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Washington Post Supports Cove Point Exports - Do You? (I don't)
September 18, 2013
Yesterday the Washington Post editorialized in support of Dominions proposal to export natural gas through its facility in Cove Point, Maryland.Interested in the counter arguments? Read Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune's...
Michael Brune - Don't export LNG in Maryland
September 18, 2013
This seemed like a great time to revisit Michael Brune's excellent Op-Ed from March 2012 - why we oppose natural gas exports at Cove Point.
In recent years, the natural gas industry plunged into a reckless gold rush across communities nationwide...
Md coalition unites against LNG exports. 100+ grps appeal to O’Malley
September 17, 2013
September 17, 2013Contact: Kelly Trout, 240-396-2022, kelly@chesapeakeclimate.org / Mike Tidwell, 240-460-5838, mtidwell@chesapeakeclimate.orgBroad Coalition Unites to Challenge Construction of Dominion’s Cove Point LNG...
Sierra Club Statement on Conditional Authorization of LNG Exports from Cove Point, MD
September 11, 2013
This afternoon, the Department of Energy announced conditional approval for Dominion's Cove Point, Maryland facility to export liquefied natural gas. In response Deb Nardone, director of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Natural Gas Campaign, released the...
Crystal Spring, Circulator central issues in Annapolis election debate
September 7, 2013
Posted: Friday, September 6, 2013 7:37 amBy ELISHA SAUERS esauers@capgaznews.comNine candidates sounded off on development and environmental issues in the first debate of the Annapolis election season.The Anne Arundel County chapters of...
Considering the Ford C-Max Energi When My Last Plug-In Car Got Totalled
September 3, 2013
Reposted from Sierra Club Blog "Compass". Aug 28, 2013, by Gina Coplon-Newfield Recently, I parked my plug-in Prius near my daughter's camp in Cambridge, MA, and took the train into Boston for a normal work...
BALTIMORE: Number 1 in Air Pollution Deaths
September 3, 2013
We have said it for years now and we have seen various reports on the horrid air quality in Baltimore. But this is---this is horrific. A troubling new report in the journal, Atmospheric Environment, states that nationwide, 200,...
Renewable Energy for Maryland... Here we go again!
August 30, 2013
Last time you heard from me, I was able to share the news of our exciting and historic victory passing the passing Offshore Wind in the state of Maryland. Well, I can't announce another victory like that (yet...) but it has been a busy summer, and...
Join me at the MD Sierra Club's statewide gathering!
August 30, 2013
Dear fellow Sierrans. I hope you can join me this year at the Maryland Sierra Club Jamboree - our bi-annual membership gathering. This is when we take a break from the lobbying, emails, conference calls, newsletters, and phonebanking to join...