Maryland Chapter Blog

On March 27th, the Sierra Club and other members of the Get Maryland Moving Coalition convened at the Baltimore Metropolitan Council to testify in support of a bold aggressive 25-year transit plan for the Greater Baltimore Region. As it’s now in its...

With spring materializing in daffodils and warmer temperatures, the Sierra Club is offering more opportunities to get outside with fellow members! So shake off those winter blues and giant jackets, and get outside to remove invasive plants at Ruth B...

On Wednesday, March 27th, the Get Maryland Moving coalition gathered at the first Central Maryland Transit Plan Commission meeting to urge state and regional leaders to deliver a bold and actionable vision for the outcomes they want realized in the...

St Mary's County Commission for Women hosts an annual banquet and recognizes women and young ladies from around the county who dedicate their time to volunteering.  This year's theme was "Visionary Women: Champions of Peace & NonViolence...

Breaking: MD House passes bill to slow down highway expansion   Earlier tonight, March 18, the MD House of Delegates passed HB 1091, a bill that would require Maryland to thoroughly review the environmental impacts of major transportation...

Dick Lahn was a lobbyist for the Sierra Club in the 1970’s and was one of the region's ultimate environmentalists. He started several programs to benefit the environment of which the String of Pearls was the most well known. Read more

Leaders from several environmental organizations came together to rally last Friday morning before the Economic Matters Committee held its first hearing on the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA). Their message and the message of other local environmental...

On March 8th at 1pm, Maryland’s House Economic Matters Committee will hold a hearing on House Bill 961 by Delegate Nick Mosby. This is a bipartisan initiative to demote dirty trash incineration from its’ Tier 1 status and put those subsidies back...

On February 27th, Josh Tulkin, Director of the Sierra Club Maryland Chapter, released a statement regarding the recent news of Delegate Mary Ann Lisanti’s (District 34A) use of a racial slur.

Annapolis, MD - On Tuesday, February 26th, the Maryland General Assembly’s Environment & Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on the Transportation Climate Accountability Act; a similar hearing will be held in the Senate’s Education,...