From Campus to... Landfill? A Behind-the-Scenes Look at UMN’s E-Waste
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Banning Unrecyclable Plastics in Montgomery County
Update: both Bill 32-20 and 33-20 have passed and been signed into law! For more about our work to move Maryland beyond incineration and toward zero waste, click here.
Here is our testimony in support of Montgomery County Council Bills 32-20 and 33-20, to ban unrecyclable plastics in Montgomery
Solar Siting in Montgomery County: Testimony ZTA 20-01
UPDATE: The County Council is poised to vote on ZTA 20-01, and the most important of our concerns have still gone unresolved. Send a message to your Council representatives today: they must fix ZTA 20-01 to protect renting farmers and the Agricultural Reserve as a whole.
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On October 5th
Franca Muller Paz for Baltimore City Council District 12!
Ballots are arriving in mailboxes across Baltimore City as we speak, and as a country we face enormous challenges and choices between now and the November elections. But whatever happens at the federal level, Baltimore will be more equipped to face it with leadership in City Hall that prioritizes
New Jersey Solar Farms Offer Big Consumer Savings
A majority of Clean Water Action members tell us they’d be willing to pay a small amount extra each month to be able to get their electricity from clean solar energy, generated locally, near where they live.
New Jersey has recently joined a growing list of states where Community Solar makes it
Fire – Smoke – Future
There was a fire in my neighborhood (in Dorchester, MA) this week. I woke up at about 4:40 to popping sounds – wondered if they were fireworks (annoying at that hour but ok) or maybe gun shots (yikes). It didn’t sound quite like either. But quickly I heard sirens…lots of sirens...converging very nearby.
The Future of Our Air, Water, and Soil: Advocacy on the Forefront
This is a loaded question because there are so many different ways to answer it. The other day, however, I had a revelation.
I attended a Facebook live event on PFAS (a human-made chemical class that is resistant to grease, water, oil
