MD Sierra Club Applauds Senate for Passing CEJA
Annapolis, M.D.--The Maryland State Senate just passed the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA). CEJA will accelerate the state’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) to 50% by 2030, provide millions of…
Emily Pomilio is an associate press secretary for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign.
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Massachusetts Sierra Club Hosts Culminating Climate Leadership Summit for Local Leaders From Cities and Towns Across the State
BOSTON, MA -- On Saturday, over 50 municipal officials gathered at Framingham State University for the culminating event of a year-long series of Climate Leadership Summits organized by the…
Dominion Energy IRP Relies Heavily on Fossil Fuels
RICHMOND, Virginia – Yesterday, Dominion Energy filed their corrected 2018 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP): a long-range forecast of electricity demand and how the monopoly utility intends to meet…
MD Environmental Community Statement on Del. Mary Ann Lisanti
Our organizations work together across Maryland on environmental issues. To us, that work is an integral part of the larger work for social justice. We strive to protect the natural world out of a…
MD Sierra Club Comments on Delegate Mary Ann Lisanti’s Use of a Racial Slur
Annapolis, MD – Josh Tulkin, Director of the Sierra Club Maryland Chapter, released the following statement regarding the recent news of Delegate Mary Ann Lisanti’s (District 34A) use of a racial…
Baltimore Calls for Maryland to Move Beyond Coal
Baltimore, MD-- Baltimore City Councilmember Kristerfer Burnett (District 8), in partnership with the Sierra Club, introduced a resolution today calling for the Maryland General Assembly to pass, and…
Sierra Club Applauds Governor Wolf for Setting Statewide Climate Protection Goals
Harrisburg, P.A.-- Governor Wolf signed an executive order today committing Pennsylvania to reducing greenhouse gas emissions 26 percent by 2025 and 80 percent by 2050 from 2005 levels, consistent…
New Jersey Announces Rule to Rejoin Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
Trenton, New Jersey -- Governor Murphy announced his plan to rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative today, a multi-state program establishing limits on carbon pollution from the region’s power…
DEP Hosts Hearing for Bruce Mansfield’s Updated Water Pollution Permit
Pittsburgh, PA -- The Pennsylvania Department of the Environmental Protection (DEP) hosted a public hearing yesterday on its drafted update to the water pollution permit for the Bruce Mansfield coal-…
Lawsuit Launched Against Trump’s EPA for Failing to Protect Marylanders from Dangerous Coal Pollution
BALTIMORE, MD — The Center for Biological Diversity, the Sierra Club and the Center for Environmental Health filed a formal notice of intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…