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Urge EPA to Stop Slaughterhouse Pollution

Urge EPA to Stop Slaughterhouse Pollution

Meat and poultry processing plants are huge sources of water pollution. For nearly 20 years, and even longer for smaller ...
Take Action: Call on Maryland to Pass Clean Water Justice Act

Take Action: Call on Maryland to Pass Clean Water Justice Act

Clean water for drinking, swimming, and fishing should be guaranteed. Unfortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court recently weakened the Clean Water ...
EPA Proposes to Exempt Most Slaughterhouses from Updated Water Pollution Control Rules

EPA Proposes to Exempt Most Slaughterhouses from Updated Water Pollution Control Rules

Environmental Groups Urge EPA to Require Meat Processing Plants to Comply with Modern Technology Standards for Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution ...
Clean Water Justice Act

Clean Water Justice Act

Clean Water Justice Act, sponsored by Senator Malcolm Augustine and Delegate Sara Love, allows Marylanders harmed by water pollution to ...
Rally for Clean Water Justice Act - Feb. 26

Rally for Clean Water Justice Act – Feb. 26

Join us for a rally for the Clean Water Justice Act. Maryland has an opportunity to ensure that communities harmed ...
Director of Advocacy & Member Support

Director of Advocacy & Member Support

Waterkeepers Chesapeake (WKC) seeks an experienced policy advocate with a passion for coalition building to support action plans centered on ...
Maryland Environmental Legislative Summit

Maryland Environmental Legislative Summit

The annual Maryland Environmental Legislative Summit is on Wednesday, January 31 from 6:00pm to 7:30pm at the Graduate Hotel (126 ...
Reflecting on Our Clean Water Victory -- A National Precedent

Reflecting on Our Clean Water Victory — A National Precedent

A year ago, on December 20, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued an historic opinion ...
EPA Proposes Rule to Reduce Pollution from Slaughterhouses and Rendering Facilities

EPA Proposes Rule to Reduce Pollution from Slaughterhouses and Rendering Facilities

In response to lawsuits, EPA begins process of mandating pollution reductions. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...
Buried But Not Forgotten: Coal Ash in the Chesapeake

Buried But Not Forgotten: Coal Ash in the Chesapeake

The Chesapeake Bay region has a problem it thought it could bury and forget. But the solution for coal ash ...

 

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