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Go Solar with the Sierra Club and Earn $1000
July 15, 2015
Solar Energy is an essential tool in the fight against global warming, and it is becoming cheaper every day. That's why Sierra Club is teaming up with Sungevity to offer our members a great deal on solar, and help fund our work in the process....
Citizens Urge Strong Smog Protections for Ailing MD Air Quality
July 14, 2015
Baltimore, MD – At a hearing in front of the Maryland Department of Environment (MDE) today, citizen activists and concerned groups urged the Department to implement strong smog protections originally adopted in January 2015. Rather than...
Ah, the great outdoors!
July 9, 2015
David Jalali is a summer stewardship intern at Sierra Club Maryland Chapter.
Continued Threats to Mattawoman Creek Energize Campaign to Protect It
June 15, 2015
The two-year-long battle over Charles County’s Comprehensive Plan is reaching white-hot conditions, and the stakes are enormous for Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay. On the chopping block are a county deemed the third most valuable ecologically in...
Our vision for healthy food and sustainable agriculture
May 20, 2015
Think poultry waste in our waterways is crappy? Want to see the government subsidize healthy, local, sustainable farming instead of CAFOs/factory farms? Concerned about toxic pesticides harming pollinators and the overuse of antibiotics in farmed...
Achieving Clean Water With The Maryland Sierra Club 2015
May 20, 2015
Our waterways face a number of significant threats, including urban runoff, climate change and destruction of the natural landscape, and the forests whose role it is to clean our water and our air.
Join the Survey; Help Control Erosion
May 19, 2015
Without good erosion control, dirt washing off a single construction site can damage three miles of downstream waters (see article). The second Greater Baltimore Survey is now being organized by Sierra Club partner, CEDS. The survey of construction...
Two victories in one week!
May 18, 2015
5/18/15 Two victories in one week! Last week the County Council sided with Sierra Club Montgomery County on two key climate change issues- maintaining the current County energy tax and adding two energy program managers to the Office of...
Sierra Club Seeking Communications Volunteers
May 14, 2015
The Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club is seeking candidates to support our communications work. Eventually, we intend to form a Communications Committee, but to begin with, we’re looking for people who can take on some discrete pieces of work....
Sierra Club Seeking Communications Volunteers
May 14, 2015
The Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club is seeking candidates to support our communications work. Eventually, we intend to form a Communications Committee, but to begin with, we’re looking for people who can take on some discrete pieces of work: