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Next Step in our Election Process
April 2, 2014
The political committee has been very busy interviewing candidates and making endorsements. The next step is supporting our endorsed candidates. One of the things we definitely want to do is to work the polling places in as many priority precincts...
Maryland Wildlands Doubled by General Assembly
April 2, 2014
Maryland goes a bit more wild!! “The idea of wilderness needs no defense. It only needs more defenders.” Ed Abby wrote those words long after John Muir started the Sierra Club, but Abby may have taken inspiration from the generations of Sierrans...
Baltimore Beyond Coal Team Kicks Off 2014!
March 31, 2014
Only a week after the well-attended screening of Coal Country in downtown Baltimore, over 20 people turned out for the inaugural meeting of the new Baltimore Beyond Coal Team! After enjoying a delicious potluck lunch,...
Cove Point: Public Interest or Radical Risk?
March 31, 2014
The Cove Point fracked-gas export terminal is a radical proposal that would put Maryland and the entire mid-Atlantic at risk.The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) is currently reviewing whether Dominion Resource’s application to build a...
Just a Nature Guardian
March 28, 2014
In nature, time stands still. No phone, no paperwork, no bills or worries about my leaky tub, just quiet bliss. The echoes of blue birds and spring peepers are my symphony. To say I like being in nature is an understatement. As an Environmental...
Sierra Club Endorses in Congressional Districts 1 and 2
March 28, 2014
Sierra Club Endorses Dutch Ruppersberger and John LaFerla for CongressOn March 21, Sierra Club officially endorsed incumbent Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger in MD Congressional District 2 and John LaFerla, challenger to anti-environmental...
News Flash! Sierra Club's Maryland Chapter Makes Endorsement for Attorney General!
March 28, 2014
December 19, 2013:Today the Sierra Club's Maryland Chapter bestowed upon Senator Brian Frosh its endorsement for Attorney General of Maryland. “Brian Frosh has been an environmental champion in the state legislature for as long as he has served and...
Sierra Club makes endorsement for Governor
March 28, 2014
January 21, 2014Contact: Josh Tulkin, Sierra Club, 301-244-9405, md-josh[@]sierraclub.orgThe Sierra Club, Maryland Chapter is proud to announce its endorsement of Delegate Heather Mizeur in the Maryland Gubernatorial election. The organization...
Heather Mizeur Endorsement Earns Great Media
March 28, 2014
The Sierra Club endorsement of Heather Mizeur for Governor is already earning some great media coverage. We'll post the stories we find. Comment if you find something we've missed. Feel free to pass along our press release to other...
HB1168 - A Bad Bill for On-Land Wind in Maryland!
March 25, 2014
House Bill 1168, a bad bill coming to the Senate Finance Committee next week, will put on-land wind power on the chopping block in Maryland. How the Senate Finance Committee acts on this bill will determine whether Maryland will continue to stand...