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Over 40 Organizations Raise Concerns On 495 And 270 Expansion
June 3, 2019
On Monday, June 3rd, 43 organizations sent a letter calling on the Maryland Board of Public Works to reject the designation of the 495 and 270 expansion proposal as a public-private partnership at their next meeting on June 5th. The letter details...
Closure of 130-Year-Old Luke Mill Plant Devastating to Workers and Region
May 31, 2019
At the end of April, Verso Corporation suddenly announced that it will end all paper production at its Luke Mill paper plant, now set to occur just one month after the announcement was made (operations will cease at the end of May, a month before...
Help Save Monarch Butterflies
May 29, 2019
Would you like to help an important citizen scientist project to determine migration patterns of Monarch Butterflies and possibly help conserve this amazing species?
Prince George’s County Leads Maryland in Composting with Expansion of Food Waste Program
May 24, 2019
Just off busy Rt 301 in Southern Prince George’s County is a 21st century waste facility that few people know about. Yet it’s one of the best examples in the region of how to recycle organic material on a large scale. The Prince George’s County...
Sierra Club response to MDOT’s lackluster transit announcement
May 17, 2019
Today, Maryland Department of Transportation Secretary Rahn announced that he will be convening a workgroup to explore how managed lanes on I-495 and I-270 will "complement" and "benefit" transit in Montgomery, Prince George's, and Fredrick...
We Are Seeking A Volunteer To Be Our Chapter PAC Treasurer!
May 17, 2019
We are seeking a volunteer to be our Chapter PAC Treasurer!
Goodbye Compressor Station, See Ya Never Fracked Gas Plant
May 10, 2019
Sierra Club’s Maryland Chapter, Beyond Dirty Fuels, and Beyond Coal campaigns worked with partners to defeat a proposed fracked gas compressor station, and likely took down a proposed fracked gas power plant along with it. Dominion officially walked...
CSA’s: What They Are & Where to Find them
May 8, 2019
What is a CSA?
Community Supported Agriculture or CSA is an alternative food network in which together members purchase the farm’s harvest, splitting the cost and the volume of the harvest into “shares.” These shares help support the...
Beyond Coal: Where Maryland Needs to Go Next
May 3, 2019
Maryland’s progress in fighting climate change is like a ship that has done all it can to move full speed ahead, while still forgetting to pull up its anchor. That anchor is the old, dirty, non-renewable coal-fired power plants that are still...
Statement by the Maryland Sierra Club Celebrating the Election of Adrienne Jones as Speaker
May 3, 2019
On Wednesday, our state made history, choosing Adrienne Jones as Speaker of the House of Delegates, the first woman and the first African American to hold one of the top leadership positions in our state. We at the Sierra Club celebrate and honor...