Clean Water Action Maryland
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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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Today marks the start of MD's 90-day legislative session. #mdga26
We're working for #EnvironmentalJustice, #ZeroWaste, #SaferSeptics, & #PFAS protections!
Learn more about our top priorities & take action: cleanwater.org/2026/01/14/o...
We're working for #EnvironmentalJustice, #ZeroWaste, #SaferSeptics, & #PFAS protections!
Learn more about our top priorities & take action: cleanwater.org/2026/01/14/o...
There's no such thing as flushable wipes! 📣📣📣
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Non-disposable wipes cause another sewage spill into the Potomac
After the sewage spill in the Potomac River a few weeks ago, DC Water began pumping the contaminated water and diverting it to the C&O Canal, but on Sunday, another spill released 600,000 more gallons...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:15 PM
There's no such thing as flushable wipes! 📣📣📣
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#Maryland needs a Bottle Bill!
Tell your legislators we want a #Sustainable economy, where bottles don’t become #Trash 🛑but rather, they become #Resources 👍:
act.cleanwater.org/page/176641/...
Tell your legislators we want a #Sustainable economy, where bottles don’t become #Trash 🛑but rather, they become #Resources 👍:
act.cleanwater.org/page/176641/...
Support the MD Bottle Bill!
Maryland has an incredible opportunity to pass the Maryland Bottle Bill to reduce litter, increase recycling, and save taxpayer dollars - send a message to your legislators and Governor Moore!
act.cleanwater.org
February 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM
#Maryland needs a Bottle Bill!
Tell your legislators we want a #Sustainable economy, where bottles don’t become #Trash 🛑but rather, they become #Resources 👍:
act.cleanwater.org/page/176641/...
Tell your legislators we want a #Sustainable economy, where bottles don’t become #Trash 🛑but rather, they become #Resources 👍:
act.cleanwater.org/page/176641/...
We just finished testifying in the Senate for #SaferSeptics - and tomorrow, we'll be back in the House! #mdga26
Tell your representatives to pass this bill to find & fix failing septic systems.
Protect our local streams & drinking water from untreated human waste! #ProtectCleanWater
Tell your representatives to pass this bill to find & fix failing septic systems.
Protect our local streams & drinking water from untreated human waste! #ProtectCleanWater
For safer septic systems, MD needs inspections!
Email your representatives!
cleanwater.org
February 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
We just finished testifying in the Senate for #SaferSeptics - and tomorrow, we'll be back in the House! #mdga26
Tell your representatives to pass this bill to find & fix failing septic systems.
Protect our local streams & drinking water from untreated human waste! #ProtectCleanWater
Tell your representatives to pass this bill to find & fix failing septic systems.
Protect our local streams & drinking water from untreated human waste! #ProtectCleanWater
❗Over 300 state legislators - including @behler-dylan.bsky.social, @dellfoley.bsky.social, & @sheilaruth.com in MD - are pushing back against chemical industry efforts to weaken #TSCA.
The message to Congress: stand with communities, not polluters.
www.saferstates.org/market-and-f...
The message to Congress: stand with communities, not polluters.
www.saferstates.org/market-and-f...
Market and Federal Action - Safer States
www.saferstates.org
February 2, 2026 at 6:33 PM
❗Over 300 state legislators - including @behler-dylan.bsky.social, @dellfoley.bsky.social, & @sheilaruth.com in MD - are pushing back against chemical industry efforts to weaken #TSCA.
The message to Congress: stand with communities, not polluters.
www.saferstates.org/market-and-f...
The message to Congress: stand with communities, not polluters.
www.saferstates.org/market-and-f...
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Join us on Thursday, Jan 29th at 6pm: ZOOM: cleanwater.org/mn-democracy-training #engage #democracy #useyourvoice #cleanwater
January 28, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Join us on Thursday, Jan 29th at 6pm: ZOOM: cleanwater.org/mn-democracy-training #engage #democracy #useyourvoice #cleanwater
NOW VIRTUAL!
Join us Wednesday evening for the 2026 Maryland Environmental Legislative Summit to hear about the environmental community's top priorities for #mdga26 - including the #CherishOurCommunities Act and the #MDBottleBill!
RSVP here for the zoom link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join us Wednesday evening for the 2026 Maryland Environmental Legislative Summit to hear about the environmental community's top priorities for #mdga26 - including the #CherishOurCommunities Act and the #MDBottleBill!
