Maryland Chapter Blog

Grandfather's Garden Center in Columbia stocks native plants year-round. In an effort to raise awareness about native plants, and their availability, Grandfather's partnered with Joanne Heckman of the Howard County Group to hold fundraisers in the...

Many Howard County citizens testified Monday night, September 19th, on Howard County's proposed legislation for planning a long term solution to flash flooding that devastated Historic Ellicott City onJuly 30th. Main Street is scheduled...

Brune Pinsky event

The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) hosted a public hearing today gauging sentiment for various Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) carbon pollution reduction proposals as a part of the RGGI review process currently underway...

The Maryland Chapter requests that the national Board of Directors broaden the goals in the Club’s proposed 100% Clean Energy Vision Statement in the Transportation section to encompass better transit and measures that would make walking and...

Don't miss the best investment opportunity of a lifetime...a Sierra Club internship. Sierra Club is hiring for fall interns, and we need your help to find the best and brightest to apply!Find out about the Sierra Club Maryland Internship Program...

The Sierra Club released the results of a bi-partisan survey today that polled voter sentiment on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and support for reducing carbon pollution from power plants by five percent annually from 2020 through...

On Sunday, July 31, supporters of smart growth in Charles County gathered under beautiful blue skies on the shores of Mattawoman Creek to celebrate the passage of a new comprehensive land-use plan.  Read about the details of the plan here...

Only part of the cost of coal is built into our electric bills. Much of the cost is passed on to everyone and the environment, but these external costs are not often quantified. However, an excellent paper by Epstein, et. al., "Full cost accounting...

It's been a long haul -- the process to update the Comprehensive Plan began in 2011. During the past five years, thousands of citizens have petitioned the county government and hundreds have attended hearings to express their concerns with sprawl...