Maryland Chapter Blog

On September 4th, 2014, if you stepped outside of your office around noon for a quick bite to eat in Crystal City, you may have noticed a crowd gathered outside the headquarters of Dominion, a major energy provider in Virginia and a number of other...

  The weather was gorgeous this past Sunday September 28th, as group of fifteen members from all over Maryland gathered together at the College Park office to kick off Outings Leader Training 101. The participants got the chance to take a...

Discussion with the Author, Ned TillmanThursday, Nov. 20, 2014 at 7:30 pm Robinson Nature Center 6692 Cedar Ln, Columbia, MD 21044Local author Ned Tillman will lead a discussion loosely based on his latest book, "Saving the Places We...

By: Michaela KyburzPeople sang. Instruments played. Signs were in the air. People chanted and we marched.On Sunday, September 21, 2014, in New York, the largest climate march in American history took place. There were people with...

September 21st marked a true milestone in the history of the climate movement. Over 400,000 people gathered in New York City under different banners but with the same singular ask of our local, national, and global leaders: Act On Climate.The...

By: Alexandra Kramer Leaving the house at 6:00am, I splashed a little bit of water on my face before grabbing a water bottle and a cliff bar and heading to New York City. Talking to some other marchers on the full bus I took out of the...

This past spring, the Maryland Department of the Environment released a Draft Zero Waste Plan for Maryland.The plan included some promising proposals, but also has some substantial flaws, both in structure and in the specific plan components. ...

Yesterday, numerous concerned citizens and partner organizations attended and testified at a meeting of the Air Quality Control Advisory Council (AQCAC), where the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) submitted its most recent draft...

Maryland is not a very large state, but we do have a lot of variation in our natural diversity, from the beaches of the Eastern Shore to the urban parks of Baltimore to the mountains of Allegany and Garrett counties. I've really enjoyed hiking,...