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Dear Maryland,
It’s getting down to the last few weeks of the state legislative session and we need All Hands on Deck for Climate Action. It’s Spring - come enjoy the Great Outdoors! Cherish the new and old and join in. See opportunities below...
Contact your legislators for a strong Clean Energy Jobs Act Today!
 Maryland has the opportunity with the Clean Energy Jobs Act to increase the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) to 50% by 2030, with a plan for 100% clean energy by 2040.
The legislation passed in the MD Senate overwhelmingly and is now being considered in the House. Contact legislators to support a strong Clean Energy Jobs Act as soon as possible.
If you want to volunteer to help get members in critical districts to contact their legislators, contact Matt Dernoga at matt.dernoga@mdsierra.org.
Act Now to Protect Maryland from Increased Polluting Highway Congestion
 Gov. Hogan is proposing an $11 billion plan to add hundreds of miles of new lanes to I-270 and I-495, which will encourage more people to drive, increasing traffic congestion and the number of polluting cars on the road.
Support an urgent bill to prevent the Governor from rushing into a 50 year contract.
Tell your legislators to support HB 1091 Sign our petition here!
Help us get phone calls to a key targetchairwoman Senator Nancy King from her constituents.
Contact transportation@mdsierra.org for more info.
Ultimate Environmentalist Dick Lahn
 Dick Lahn, a Sierra Club lobbyist in the 1970's, is remembered for his many contributions as an environmental advocate, particularly the establishment of the String of Pearls Program to honor land preservation in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. A presentation in his honor was made at the Anne Arundel County Sierra Club Annual Dinner. Read more from Liz Vanden Heuvel honoring Dick Lahn here
Good News for the Land and Water Conservation Fund
 On February 14th the Senate passed a bill that ensures that America's most sucessful Land Conservation Program will continue and on March 12th, the LWCF was permanently reauthorized, as part of a public lands package signed into law by President Trump with overwhelming bipartisan support, see LWCFCoalition Press Release. The Maryland Sierra Club and supporters like you played a key role in this victory by visiting DC and contacting your members of Congress to persuade them to restore funding to the LWCF. Thank you!
Marc Imlay, Natural Places Committee
Latest Kudos to Maryland Sierrans!
 WOMAN POWER
Maryland Sierra Club Vice Chair, Rosa Hance, was recently Nominated for St Mary's County Woman of the Year
 FAMILIES IN NATURE
Maryland Sierra Club Executive Committee Member, Chiara D' Amore, Founder of Community Ecology Institute in the Baltimore Sun Growing a farm into a living classroom in Howard County
THEY GROW UP SO FAST
Maryland Sierra Club Director, Josh Tulkin, was highlighted in an NPR piece last weekabout how he started his climate work at age 24, and now years later he’s running the Maryland Chapter.
Have you seen a Maryland Sierran doing something great, writing an LTE or mentioned in the news? Email maryland.chapter@sierraclub.org
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Come out and join us for a viewing of the documentary Reinventing Power: America's Renewable Energy Boom followed by a discussion about Solar Energy. 
