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Vote on Tuesday November 4
October 30, 2014
The Howard County Sierra Club urges you to vote for our endorsed candidates.For Howard County Executive, the Sierra Club endorses Courtney Watson. Some highlights of Courtney's environment vision are given below. Zero Waste...
Montgomery County DOT Being Force To Scrap Car-Oriented Road Plan
October 30, 2014
By Brian Ditzler A call-to-action for safe streets that was initiated by a coalition of smart-growth and other organizations including Sierra Club Montgomery appears to have stopped a car-oriented plan from the county Department of...
Our Goal: No Coal
October 26, 2014
If you don’t want it in your stocking, you sure don’t want it in your lungs. The Sierra Club’s national campaign “Beyond Coal” is cleaning the air by eliminating coal-fired power plants. In Maryland, David Smedick is the Beyond Coal Campaign and...
Club Executive Committee Candidates Sought; Anne Arundel Group Election Coming Soon
October 16, 2014
Want to be more involved in the Club? Or at least want to have a say in who leads it? Then tune in to our annual executive committee election, coming soon.The next issue of the Chesapeake, the Maryland Chapter’s newspaper, will be...
From Scotland: The John Muir Way
October 16, 2014
John Muir was born in Dunbar, Scotland in 1838 and came to the US at age 11. Scotland has now honored him with a 134 mile trail across central Scotland. The path can be used by walkers, cyclers and horse riders. It goes by coastal...
Crystal Spring Development Site: Location of Civil War Camp?
October 16, 2014
The Annapolis area community’s concern over the impact of the proposed 110-acre Crystal Spring development on Forest Drive took an unexpected turn in September when a group of historians released a report indicating the land in question was the...
Elections in Anne Arundel County Offer Challenge, Opportunity
October 16, 2014
The Anne Arundel Sierra Club has made a number of candidate endorsements in the November 4 election. Several of the races provide a stark contrast between environmentally supportive candidates and conservative, tax-cutting, less-government-at...
General Membership Meeting, Climate March Program November 8
October 16, 2014
The Anne Arundel Sierra Club has called a General Membership meeting November 8, and every member is encouraged to attend. A special incentive: first-hand accounts, and a great video, about the 400,000-person People’s Climate March in New...
New Discussion Group on Climate Change
October 12, 2014
The environmental group Howard County Climate Change is organizing a new discussion group. "Change by Degree: Addressing the Climate Challenge" Thursday, October 16, 2014 7:00 - 9:00 pmWegmans upstairs meeting...
How Big Coal Makes Us Sick
October 9, 2014
UPDATE: On Oct. 6, the Maryland Air Quality Control Advisory Council approved new strong smog standards for coal plants. “By requiring that all of Maryland’s poorly-controlled coal-fired power plants retrofit to include the best pollution...