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Take Action to #StopTheIncinerator December 15
October 2, 2015
Tuesday December 15th at 4pm is the most critical moment yet in the effort to stop the nations' largest trash burning incinerator from being built less than a mile from schools. The Maryland Department of the Environment has the opportunity right...
Hold Governor Hogan Accountable for Weakening Public Health Protections
September 30, 2015
Governor Hogan and his Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) have gutted a clean air plan that would have required Big Coal to clean up its act.Back in January the Governor blocked publication of a common-sense pollution cutting plan ...
A Farewell to David Prosten
September 25, 2015
Our most recent Chairperson, David Prosten, has retired, sold his home in Annapolis, and is moving to Cape Cod. We will miss him, and his tireless work for the environment.
Moral Action on Climate Justice
September 17, 2015
We hope your signs are almost ready to go!! Please join the Sierra Club Howard County group at 5:30 am at the Glenmont metro stop on Thursday September 24th!! Rallies will be starting at 7:00 am in DC before the Pope's speech to...
A Summer 2015 Internship Experience
August 27, 2015
Posted for Elaina Perry
On a scorching day in late May, I walked alongside a fellow intern with a crowd of new friends. We marched as a group of about 200 along a six mile walk. As we walked, we clutched signs of all shapes, sizes, hues and styles...
MDE Backslides on Air Quality Rules
August 14, 2015
Last Wednesday's Air Quality Control Advisory Council (AQCAC or “ack-ack”) meeting was rough, and Maryland backslid on years worth of progress when the council shockingly voted to support a new air quality plan from Governor Larry Hogan’s...
100% Clean Energy - A Pathway to Transformative Change
August 14, 2015
Do you ever wonder about the details of how we're going to move away from fossil energy at the rate every leading scientist says is necessary to to combat climate disruption? We found a pretty in-depth and exciting transition plan out there that we...
Kayaktivists Visit Crane Coal Plant
August 12, 2015
On Saturday, August 1st, 20 Sierra Club kayaktivists lead by Outings Leader Ken Clark and star intern Taliah Dommerholt paddled along the Middle River and Dundee Creek to visit one of Maryland's dirtiest coal-burning power plants: the C.P. Crane...
Wheezing, Nosebleeds, & Shortness of Breath
August 10, 2015
Asthma Threatens Health in Maryland -- A blog post about Beyond Coal from EarthTalk.org
Join us for the 2015 Jamboree
August 6, 2015
Join us at the Jamboree! The 2015 Jamboree will be held at the beautiful Catoctin Mountain National Park in Frederick, MD.