Maryland Chapter Blog

We are hosting a Meet and Greet for our Lisa Markovitz (County Council District 1 candidate) on Tuesday May 20th. You are all welcome to join us and bring friends! You'll have an opportunity to ask Lisa about her ideas for the future of the County...

Today the Washington Post published a substantive editorial about Maryland's Attorney General race and came down firmly on the side of Brian Frosh, Sierra Club's endorsed candidate. The Post's Editorial Board highlighted...

This beautiful bird depends on horseshoe crabs for survivial. Every spring, Red Knots exploit the abundance of eggs produced when horseshoe crabs spawn in the Delaware Bay. This feeding opportunity is crucial to the birds' breeding success for that...

The first of 3 scheduled Gubernatorial debates is set for Wednesday at 7 pm on NBC 4 out of Washington and on Maryland Public Television from Baltimore.  Heather Mizeur will be onstage to publicize her policy driven campaign. Be sure to...

I am far more concerned about the ability of nature to absorb the effluent of our growing human population and its infrastructure without becoming less nurturing to humans and other creatures who share our finite planet, than of the availability of...

 Take action to clean up Maryland's dirty coal plant pollution today!According to a new report by the American Lung Association (ALA), the DC-Baltimore region has the worst smog pollution in the East!1Coal-fired power plants like Crane and...

The club’s 20th annual fundraising Earth Day 5K Race & Walk held April 19th was a big success, drawing nearly 100 runners and walkers to Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis on a bright, cloudless day.The weather was perfect and everyone...

This year's General Assembly Legislative Session was a challenging one on the environmental front. Coming off of strong victories in previous years on wind energy and protecting the Chesapeake Bay, lawmakers’ attention seemed to be elsewhere as...

There is still time to contact Governor O'Malley to ask him to veto a very bad, anti-wind power bill, HB1168! The Maryland Senate passed this bill on April 5th after a lively debate in which many environmentally-minded Senators questioned the...