Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich has appointed Adam Ortiz as the director of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Diane Vy Nguyen-Vu as director of the Office of Community…
County officials learned about the current recycling processing crisis and its effects on county recycling programs at the MACo January 2019 Winter Conference. China, previously one of the largest recycling…
MACo Legal and Policy Counsel Les Knapp briefed the House Environment and Transportation Committee on MACo and its legislative initiatives, county demographics and responsibilities, solar siting, and recycling challenges. Knapp…
A Cecil Whig article (2018-07-24) described how the agricultural community is carefully watching how the November general elections will play out, especially given the loss of several pro-agriculture incumbents during the primary.…
This post summarizes the status of various environmental bills that MACo took a position on during the 2019 Regular Session. MACo seeks practical solutions to environmental issues that do not…
MACo Legal and Policy Counsel Les Knapp supported a yard and food waste composting and diversion study bill (SB 99) with amendments before the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs…
MACo Policy Associate Kevin Kinnally supported a yard and food waste composting and diversion study bill (HB 171) with amendments before the House Environment and Transportation Committee on February 8,…
The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) provided an update to county and private waste haulers on Governor Lawrence "Larry" Hogan's recent executive order that repealed a ban on new…
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