by Brandon Barlow | Jun 1, 2026 | Catch the Green Tea, Policy Statements, YGG Spotlights, Young, Gifted & Green Blog Series
BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has fundamentally violated its sacred duty to protect the public. The audit here released regarding MDE’s performance reveals a horrific, systemic collapse of regulatory oversight that directly threatens...
by Brandon Barlow | Jun 1, 2026 | Catch the Green Tea, YGG Spotlights, Young, Gifted & Green Blog Series
Long-term strategizing can feel like a whiteboard exercise with so much time and energy invested in hopeful, incremental shifts and safe bets. But while representing Young, Gifted & Green at the Climate Action Campaign’s (CAC) workshop, I realized that for Gen Z,...
by Brandon Barlow | Nov 30, 2025 | Catch the Green Tea, Policy Statements, YGG Spotlights, Young, Gifted & Green Blog Series
The EPA’s newly proposed rule to dramatically narrow “Waters of the United States” protections under the Clean Water Act (CWA) is a direct threat to maternal and child health. By leaving critical wetlands and seasonal streams vulnerable to pollution, we risk undoing...
