Maryland Chapter Blog

On December 20, 2016 the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, & Legislative Review of the Maryland General Assembly held a hearing on the fracking regulations released by MDE. We attended to offer testimony and show our opposition to...

 From Mike Brune, Sierra Club Executive Director.December 8, 2016Exactly 20 years ago, on December 8, 1996, 40 people at a meeting on globalization and trade agreed on a set of six principles for democratic organizing. The...

On November 4th, the Sierra Club wrote a letter to University of Maryland, College Park president Wallace D. Loh, expressing concern over the University's shift towards synthetic artificial turf athletic fields.  Earlier this year Doron...

Jeff Biggers' Nov. 30 opinion piece in the New York Times, "Cities and States Lead on Climate Change," shows the strength of clean energy in America's heartland and the impressive progress that cities across the U.S. are making on carbon emission...

Since its first day of operation 55 years ago the C.P. Crane coal-fired power plant has been a major source of dangerous air pollution for the Baltimore area. Now the plant, owned by Middle River Power (a subsidiary of Avenue Capital Group LLC), has...

Jesse grew up in the small town of Waynesburg, located in western Pennsylvania. Her childhood was filled with singing, camping, canoeing, and nature exploring. Read more about our newest Maryland Sierra Club staffer!

Wanted to share this short message from Sierra Club National Executive Director Michael Brune. This hurts. There's no way right now to ease the shock and dismay of what we're facing this morning. The pain is real - and so much of the...

From David Sears, Montgomery County Sierra Club ChairIf passed, Question B would impose term limits on the County Executive and County Council members.In brief, here is the rationale for our position opposing term limits --The environmental...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — With the clock winding down on Maryland’s two-year moratorium on fracking, a statewide poll of Maryland voters released today shows broad public support for permanently banning the risky drilling practice. In Garrett County, a prime...

The solar revolution is HERE, it has finally come to Maryland! Learn how the Community Solar law enables any ratepayer to join a local solar project and have the same net metering benefits as rooftop solar." Earlier this year...