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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...
On the Move, Creating a New Climate of Justice in Baltimore
April 28, 2017
The “People’s Climate Movement – Marching for Climate, Jobs, and Justice”is pushing out a powerful new wave of social justice and environmental activism that will swell high this weekend in Washington, D.C., with a massive march to...
Update: Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary
April 19, 2017
Thank you to the hundreds and hundreds of Sierra Club members and supporters who commented to NOAA in support Alternative D for the Proposed Mallow Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary in Maryland! The comments in favor of this more inclusive...
Maryland Passes Legislation to Spur Energy Storage
April 17, 2017
The Maryland Sierra Club is excited to have worked on two pivotal pieces of legislation that advance energy storage in Maryland. On Monday, April 11 the Maryland General Assembly passed Senate Bill 758 and House Bill 733. The former bill establishes...
How to make energy storage work for Maryland
April 6, 2017
The Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club supports General Assembly legislation, HB0773 and SB0715 of 2017, for Clean Energy – Energy Storage Technology Study. The bills advance our core values of a clean and sustainable environment while achieving an...
Delegate Antonio Hayes Statement on Passage of HB 1492
April 6, 2017
April 6, 2017Annapolis MarylandThis morning the Maryland Senate unanimously passed HB 1492, which authorizes and funds an innovative strategy to address food deserts. The bill sponsor, Delegate Antonio Hayes, shared this statement. "I...