Filter Posts by Topic: 100% Clean Renewable Energy Coal Community Updates Events Transportation
Sierra Club Endorsements for 2016 Baltimore City Council
March 28, 2016
Today the Greater Baltimore Group of the Sierra Club announced 10 endorsements for the Baltimore City Council Race.
VICTORY: MDE Pulls Incinerator Permit
March 18, 2016
FOLLOWING MONTHS OF PRESSURE MARYLAND PULLS PERMIT FOR NATION’S LARGEST TRASH BURNING INCINERATOR! Read on for a message from Sierra Club partner United Workers.
MD Antibiotics Lobby Day – A Huge Success!
January 26, 2016
Antibiotics Lobby Day - January 20th – a gaggle of ordinary Marylanders made their way to Annapolis lawmakers to share issues and concerns about why taking action to keep antibiotics working was important to them. After a busy morning, our coalition...
MD Beyond Coal Kicks Off New Campaign
January 25, 2016
After 2 years of incredible work to clean up dangerously unhealthy air pollution from Maryland’s dirtiest coal-burning power generators, Sierra Club’s MD Beyond Coal Campaign is ready for our next challenge. The next phase of our campaign is an...
Clean Energy Lobby Nights in Annapolis
January 22, 2016
This year we’re hosting not one, but FIVE lobby nights in Annapolis to ensure legislators hear our voices before every key hearing and vote. Marylanders from different regions of the state will converge on Annapolis in waves to meet with our...
UPDATED: Hundreds Demand That MDE #StopTheIncinerator
January 22, 2016
Our partners at Free Your Voice, a human rights committee of United Workers, shares a message about demonstrations at MDE to stop the largest trash-burning incinerator in the nation proposed for construction in Curtis Bay, MD in South Baltimore.
Mama Summit 2016: United & Powerful
January 22, 2016
We know you want to be more involved with protecting the health of our children. Moms Clean Air Force is hosting the 2nd annual Mama Summit in Annapolis, Maryland on February 10th, and MD Sierra Club will be standing beside them. Moms, dads,...
Let's make sure the state does not encourage waste incinerators
January 12, 2016
Trash incinerators spew cancer-causing dioxins and other bad stuff, as well as lots of greenhouse gases. Ironically, Maryland’s current Renewable Portfolio Standard provides incentives for burning trash as well as for producing clean energy.The...
All Hands on Deck - It's Time to Pass Three Critical Energy Bills
December 18, 2015
It's time for us to stop passing the buck. It's time for us to push for what we want and what we need. Dangerous climate disruption is threatening our health, our economy, our shorelines, and our ecosystems. We know what we have to do to stop those...
Sierra Club's 2016 Legislative Goals
November 24, 2015
The Maryland Sierra Club is thrilled to share our 2016 legislative priorities, and to ask for your help in achieving them! In January, our state legislature will come together for 90 days to vote on critical issues like education, the budget, and...