Maryland Chapter Blog

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.

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...

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...

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....

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:

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...

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...

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 52-14February 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 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...