Maryland Chapter Blog

After 2 years of incredible work to clean up dangerously unhealthy air pollution from Maryland’s dirtiest coal-burning power generators, Sierra Club’s MD Beyond Coal Campaign is ready for our next challenge. The next phase of our campaign is an...

This year we’re hosting not one, but FIVE lobby nights in Annapolis to ensure legislators hear our voices before every key hearing and vote. Marylanders from different regions of the state will converge on Annapolis in waves to meet with our...

Our partners at Free Your Voice, a human rights committee of United Workers, shares a message about demonstrations at MDE to stop the largest trash-burning incinerator in the nation proposed for construction in Curtis Bay, MD in South Baltimore.

We know you want to be more involved with protecting the health of our children. Moms Clean Air Force is hosting the 2nd annual Mama Summit in Annapolis, Maryland on February 10th, and MD Sierra Club will be standing beside them. Moms, dads,...

Trash incinerators spew cancer-causing dioxins and other bad stuff, as well as lots of greenhouse gases. Ironically, Maryland’s current Renewable Portfolio Standard provides incentives for burning trash as well as for producing clean energy.The...

It's time for us to stop passing the buck. It's time for us to push for what we want and what we need. Dangerous climate disruption is threatening our health, our economy, our shorelines, and our ecosystems. We know what we have to do to stop those...

The Maryland Sierra Club is thrilled to share our 2016 legislative priorities, and to ask for your help in achieving them! In January, our state legislature will come together for 90 days to vote on critical issues like education, the budget, and...

Mallows Bay – Potomac River is a 14 square mile area of the tidal Potomac River adjacent to Charles County that serves as a vital habitat to threatened and endangered species. Mallows Bay was nominated as a national marine sanctuary through the...

Maryland’s Senator Ben Cardin is an original cosponsor of S. 2238, a bill that would, if enacted, prohibit the extraction of fossil fuels from America’s Public Lands.

This Fall we're thankful that the Maryland Commission on Climate Change has voted unanimously to recommend the state adopt a goal of 40% reductions in climate pollution by 2030. You can learn more about this exciting development and have your voice...