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Earth Month Reflections: Our Power is Collective

April 17, 2026 | By Julie Wedge

As I reflect on the last 14 months of this administration, it is easy to feel overwhelmed. So much of our work is being dismantled, and many of us wonder if we can pull ourselves back from the brink yet again. I believe we can. I have seen what we can do when we work together.

Study Shows Vulnerable CA Communities Left Behind in Groundwater Sustainability Planning

July 19, 2023 | By Ngodoo Atume

For the past three years, Clean Water Action has played a leading role in assessing how groundwater sustainability plans submitted to the state of California are considering and protecting vulnerable communities dependent on groundwater as their source of drinking water. Key findings show that 63% of domestic users across the state are not protected by current sustainability plans.

Map of California Groundwater Sustainability Basins and Stakeholder Engagement

Great news! EPA & MDE order Baltimore City to help more households with sewer backups

July 17, 2023 | By Jennifer Kunze

For nearly a decade, Baltimore residents have been demanding that the City help people out when City infrastructure causes sewage to back up into people's homes. And this summer, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Maryland Department of the Environment are supporting residents' demands, ordering the City to start offering assistance to every household that faces a sewer backup caused by issues in City infrastructure.

On-Farm Composting Webinar

July 12, 2023 | By Emily Ranson

Farmers can play an integral role in a healthy, local environment, and this year Maryland passed legislation enabling farmers to accept more food scraps into their existing foot print for manure composting. Keith Ohlinger, a Central Maryland farmer, joined us to speak about how farmers can use food scraps to create compost, and what this means for the environment.