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Reflecting on the MD Clean Energy Jobs Act
April 15, 2019
On the final day of the 2019 legislative session, the Maryland General Assembly passed the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA), SB516, with veto-proof majorities in the House and Senate. The bill went through a truly up and down ride throughout session....
Maryland Sierra Club Testimony – 2019 General Assembly Session
April 9, 2019
The Sierra Club testified on a total of 75 bills in the 2019 MD General Assembly Session. We testified in support, or support with amendments, on 70 bills; 31 of these bills passed; 30 are awaiting review by the Governor, and one was vetoed and the...
Advocates Demand Explanation For Senate’s Failure To Vote On Legislation To Provide Financial And Environmental Safeguards For Expansion Of 495 And 270
April 9, 2019
Advocates and elected officials voiced frustration that the Maryland Senate failed to call a vote on a bill that would place critical safeguards on public-private partnerships (P3’s), including the I-495 and I-270 expansion proposal at the close of...
Sierra Club Remembers Speaker Michael Busch
April 7, 2019
The Sierra Club is saddened by the passing today of Speaker Michael Busch of the Maryland House of Delegates after battling an illness in the final weeks of the 2019 legislative session. Speaker Busch was first elected to the House of Delegates in...
Update on SB516, "Clean Energy Jobs Act"
April 6, 2019
After being bottled up for weeks, the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA), SB516, was moved yesterday (4/5/2019) by a House committee to the House floor for a final vote, possibly TODAY. Your emails and phone calls have made a difference! But the General...
Elected, Civic Leaders Press MD Senate For Taxpayer, Environmental Safeguards On For-Profit Toll Lane Projects
April 3, 2019
ANNAPOLIS, MD - With just five days left during the 2019 Maryland General Assembly session, a coalition of elected officials and civic leaders today urged the Maryland Senate to pass The P3 Transportation Safeguards Act (House Bill 1091). The bill...
Media Alert - Elected Officials, Civic and Environmental Advocates Call For Environmental & Financial Safeguards in face of Gov Hogan’s Proposed Expansion of the I-495 and I-270
April 2, 2019
Annapolis, MD - On Wednesday, April 3rd, local elected officials and advocates from Montgomery, Prince George’s and Frederick Counties are calling on the Maryland Senate to pass legislation that would provide common-sense safeguards for taxpayers,...
Sierra Club Testifies at the Baltimore Metropolitan Council in Favor of a Long-Range Transit Plan
April 1, 2019
On March 27th, the Sierra Club and other members of the Get Maryland Moving Coalition convened at the Baltimore Metropolitan Council to testify in support of a bold aggressive 25-year transit plan for the Greater Baltimore Region. As it’s now in its...
Get Outdoors with Sierra Club this Spring!
March 29, 2019
With spring materializing in daffodils and warmer temperatures, the Sierra Club is offering more opportunities to get outside with fellow members! So shake off those winter blues and giant jackets, and get outside to remove invasive plants at Ruth B...
Get Maryland Moving Calls For a Bold, Aggressive Vision for Transit in Greater Baltimore
March 27, 2019
On Wednesday, March 27th, the Get Maryland Moving coalition gathered at the first Central Maryland Transit Plan Commission meeting to urge state and regional leaders to deliver a bold and actionable vision for the outcomes they want realized in the...