Environment
Tue Apr 10, 2012
Thanks to the organizing of religious leaders in Howard County, the Maryland General Assembly passed a stormwater bill requiring the state's 15 largest municipalities (including Howard County) to create stormwater runoff fees. This is a huge environmental victory as well as a potential dedicated funding source for the youth conservation corps that PATH creating with the county! PATH worked closely with a coalition of environmental groups and the County Executive to help pass this bill in Annapolis, and turned out dozens and dozens of people to hearings, a rally, and small group meetings with legislators.
Thu Aug 11, 2011
Representatives of 40 religious groups from the Washington Interfaith Network met with energy officials to secure a collective buying deal featuring lower utility rates and green energy. (Photo Credit: New York Times)
Tue Apr 5, 2011
The Interfaith Community Organization (now the Jersey City chapter of New Jersey Together) launched its campaign to rid Jersey City of toxic chromium wastes more than 20 years ago. In the spring of 2011, it won another large-scale cleanup -- much like the landmark legal victory which forced Honeywell to carry out a $400 million cleanup. PPG Industries will remove 600,000 tons of cancer-causing industrial wastes that it left behind in a densely populated neighborhood when it closed its local manufacturing operation a half century ago. PPG settled a lawsuit brought by ICO and our environmental ally, the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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