Maryland Chapter Blog

Posted on behalf of Charlie Garlow and the MD Sierra Club Solar Working GroupSave the Date for our Solar Tour - October 1 -2, 2016, Saturday and Sunday.Good News !  The MD Sierra Club's Solar Working Group, part of the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  June 3rd, 2016 Contact:    Tiffany Hartung, Maryland Climate Coalition, O (443) 759-3402, C (248) 933-2451, hartungt@nwf.org Annapolis, Md.—Yesterday Governor Hogan appointed...

Baltimore, M.D. — Despite passing with veto-override numbers in the Maryland State Senate and the House of Delegates in April, Governor Hogan vetoed the Clean Energy Jobs Act today, stifling job growth and renewable energy acceleration throughout...

The year that moved us forward on climate and clean energy action also brought us – in the form of the police custody death of Freddy Gray and the unrest that followed - a sobering reminder of the kinds of progress that our progressive state has...

It is International Compost Awareness Week and the Institute for Local Self-Reliance has been releasing infographics every day to illustrate the many ways compost goes much deeper than dirt!

Posted on behalf of Betsy Johnson, Maryland Chapter Political ChairWhat an election!  2 of our 3 endorsed candidates won really tough races with lots of money sloshing around against them.  Chris Van Hollen won big and will go on...

Baltimore youth leader, Destiny Watford, is one of the six global winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize for her work to spearhead efforts to stop the nation’s largest trash burning incinerator from being built less than a mile from her public...

Written by Dori Paster with support from the MD Sierra Legislative Team.  Updated April 15, 2016The 2016 legislative session in Maryland was a whirlwind of activity that resulted in some very important environmental gains and also some...

The Montgomery County Sierra Club Group just released its new and improved digital newsletter. Check it out online. This issue features stories on the Green Bank of Montgomery County, the new Maryland Community Solar Program, Composting...

Upper Marlboro, MD -- Today, the Prince George’s County Council voted unanimously to ban hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, within the county. The measure, introduced by Councilwoman Mary Lehman, amends the zoning ordinance to prohibit...