RSVP here for the zoom link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 27, 2026 at 2:55 PM
NOW VIRTUAL!
Join us Wednesday evening for the 2026 Maryland Environmental Legislative Summit to hear about the environmental community's top priorities for #mdga26 - including the #CherishOurCommunities Act and the #MDBottleBill!
RSVP here for the zoom link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join us Wednesday evening for the 2026 Maryland Environmental Legislative Summit to hear about the environmental community's top priorities for #mdga26 - including the #CherishOurCommunities Act and the #MDBottleBill!
RSVP here for the zoom link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Every year in MD 4 billion+ bottles & cans are tossed, piling up in landfills, spewing toxins in incinerators, or polluting our waterways
Tell your legislators to pass The Bottle Bill to dramatically increase recycling rates and decrease litter and pollution!
act.cleanwater.org/page/165970/...
Tell your legislators to pass The Bottle Bill to dramatically increase recycling rates and decrease litter and pollution!
act.cleanwater.org/page/165970/...
Support the MD Bottle Bill!
Maryland has an incredible opportunity to pass the Maryland Bottle Bill to reduce litter, increase recycling, and save taxpayer dollars - send a message to your legislators and Governor Moore!
act.cleanwater.org
January 26, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Every year in MD 4 billion+ bottles & cans are tossed, piling up in landfills, spewing toxins in incinerators, or polluting our waterways
Tell your legislators to pass The Bottle Bill to dramatically increase recycling rates and decrease litter and pollution!
act.cleanwater.org/page/165970/...
Tell your legislators to pass The Bottle Bill to dramatically increase recycling rates and decrease litter and pollution!
act.cleanwater.org/page/165970/...
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At Clean Water Action, we firmly believe democracy work, access to clean water, and supporting the human rights of our neighbors are completely interconnected. We cannot accomplish one without the others.
January 23, 2026 at 7:54 PM
At Clean Water Action, we firmly believe democracy work, access to clean water, and supporting the human rights of our neighbors are completely interconnected. We cannot accomplish one without the others.
“In the upper end of the county, which they would consider to be God’s country, if they don’t want something … they’ll just shove it down into my district. And I don’t think that that’s right for my constituents.”
Del. Andre Johnson on a proposed new gas plant:
marylandmatters.org/2026/01/19/p...
Del. Andre Johnson on a proposed new gas plant:
marylandmatters.org/2026/01/19/p...
Perryman's years-long fight against development now turns to a proposed power plant - Maryland Matters
Residents of Perryman, in Harford County, had already mobilized to fight the growing number of warehouses and truck traffic in their neighborhood now face the challenge of a proposed new natural gas-f...
marylandmatters.org
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
“In the upper end of the county, which they would consider to be God’s country, if they don’t want something … they’ll just shove it down into my district. And I don’t think that that’s right for my constituents.”
Del. Andre Johnson on a proposed new gas plant:
marylandmatters.org/2026/01/19/p...
Del. Andre Johnson on a proposed new gas plant:
marylandmatters.org/2026/01/19/p...
"This quote, among others, highlights Dr. King’s lived understanding that “wait and see” almost never works. It requires bravery, conviction, and sacrifice to create meaningful change."
Read more from Janée Kelly, our Organizational Culture Director: cleanwater.org/2026/01/14/d...
Read more from Janée Kelly, our Organizational Culture Director: cleanwater.org/2026/01/14/d...
Dr. King as a Blueprint for Activist Ethnography
As a burgeoning anthropologist, I have had to come to terms many times over with the history of the discipline. The use of words like “primitive” or “exotic” used to describe what we see as the “other...
cleanwater.org
January 19, 2026 at 7:06 PM
"This quote, among others, highlights Dr. King’s lived understanding that “wait and see” almost never works. It requires bravery, conviction, and sacrifice to create meaningful change."
Read more from Janée Kelly, our Organizational Culture Director: cleanwater.org/2026/01/14/d...
Read more from Janée Kelly, our Organizational Culture Director: cleanwater.org/2026/01/14/d...
