Your state representatives are considering groundbreaking legislation to update the state’s Public Information Act for the first time in 45 years.
But some legislators want to make sure that the agriculture industry continues to be exempt from basic transparency.
Pollution harms communities and waterways no matter where it comes from – why treat agriculture pollution differently? Marylanders need access to these secret pollution control plans to ensure that agriculture runoff is not polluting the water that we rely on for drinking, fishing and recreation.
Please tell your legislators that agricultural transparency is important to you.
Currently, state law contains a loophole that keeps the pollution control plans of many farms operations secret, even though most of these farms receive our tax dollars to help manage their pollution.
Fortunately, legislation introduced in the Maryland legislature will correct this unfair secrecy loophole. Senate Bill 695 and House Bill 755 would significantly update the Maryland Public Information Act for the first time in 45 years.
Transparency is essential across all sectors of government and industry, including agricultural waste management. Maryland citizens deserve access to information about pollution control plans, especially those supported by our taxpayer dollars.
Tell your state elected officials to support SB695/HB755, which gives Marylanders the information we deserve and the accountability we need to protect our communities from pollution.
Open Government is good government. Help us update and improve Maryland’s Public Information Act for the benefit of all Marylanders.
Sincerely,
Talya Tavor
Interim Director, Environment Maryland
DelMarVa's Premier Source for News, Opinion, Analysis, and Human Interest Contact Publisher Joe Albero at alberobutzo@wmconnect.com or 410-430-5349
6 comments:
Let's get the numbers from the wastewater plants north of the Bridge. When they're pristine and within spec let's talk.
Until then it's the big population centers taking advantage of the smaller ones.
1140-Go ahead and explain the fact that the Wicomico is the dirtiest river in Maryland.
Yes, 425, it is, but not til it passes the WWTP.
4:25 Not from farmers, you moron. You can think your city for that.
If you Google "Talya Taylor" images, you'll find she's a professional protestor.
If the farmers are the main polluters of the Bay then why did the Bay become dead north of us. The top of the Bay is dead north us and moving south to us.
Who is North? Pennsylvania and Baltimore as starters.
Pennsylvania is polluting the Bay more than the Farmers. Baltimore and DC waste water is polluting more than the Farmers along with the old Chrome plant that was in the Inner Harbor, that no one wants to talk about. This business is still polluting the Bay after decades of them leaving and going back to Pennsylvania.
This idiot does not know their facts.
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