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National Plug In Day
September 25, 2013
Are you an Electric Vehicle owner? Are you interested in EV's? Are you interested in becoming part of the EV family? If you answered "Yes" to any of these questions, than come out and participate in National Plug In Day September 28-29 at an event...
Beyond Coal Event - Sunday, October 13 - Happened!
September 25, 2013
Did you know that Baltimore has the highest per capita air pollution-related death rate in the nation? We had a great event on Sunday, October 13th - a short nature hike and rally about the Herbert A. Wagner Coal Plant – a culprit in Baltimore’s...
Sierra Club Applauds EPA’s Carbon Pollution Protections for Power Plants
September 20, 2013
Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its proposed carbon pollution protections for new power plants. Carbon pollution is the leading contributor to climate disruption and is linked to life-threatening air...
Washington Post Supports Cove Point Exports - Do You? (I don't)
September 18, 2013
Yesterday the Washington Post editorialized in support of Dominions proposal to export natural gas through its facility in Cove Point, Maryland.Interested in the counter arguments? Read Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune's...
Michael Brune - Don't export LNG in Maryland
September 18, 2013
This seemed like a great time to revisit Michael Brune's excellent Op-Ed from March 2012 - why we oppose natural gas exports at Cove Point.
In recent years, the natural gas industry plunged into a reckless gold rush across communities nationwide...
Md coalition unites against LNG exports. 100+ grps appeal to O’Malley
September 17, 2013
September 17, 2013Contact: Kelly Trout, 240-396-2022, kelly@chesapeakeclimate.org / Mike Tidwell, 240-460-5838, mtidwell@chesapeakeclimate.orgBroad Coalition Unites to Challenge Construction of Dominion’s Cove Point LNG...
Sierra Club Statement on Conditional Authorization of LNG Exports from Cove Point, MD
September 11, 2013
This afternoon, the Department of Energy announced conditional approval for Dominion's Cove Point, Maryland facility to export liquefied natural gas. In response Deb Nardone, director of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Natural Gas Campaign, released the...
Crystal Spring, Circulator central issues in Annapolis election debate
September 7, 2013
Posted: Friday, September 6, 2013 7:37 amBy ELISHA SAUERS esauers@capgaznews.comNine candidates sounded off on development and environmental issues in the first debate of the Annapolis election season.The Anne Arundel County chapters of...
Considering the Ford C-Max Energi When My Last Plug-In Car Got Totalled
September 3, 2013
Reposted from Sierra Club Blog "Compass". Aug 28, 2013, by Gina Coplon-Newfield Recently, I parked my plug-in Prius near my daughter's camp in Cambridge, MA, and took the train into Boston for a normal work...