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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...
Rosa Hance Nominated for St Mary's County Woman of the Year
March 20, 2019
St Mary's County Commission for Women hosts an annual banquet and recognizes women and young ladies from around the county who dedicate their time to volunteering. This year's theme was "Visionary Women: Champions of Peace & NonViolence...
MD House passes bill to strengthen oversight and environmental review of highway expansion proposal
March 18, 2019
Breaking: MD House passes bill to slow down highway expansion
Earlier tonight, March 18, the MD House of Delegates passed HB 1091, a bill that would require Maryland to thoroughly review the environmental impacts of major transportation...
In Memoriam - Ultimate Environmentalist Dick Lahn
March 17, 2019
Dick Lahn was a lobbyist for the Sierra Club in the 1970’s and was one of the region's ultimate environmentalists. He started several programs to benefit the environment of which the String of Pearls was the most well known. Read more
Alternatives to Incineration are Good for Jobs and the Environment
March 12, 2019
Leaders from several environmental organizations came together to rally last Friday morning before the Economic Matters Committee held its first hearing on the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA). Their message and the message of other local environmental...
Tell Your Legislators: No More Cash for Burning Trash!
March 5, 2019
On March 8th at 1pm, Maryland’s House Economic Matters Committee will hold a hearing on House Bill 961 by Delegate Nick Mosby. This is a bipartisan initiative to demote dirty trash incineration from its’ Tier 1 status and put those subsidies back...