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Get Involved in the Legislative Committee
June 30, 2013
The legislative session is an exciting and fast-paced time for environmental policy making, and lasts for 90 days from mid-January to April. The Sierra Club needs people like you to help us achieve success in Annapolis and to help protect the...
Curtis Bay Residents Call for Stronger Pollution Control on CSX Coal Export Facility
June 25, 2013
Curtis Bay, Maryland - This morning, Curtis Bay residents most affected by the CSX coal export facility’s inadequate water pollution safeguards gathered at a press conference along with two environmental groups—the Chesapeake Climate Action...
Help elect environmental candidates in 2014!
June 20, 2013
Do you want to help elect environmental champions to office here in Mayland? In 2014 Maryland will elect a new Governor and hundreds of state Senators, Delegates, and local officials. And Sierra Club will be there to support strong environmental...
Pollinator Week! Bee Excited
June 17, 2013
This is a worldwide problem. I watched the documentary the Vanishing of the Bees the other day and was amazed by the fact that Americans actually need to import bees from Australia just so we can pollinate and produce food. If the decline of bees...
Washington Post Not Quite Convinced on Cove Point
June 13, 2013
"It's been the slowest year I’ve had," says Scott Adams, as he watches lunch customers trickle into the Frying Pan, the restaurant he has owned for 23 years near Lusby in Southern Maryland. The rustic eatery on Route 765 is...
Prince George’s Sierra Club Presents 2013 Maloney Environmental Service Award to Vernon Wade, Sr.
June 7, 2013
College Park, MD, June 3 — Vernon Wade, Sr., a Fort Washington resident, is the 2013 recipient of the Prince George’s Sierra Club’s Walter “Mike” Maloney Environmental Service Award. Every year since 2005 the Prince George’s Group of the...
The Next Generation of Environmental Leaders
May 3, 2013
SPROG is a week-long training led by and for young movement leaders in a summer camp style setting. The goal is to give budding leaders all the skills, knowledge, and confidence they need to launch and win real campaigns for sustainability, climate...
2013 Mid-Session Legislative Report
March 15, 2013
2013 Mid-Session Legislative ReportMaryland General AssemblyEight weeks into session, we are already winning for the environment. Thanks to your help, lobbying, and advocacy, some of our priority bills are advancing through the House and Senate as...
New Report Maps Toxic Pollution Over Baltimore Area
October 9, 2012
Baltimore, MD – Today the Sierra Club released a report with maps showing the potential pollution impacts from two area coal plants along with a billboard near the Crane plant and a new online campaign targeting the plant’s owners to clean up the...
Sale of Three Baltimore Coal Plants Raises Concerns for Local Residents
August 10, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 10, 2012Contact: Kim Teplitzky, 412-802-6161, kim.teplitzky@sierraclub.orgChris Hill, 301-277-7111, chris.hill@mdsierra.org Sale of Three Baltimore Coal Plants Raises Concerns for Local Residents...