Advocacy

Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® Pens Joint Letter to Maryland Board of Public Works on Days Cove Rubble Landfill Lease and Permit with Gunpowder Valley Conservancy and Mad About Mud

To inform the state’s decision making process on the leasing and discharge permitting for the Days Cove Rubble Landfill, Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER®, Gunpowder Valley Conservancy, and Mad About Mud co-authored a letter to submit to the Maryland Board of Public Works (BPW) prior to their January 7th 2026 meeting. As the Maryland BPW had only considered …

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Baltimore Banner and Baltimore Sun Cover Maryland Board of Public Works 5-month Lease Extension for the Days Cove Rubble Landfill Amid Public Leasing and Permitting Concerns

Thanks to Sapna Bansil at the Baltimore Banner and Natalie Jones at the Baltimore Sun for their articles covering the latest news on the Days Cove Rubble Landfill Lease. The Maryland Board of Public Works (BPW) met on January 7th, 2026 in part to discuss the future of the landfill, which had been operating without …

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WYPR’s John Lee and Baltimore Sun’s Natalie Jones Cover Baltimore County Councilman Pat Young’s Proposed Data Center Moratorium

On January 5th, 2026 Baltimore County Councilman Pat Young proposed Bill 3-26 which would put a one-year freeze on data center construction in Baltimore County in response to residents’ concerns over a proposed 42-acre, 150-megawatt data center in Woodlawn. According to John Lee’s article in WYPR, The Catonsville Democrat’s legislation, which he introduced Monday night, …

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Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® Submits Public Comment on Proposed Revisions to Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act.

A proposed rule by the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on November 21, 2025 seeks to revise portions of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Section 4 describes the process in which a species is determined to be “threatened” or “endangered” under the guidelines of the of the Endangered …

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Updated Definition of “Waters of the United States” Public Comment Period Open: Please Comment on WOTUS by January 5, 2026

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released updated definitions for what constitutes Waters of the United States (WOTUS) on November 17th, 2025. The comment period on the proposed definition change ends January 5th, 2026. Updated language reduces the scope of federal jurisdiction over Clean Water Act permitting by defining terms like “relatively permanent,” “continuous surface …

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