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Proclamation Recognizes Rosa Parks’ Birthday and Demands Equitable Transit for All.

Groups Gather to Recognize Rosa Parks’ Birthday and Demand Equitable Transit for All

Annapolis, MD - On Thursday, February 24th, Delegate Marc Korman and Senator Clarence Lam introduced the Regional Transportation and Climate Protection Act of 2019. The legislation would allow Maryland to join a multi-state agreement to limit and...

The 2019 session of the Maryland General Assembly has begun, and we need YOUR HELP to turn grassroots environmental activism into legislative power in Annapolis.

A note from Chapter Director Josh Tulkin I am thrilled to share with you the Maryland Sierra Club's 2018 year-in-review. Despite the daily grind of politics, I hope you will find inspiration and hope from these highlights from 2018. I did....

The release below by the Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition celebrates the proclimation made by Mayor Catherine Pugh to designate December 21st as Transit Equity Action Day in Baltimore:  For Immediate Release: December 21, 2018...

The General Assembly should act in 2019 to ban disposable food containers made of expanded polystyrene foam as an important step in reining in the plastic pollution crisis.

It is vitally important for the General Assembly to shift our State to creating a 21st Century, climate-friendly, clean transportation sector. Significant highway expansion is antithetical to accomplishing this, and the Maryland Sierra Club opposes...

It is clear that it is time for Maryland to prepare for, and undertake, the transition away from coal-fired power plants. In doing so, we must support impacted communities and workers in defining and implementing strategies which provide certainty...