Maryland Chapter Blog

Mallows Bay – Potomac River is a 14 square mile area of the tidal Potomac River adjacent to Charles County that serves as a vital habitat to threatened and endangered species. Mallows Bay was nominated as a national marine sanctuary through the...

Maryland’s Senator Ben Cardin is an original cosponsor of S. 2238, a bill that would, if enacted, prohibit the extraction of fossil fuels from America’s Public Lands.

This Fall we're thankful that the Maryland Commission on Climate Change has voted unanimously to recommend the state adopt a goal of 40% reductions in climate pollution by 2030. You can learn more about this exciting development and have your voice...

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...

As a surprise to most of us, gas bearing shale underlies much of the state of Maryland.  Specifically, the Taylorsville Basin runs northeastward from Richmond to Annapolis, under Prince George’s, Charles, Calvert, St. Mary’s, and Anne Arundel...

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...

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 ...

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.

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...

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...