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Another 16-year delay to end sewage overflows in Baltimore? Enough is enough, say @bluewaterbaltimore.bsky.social and other groups tinyurl.com/bdv3a9xp The @mayorbmscott.bsky.social administration says it needs until 2046 to complete repairs first ordered in 2002 #ConsentDecreeMtgHappeningTonight
Another 16-year delay to end sewage overflows in Baltimore? Advocacy group says enough is enough | Baltimore Brew
The Scott administration says it needs until 2046 to make improvements first ordered in 2002. “Meet the consent decree, don’t just move the goalposts,” Blue Water Baltimore retorts.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Another 16-year delay to end sewage overflows in Baltimore? Enough is enough, say @bluewaterbaltimore.bsky.social and other groups tinyurl.com/bdv3a9xp The @mayorbmscott.bsky.social administration says it needs until 2046 to complete repairs first ordered in 2002 #ConsentDecreeMtgHappeningTonight
Today marks the start of MD's 90-day legislative session. #mdga26
We're working for #EnvironmentalJustice, #ZeroWaste, #SaferSeptics, & #PFAS protections!
Learn more about our top priorities & take action: cleanwater.org/2026/01/14/o...
We're working for #EnvironmentalJustice, #ZeroWaste, #SaferSeptics, & #PFAS protections!
Learn more about our top priorities & take action: cleanwater.org/2026/01/14/o...
January 14, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Today marks the start of MD's 90-day legislative session. #mdga26
We're working for #EnvironmentalJustice, #ZeroWaste, #SaferSeptics, & #PFAS protections!
Learn more about our top priorities & take action: cleanwater.org/2026/01/14/o...
We're working for #EnvironmentalJustice, #ZeroWaste, #SaferSeptics, & #PFAS protections!
Learn more about our top priorities & take action: cleanwater.org/2026/01/14/o...
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Tell your legislators and Governor Moore to pass the CHERISH Our Communities Act in 2026!
‘Pollution is Killing Us’
‘Our Pain = Their Profit’
cc @senbillferg.bsky.social @govwesmoore.bsky.social @mddems.bsky.social
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‘Pollution is Killing Us’
‘Our Pain = Their Profit’
cc @senbillferg.bsky.social @govwesmoore.bsky.social @mddems.bsky.social
act.cleanwater.org/page/182198/...
Support the CHERISH Our Communities Act
Now more than ever, communities in Maryland that have been overburdened by pollution for too long need and deserve state-level protections. Tell your legislators and Governor Moore to pass the CHERISH...
act.cleanwater.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Tell your legislators and Governor Moore to pass the CHERISH Our Communities Act in 2026!
‘Pollution is Killing Us’
‘Our Pain = Their Profit’
cc @senbillferg.bsky.social @govwesmoore.bsky.social @mddems.bsky.social
act.cleanwater.org/page/182198/...
‘Pollution is Killing Us’
‘Our Pain = Their Profit’
cc @senbillferg.bsky.social @govwesmoore.bsky.social @mddems.bsky.social
act.cleanwater.org/page/182198/...
Septic systems are a critical piece of wastewater infrastructure, but problems that risk drinking water safety can go unnoticed because septic systems are underground.
Tell your legislators: we need inspections! #mdga26 #SaferSeptics #ProtectCleanWater
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Tell your legislators: we need inspections! #mdga26 #SaferSeptics #ProtectCleanWater
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For safer septic systems, MD needs inspections!
Email your representatives!
cleanwater.org
January 9, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Septic systems are a critical piece of wastewater infrastructure, but problems that risk drinking water safety can go unnoticed because septic systems are underground.
Tell your legislators: we need inspections! #mdga26 #SaferSeptics #ProtectCleanWater
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Tell your legislators: we need inspections! #mdga26 #SaferSeptics #ProtectCleanWater
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If you have a Christmas tree in your home, when it's time for it to come down, be sure to #recycle. Don't let your tree turn into greenhouse gasses in the landfill or incinerator! #ZeroWaste
Here's where & how to recycle your Christmas tree across central MD:
Here's where & how to recycle your Christmas tree across central MD:
Christmas tree recycling: When and how around Maryland
Here’s how to dispose of your Christmas tree in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Howard County, Anne Arundel County and across the state.
www.thebanner.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:28 PM
If you have a Christmas tree in your home, when it's time for it to come down, be sure to #recycle. Don't let your tree turn into greenhouse gasses in the landfill or incinerator! #ZeroWaste
Here's where & how to recycle your Christmas tree across central MD:
Here's where & how to recycle your Christmas tree across central MD:
Montgomery County’s trash incinerator was polluting almost 2x as much dioxins as their permit allowed - which can cause reproductive & developmental problems, damage the immune system, interfere with hormones, & cause cancer.
