Maryland
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 timelines for cleaning up the Bay. The most recent agreement called for deadlines that were to be met by 2010. That deadline will not be met.
Summit in Annapolis
the 18th annual cce summit
The Citizens’ Campaign for the Environment invites you to the 18th Annual CCE Legislative Summit in Annapolis on January 24th! Learn about the environmental priorities for the 2012 General Assembly session from environmental leaders like State Senate President Miller and State House Speaker Busch.
Join hundreds of clean water advocates to find out how we can achieve success at the State House in 2012!
Stand up for our air, our water, and our communities and join us for Green Drinks Annapolis after!
Plastic Shopping Bags
reducing waste from plastic shopping bags in prince george's county
Attend the meeting!
Saturday, December 3rd
The Prince George's County House Delegation will take public comments and testimony on Saturday, Dec. 3 at a public hearing at Prince George's County Community College at the Queen Anne Fine Arts Building.
The hearing, which begins at 9 a.m. will include a chance for residents and groups to testify on 32 bills proposed that would specifically affect Prince George's County or its bi-county agencies.
Letters to Senators
it takes a broad movement
The Barrasso/Heller Amendment to the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 2354) is bad news. It would permanently bar the Army Corps of Engineers from restoring longstanding Clean Water Act protections to water bodies throughout the country. This undermines the common-sense protections that Americans expect to ensure clean water for drinking, swimming and fishing. We have to stop it - and we will.
Barrasso - Heller
barrasso-heller: the amendment that would put all water at risk
- Tell the Senate: It's past time to protect all water!
- A Broad Movement: Letters to Key Senators
- The New York Times on Barrasso - Heller
- Putting our water at risk
- Read the amendment
Wetlands and streams are a vital part of our water system. They feed into and clean rivers and lakes throughout the country. The Mississippi and Colorado rivers, San Francisco and Chesapeake Bays and every other body of water relies on small streams and wetlands across the United States. Wetlands also provide vital flood protection for cities, towns, and farmland - an acre of wetland can hold nearly 1 million gallons of floodwaters.
On the Hill
fighting for water on the hill
The Clean Water Act brought Lake Erie back to life, cleaned up rivers like the Cuyahoga and the Potamac, and made drinking water safe for nearly all Americans - we're not done yet. It's been 39 years since the Congress first passed the Clean Water Act. We were making steady progess until nine years ago.
Help us stop the Senate from passing the dirty water amendment today!
Chesapeake Currents - Fall 2011
chesapeake currents
fall 2011 edition
Inside
- We Can't Live Without Clean Water
- Uranium Mining
- Virginia Endorsements
- Winning in Baltimore
- DC - Leading on Stormwater
- Delaware's Senator Takes on Diesel
we can’t live without clean water
It’s that simple. But sometimes, the people we elect seem to forget that. And they’ve been forgetting it a lot lately in Washington, DC and in too many of our state capitals.
Clean Water Action’s job – which we can only do in partnership with you,
our members — is to keep the pressure on the politicians in Washington,
and in their home districts across the country, telling them to protect
our water.
From the Director - Chesapeake
we can’t live without clean water
It’s that simple. But sometimes, the people we elect seem to forget that. And they’ve been forgetting it a lot lately in Washington, DC and in too many of our state capitals.
Elections matter
a new dynamic in baltimore
Clean Water Action of Maryland endorsed a group of pro-environment candidates for the Baltimore City primary election. These candidates fared well and will likely change the dynamic of the City Council on environmental issues. Clean Water Action won 8 out of 11 of its Primary Election races in Baltimore City. This included the City Council President Bernard ‘Jack’ Young, who was elected with 75 % of the vote, and new-comer Nick Mosby, who upset two-term incumbent Belinda Conaway.
Nick Mosby pledged to “…fight to improve the quality of life for the hard-working citizens and children of this great city…and create policies that provide sustainable solutions to improve the environmental health of our communities.”
Fracking the Air
fracking & your air
- Find out more about EPA's proposal.
- EPA page on Oil and Natural Gas Air Pollution Guidelines
- For the Wonks: The proposed rule
- Testimony from Myron Arnowitt, PA State Director
- Recap: The Pittsburgh hearing
- Recap: The Denver hearing
- Recap: The Arlington Hearing
- Testimony from David Foster, Texas State Director
Oil and gas operations in the U.S. produce significant air pollution – everything from drilling to the production and processing of natural gas affects our air. In fact, the oil and gas industry releases millions of pounds of pollutants like methane, benzene, and sulfur dioxide into our air each year.
Gas Drilling Operations
These toxins pose a threat to our air quality and contribute to serious health problems like asthma, cancer, and neurological issues. Currently more than half of Pennsylvanians live in an area that doesn’t meet federal air quality standards for smog and nearly 800,000 suffer from asthma.
Federal air pollution standards for drilling are woefully outdated. In July the EPA proposed new safeguards to reduce air pollution from the oil and natural gas industry to get us back on track.
