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National Pollinators Week 2017
June 21, 2017
Happy National Pollinators Week 2017! Pollinators are so important to life as we know it, seeing as they are responsible for the production of almost one third of the food we eat and are vital to the functioning of healthy ecosystems. Despite their...
U.S. National Arboretum Hike
June 14, 2017
On Sunday, June 11 an adventurous group of Sierra Club hikers decided to tackle the U.S. National Arboretum. The hike was split into two sections, the first loop beginning at 9AM and the second loop beginning right after a lunch break. I might have...
VICTORY: Charles County Passes Watershed Conservation District
June 9, 2017
On Tuesday, June 6, 2017, the Charles County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 to approve the establishment of the Watershed Conservation District (WCD), effectively rezoning 36,000 acres of land in the Mattawoman Creek and Port Tobacco River...
ODH Picnic at Carderock
June 9, 2017
The One Day Hike Picnic was held this past weekend on the C&O Canal at Carderock. Each year the Sierra Club Potomac Region Outings (SCPRO) holds a hike and picnic to celebrate that year’s One Day Hike (ODH), now in its 45th consecutive year! The...
Potomac Panorama: National Trails Day Hike
June 8, 2017
On Saturday, June 3 we celebrated a beautiful National Trails Day with a hike around the Potomac. In fact, our hike was the only National Trails Day hike in the United States that visited a foreign country-- the Swedish Embassy, that is! Our group...
Howard County Council Establishes Citizens’ Election Fund Program
June 7, 2017
On Monday, June 5th the Howard County Council voted 4-1 to pass Council Bill 30 (CB30) to establish the Howard County Citizens’ Election Fund, which will be in effect for the 2022 election cycle. This bill creates a voluntary program for small donor...
Tick Season is Here
May 23, 2017
We are currently reaching the point of the year where deer tick season is the worst. If you wish to lead hikes, we recommend to hike in areas with good deer control, and to do so from mid-July through mid-April when the seasonal risk of Lyme disease...
VICTORY - Maryland PSC Approves Nation's Largest Offshore Wind Projects To Date
May 11, 2017
The climate action winning streak continues in Maryland! Following our victories to increase the state’s renewable energy standard, strengthening its nationally-renowned energy efficiency programs, and securing a ban on fracking, today the...
Building the Baltimore Peoples Climate Movement
May 4, 2017
Back in February, a handful of organizations including Sierra Club, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Maryland Working Families, CHISPA de Maryland, Clean Water Action, United Workers, and local artists gathered to lay the foundation for what would...
The organizing behind the Climate March
May 1, 2017
On April 29th, 2017, an estimated 200,000 people joined the People's Climate March in Washington DC, with thousands more in satelite events across the county and the world. Maryland showed the depth and breadth of its homegrown movement, with...