It's time to shut it down! #ZeroWaste
It's time to shut it down! #ZeroWaste
Waste incinerator emitted an excess of toxic pollutants, test shows
Testing showed Montgomery County’s waste incinerator was releasing an average of about 83% more dioxins and furans than is allowed under state law.
www.thebanner.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Montgomery County’s trash incinerator was polluting almost 2x as much dioxins as their permit allowed - which can cause reproductive & developmental problems, damage the immune system, interfere with hormones, & cause cancer.
It's time to shut it down! #ZeroWaste
It's time to shut it down! #ZeroWaste
Our Protect What You Love campaign starts now. 💧
The Clean Water Act is under attack, and we’re fighting back.
Help us reach 5,000 gifts by Dec 31 to protect communities + waterways.
👉 Donate today to help us #ProtectCleanWater in the Chesapeake region: support.cleanwater.org/page/161944/...
The Clean Water Act is under attack, and we’re fighting back.
Help us reach 5,000 gifts by Dec 31 to protect communities + waterways.
👉 Donate today to help us #ProtectCleanWater in the Chesapeake region: support.cleanwater.org/page/161944/...
Donate to Clean Water Action
Support efforts to ensure water that is fishable, swimmable and drinkable for all people in all communities.
support.cleanwater.org
December 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Our Protect What You Love campaign starts now. 💧
The Clean Water Act is under attack, and we’re fighting back.
Help us reach 5,000 gifts by Dec 31 to protect communities + waterways.
👉 Donate today to help us #ProtectCleanWater in the Chesapeake region: support.cleanwater.org/page/161944/...
The Clean Water Act is under attack, and we’re fighting back.
Help us reach 5,000 gifts by Dec 31 to protect communities + waterways.
👉 Donate today to help us #ProtectCleanWater in the Chesapeake region: support.cleanwater.org/page/161944/...
Now more than ever, communities bearing the burden of pollution need & deserve state-level #EnvironmentalJustice protections.
Tell your legislators and Governor Moore to pass the CHERISH Our Communities Act in #mdga26!
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Tell your legislators and Governor Moore to pass the CHERISH Our Communities Act in #mdga26!
cleanwater.org/actions/supp...
December 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Now more than ever, communities bearing the burden of pollution need & deserve state-level #EnvironmentalJustice protections.
Tell your legislators and Governor Moore to pass the CHERISH Our Communities Act in #mdga26!
cleanwater.org/actions/supp...
Tell your legislators and Governor Moore to pass the CHERISH Our Communities Act in #mdga26!
cleanwater.org/actions/supp...
Polluters think that if they control the rules, they control the outcome, and they’re counting on us to be silent. Not in the past. Not now. Not in the future. Help us reach 1,000 people defending clean water today.
cleanwater.org/giving-tuesday-2025 #ProtectCleanWater
cleanwater.org/giving-tuesday-2025 #ProtectCleanWater
Make a Donation to Clean Water for #GivingTuesday!
Giving Tuesday is December 2. Your generous donation gets us one step closer to our goal of water that is fishable, swimmable and drinkable for all people in all communities.
Let’s keep winning for o...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Polluters think that if they control the rules, they control the outcome, and they’re counting on us to be silent. Not in the past. Not now. Not in the future. Help us reach 1,000 people defending clean water today.
cleanwater.org/giving-tuesday-2025 #ProtectCleanWater
cleanwater.org/giving-tuesday-2025 #ProtectCleanWater
Public comments on Baltimore City's latest sewer consent decree are due TODAY!
In this plan, DPW is flouting a key consent decree requirement about sewer backups. Submit your comments by the end of the day: cleanwater.org/actions/tell...
In this plan, DPW is flouting a key consent decree requirement about sewer backups. Submit your comments by the end of the day: cleanwater.org/actions/tell...
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
December 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Public comments on Baltimore City's latest sewer consent decree are due TODAY!
In this plan, DPW is flouting a key consent decree requirement about sewer backups. Submit your comments by the end of the day: cleanwater.org/actions/tell...
In this plan, DPW is flouting a key consent decree requirement about sewer backups. Submit your comments by the end of the day: cleanwater.org/actions/tell...
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.