Blog posts from around the country

Florida Chapter
Lakeland Electric told Sierra Club members that they currently have a 5 MW solar project (one of the largest in the state) and they are scheduled to expand to 24 MW by 2017.
Maryland Chapter
Saturday, April 25, 2015; 8:45 am - 1:00 pm  Belmont Manor, Patapsco Valley State Park: 6553 Belmont Woods Road, Elkridge, 21075Parking will be off of Belmont Woods Road.  Follow posted signs to event.Learn to recognize wavyleaf…
Maryland Chapter
Tuesday April 28, 20157:00 pm - 8:30 pmBelmont Manor, Patapsco Valley State Park: 6553 Belmont Woods Road, Elkridge, MD 21075Free. Meet in the Belmont Carriage House Conference Room.Dr. Marc Imlay, Chair of the Sierra Club Biodiversity and Habitat…
Maryland Chapter
The Howard County Sierra Club is a sponsor of this year's GreenFest. Saturday, April 18, 2015 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Howard Community College, Burrill Galleria10901 Little Patuxent Pkwy, Columbia, MD 21044Free admission.Theme: Living with…
Maryland Chapter
Clean Creeks in Howard through the Stream Mapper Smart Phone ApplicationSaturday, April 11, 20153:00 - 4:30 pmRobinson Nature Center (free admission to the center for program attendees)6692 Cedar Ln, Columbia, MD 21044Citizen scientists are needed…
Maryland Chapter
This year Marc Imlay received the National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW) Award for his volunteer work in the Terrestrial category.  The NISAW Awards recognize the leadership and accomplishments of important partners, and increase…
Florida Chapter
Sierra Club members and supporters cheered as electric race cars hit top speeds of 140 miles per hour through the streets of downtown Miami last Saturday.
Lone Star Chapter
Between 8am on January 13, and 6:54am the next day, Marathon Petroleum’s Blanchard Galveston Bay Refinery (formerly owned by BP) in Texas City dumped an estimated 216,000 lbs. of spent catalyst into the air during a major “upset event” when air…
Angeles Chapter
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) has chosen Montebello as the site of the 3rd Working Group Meeting for Proposed Amended Rule (PAR) 1148.1 – Oil & Gas Production Wells.