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Vote for your favorite lawn signs in the #PesticideFreeYards project
March 24, 2017
Our pesticide-free team is unveiling the designs for the new lawn signs. Please help us decide which designs to send into production. Tell us which signs are your favorite to declare your lawn and garden pesticide-free. The top 2 signs with the...
Statement Following Senate EHEA Committee Report on Fracking Ban
March 22, 2017
Statement by Josh Tulkin, Director of the Maryland Sierra Club, on Senate EHEA Committee's Favorable Report on Fracking Ban.Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee voted 8-3 to approve legislation that would ban fracking in...
Statement on passage of the Keep Antibiotics Effective Act
March 21, 2017
Statement of Josh Tulkin, Director of the Maryland Sierra Club, on passage of the Keep Antibiotics Effective Act (HB 602, SB 422)Tuesday March 21, 2017 We commend the General Assembly for its bipartisan support for the Keep...
A Critical Juncture for Offshore Wind
March 17, 2017
Four years ago, the state passed the Offshore Wind Act, which put into place the building blocks for offshore wind development off of Maryland’s coast. Four years later, we are so close to offshore wind becoming a reality, but this moment is...
Sierra Club: Statement on Proposed Chesapeake Bay Funding Cuts
March 17, 2017
Sierra Club: Chesapeake Bay funding cut “outrageous and unnecessary”President Trump's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2018 contains numerous drastic cuts to essential environmental programs. The budget includes a recommendation that the $73 million...
Wagner Coal Units Must be Shuttered
March 12, 2017
Author: Natalie Wu, Johns Hopkins University student, March 12, 2017This report provides a summary and analysis of the adverse impacts of air pollution from coal-fired power plants. This report focuses on the Herbert A. Wagner Generating...
Maryland House Of Delegates Passes Fracking Ban!
March 10, 2017
On Friday, March 10th, the Maryland House of Delegates passed HB 1325, the bill to ban fracking! The bill passed with a bipartisan vote of 97-40. A big thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this happen. Next up is the vote in the Senate...
Proposed EPA budget would massively cut Chesapeake Bay Program
March 6, 2017
CROSS POSTED FROM WATERKEEPERS CHESAPEAKEThe Trump administration is reportedly asking for a reduction in Chesapeake Bay Program expenditures from $73 million to $5 million in the next fiscal year, according to a story from the ...
Fracking Ban passes house committee, HB 1325
March 6, 2017
In case you missed it, HB 1325, the Maryland fracking ban passed out of the House Environment and Transportation Committee at Friday March 3rd. The vote was a whopping 18-4, with 2 absenses.Link to Committee Vote Count HERE.Please...
Don't Frack Maryland March & Rally
March 3, 2017
On Thursday, 1000+ Maryland residents marched through the streets of Annapolis calling on legislators to ban a statewide ban on fracking! The event was organized by the members of the Don't Frack MD Coalition. Thanks to the active engagement of...