A look back at what our unique network accomplished in 2023
Here are 10 examples of how our advocates won positive results for the public and the planet in 2023.
Together we can protect the waterways that sustain our communities and our health.
Our waterways should be safe for swimming, fishing and drinking. But weak regulations and lax enforcement allow many of our rivers, lakes and streams to become so polluted they are no longer safe. This pollution, along with outdated infrastructure – like lead pipes in our schools – puts our health at risk. We need to work together to make sure our water is treated like the life-giving resource that it is.
Here are 10 examples of how our advocates won positive results for the public and the planet in 2023.
On Friday. Maryland PIRG Foundation Director Emily Scarr joined Maryland Public Television's State Circle for a discussion of our report Watering our Waterways.
Call to cut down water pollution as Supreme Court case, 50th anniversary of Clean Water Act, near
Industrial facilities dumped at least 94,000 pounds of toxic chemicals, including PFAS, into Maryland’s waterways in 2020 according to Wasting Our Waterways, a new report by Maryland PIRG Foundation.
Maryland PIRG joined a nationwide week of action calling on REI to phase out toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" from their products.