop Grace Coalition fighting a chemical recycling plant proposed in Howard County.
RSVP here! cleanwater.org/chemrecyclingwebinar #ZeroWaste
September 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Join us TOMORROW! RSVP here: cleanwater.org/chemrecyclingwebinar
#ZeroWaste #ChemicalRecycling #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateAction
#ZeroWaste #ChemicalRecycling #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateAction
For decades, coal plants dumped toxic coal ash into unlined landfills, threatening drinking water. Now, Trump’s EPA wants to delay compliance deadlines, stalling the cleanup of some sites until after 2030.
Take action - comments are due TODAY! act.cleanwater.org/page/177494/...
Take action - comments are due TODAY! act.cleanwater.org/page/177494/...
September 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
For decades, coal plants dumped toxic coal ash into unlined landfills, threatening drinking water. Now, Trump’s EPA wants to delay compliance deadlines, stalling the cleanup of some sites until after 2030.
Take action - comments are due TODAY! act.cleanwater.org/page/177494/...
Take action - comments are due TODAY! act.cleanwater.org/page/177494/...
Let's talk trash!
Join us on 9/18 for a webinar about the dangers of so-called #ChemicalRecycling - featuring our allies in the Stop Grace Coalition fighting a chemical recycling plant proposed in Howard County.
RSVP here! cleanwater.org/chemrecyclingwebinar #ZeroWaste
Join us on 9/18 for a webinar about the dangers of so-called #ChemicalRecycling - featuring our allies in the Stop Grace Coalition fighting a chemical recycling plant proposed in Howard County.
RSVP here! cleanwater.org/chemrecyclingwebinar #ZeroWaste
September 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Let's talk trash!
Join us on 9/18 for a webinar about the dangers of so-called #ChemicalRecycling - featuring our allies in the Stop Grace Coalition fighting a chemical recycling plant proposed in Howard County.
RSVP here! cleanwater.org/chemrecyclingwebinar #ZeroWaste
Join us on 9/18 for a webinar about the dangers of so-called #ChemicalRecycling - featuring our allies in the Stop Grace Coalition fighting a chemical recycling plant proposed in Howard County.
RSVP here! cleanwater.org/chemrecyclingwebinar #ZeroWaste
Today, the #Baltimore City Planning Commission is starting to plan for the Fiscal Year 2027-2032 capital budget.
The FY 2026-2031 budget included NO spending on #ZeroWaste infrastructure - and that has to change.
Read our comments with SBCLT - then take action!
cleanwater.org/2025/08/28/c...
The FY 2026-2031 budget included NO spending on #ZeroWaste infrastructure - and that has to change.
Read our comments with SBCLT - then take action!
cleanwater.org/2025/08/28/c...
Comments on the Baltimore City FY27-32 Capital Improvement Program Kickoff
Today, just two months after local governments' Fiscal Year 2026 budgets were passed, the Baltimore City Planning Commission kicks off the planning process for the Fiscal Years 2027-2032 Capital Budge...
cleanwater.org
August 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Today, the #Baltimore City Planning Commission is starting to plan for the Fiscal Year 2027-2032 capital budget.
The FY 2026-2031 budget included NO spending on #ZeroWaste infrastructure - and that has to change.
Read our comments with SBCLT - then take action!
cleanwater.org/2025/08/28/c...
The FY 2026-2031 budget included NO spending on #ZeroWaste infrastructure - and that has to change.
Read our comments with SBCLT - then take action!
cleanwater.org/2025/08/28/c...
Reposted by Clean Water Action Maryland
Reposted by Clean Water Action Maryland
A reminder about the proposed Line 5 tunnel and why Trump may have expedited the Army Corps Of Engineers permit process...
Speak out against this before Friday 8/29. Link below.
#ShutDownLine5 #NoTunnel @owdm.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Speak out against this before Friday 8/29. Link below.
#ShutDownLine5 #NoTunnel @owdm.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Line 5, a Trump donor, is profiting off a pipeline deal threatening pollution
Trump administration accused of ‘quid pro quo’ for fast-tracking controversial fossil fuel proposal in Michigan
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A reminder about the proposed Line 5 tunnel and why Trump may have expedited the Army Corps Of Engineers permit process...
Speak out against this before Friday 8/29. Link below.
#ShutDownLine5 #NoTunnel @owdm.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Speak out against this before Friday 8/29. Link below.
#ShutDownLine5 #NoTunnel @owdm.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The MD legislature UNANIMOUSLY passed SB168 in #mdga25, which would have protected communities against testing & construction of Confined Aquatic Disposal cells - but Governor Moore vetoed this bipartisan legislation.
Sign this petition for a veto override!
www.change.org/p/urge-legis...
Sign this petition for a veto override!
www.change.org/p/urge-legis...
Sign the Petition
Urge Legislature to Override Governor's Veto on CAD Moratorium
www.change.org
August 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The MD legislature UNANIMOUSLY passed SB168 in #mdga25, which would have protected communities against testing & construction of Confined Aquatic Disposal cells - but Governor Moore vetoed this bipartisan legislation.
Sign this petition for a veto override!
www.change.org/p/urge-legis...
Sign this petition for a veto override!
www.change.org/p/urge-legis...
Reposted by Clean Water Action Maryland
READ CLEAN WATER ACTION'S NEW PUTTING DRINKING WATER FIRST REPORT 📢
❗Clean water funding ends in 2026. Cuts are coming.
👇Our new report shows how $200B in SRF investments have protected drinking water, and what’s at stake.
cleanwater.org/publications/pdwf-water-infrastructure
❗Clean water funding ends in 2026. Cuts are coming.
👇Our new report shows how $200B in SRF investments have protected drinking water, and what’s at stake.
cleanwater.org/publications/pdwf-water-infrastructure
August 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
READ CLEAN WATER ACTION'S NEW PUTTING DRINKING WATER FIRST REPORT 📢
❗Clean water funding ends in 2026. Cuts are coming.
👇Our new report shows how $200B in SRF investments have protected drinking water, and what’s at stake.
cleanwater.org/publications/pdwf-water-infrastructure
❗Clean water funding ends in 2026. Cuts are coming.
👇Our new report shows how $200B in SRF investments have protected drinking water, and what’s at stake.
cleanwater.org/publications/pdwf-water-infrastructure
Reposted by Clean Water Action Maryland
Protect clean water! 🚰 Clean Water Action's NEW #PuttingDrinkingWaterFirst report makes the case for Congress to support SRF Investment, fund WIFIA, invest in assistance, and advance water affordability. Learn more & act now: cleanwater.org/publications/pdwf-water-infrastructure
August 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Protect clean water! 🚰 Clean Water Action's NEW #PuttingDrinkingWaterFirst report makes the case for Congress to support SRF Investment, fund WIFIA, invest in assistance, and advance water affordability. Learn more & act now: cleanwater.org/publications/pdwf-water-infrastructure