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Patapsco Heritage Greenway Annual Meeting
April 25, 2015
PHG Annual Meeting, Wednesday, May 13 2015, 7:00 pm at Miller Library.The Patapsco Heritage Area was created in January 2015, with Patapsco Heritage Greenway as the managing entity of it. An Executive Director, Mary Catherine Cochran, was hired in...
Anne Arundel County Sierra Club Reunion Picnic- Saturday, June 20
April 24, 2015
Make plans now to attend a reunion picnic at Hillsmere Shores Community BeachSaturday, June 20, 201512:00 until 4:00 pmPlease bring a potluck dish to share with the group:A through F - bring a side dish,G through L - a main course;M through S - a...
Public Health Crisis in Maryland: Why is the Governor Trying to Roll Back Critical Healthy Air Protections?
April 22, 2015
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan took swift action during his first day in office this January to unlawfully block the implementation of critical clean air regulations that would have protected the public health by cleaning up pollution from Maryland’...
Safe Lawn Care Bill 52 - 14
April 17, 2015
Safe Lawn Care Bill 52-14February 12, 2015: There was a good turn out of families and individuals, and many good speakers in support of Bill 52-14’s second hearing. But we are up against a very powerful industry with many industry people...
Testimony of Montgomery County Sierra Club on Status of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Office of Sustainability
April 17, 2015
Testimony of Montgomery County Sierra ClubMontgomery County MD, County Council Transportation and Environment Committee4/16/15 Thank you, Chairman Berliner and Councilmembers for holding this briefing on the status of greenhouse gas emission...
2015 Maryland Legislative Session: Environmental Recap
April 16, 2015
Maryland’s 2015 Legislative Session just ended! It was a nail-biter to the end – one of our bills was finally voted on at 10:32 PM on the final day of session (Monday April 13). All in all, we had a number of significant victories,...
Dori's End of Session Blog
April 16, 2015
Maryland’s 2015 Legislative Session just ended! It was a nail-biter to the end – one of our bills was finally voted on at 10:32 PM on the final day of session (Monday April 13). All in all, we had a number of significant victories,...
Fake Turf, Real Problems
April 15, 2015
Howard County's FY 2016 proposed budget has set aside a large sum to install synthetic turf in six different locations within the county, including Centennial Park and three high schools. Artificial turf has a reputation for injuring athletes; the...
More Clean Energy for Howard County!
April 9, 2015
When we said renewable energy source, we didn't mean garbage. And burning garbage for power is not the "energy answer" we were looking for. Now that both the Howard County government and school system have separately cancelled their contracts with...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Reinvests in Beyond Coal
April 8, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bloomberg Philanthropies announced today that it will invest an additional $30 million in the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign to secure replacement of half the nation’s coal fleet by 2017 with clean energy....