Determining the Value of a Forest Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital Faces Decision about Marlton Forest By Janet GingoldJuly 31, 2022 In 2019, the Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital received a donation of 633 acres of forest....

Open Letter to County Executive Angela Alsobrooks on 2021 Grand Slam Economic Development PlanFrom Janet GingoldJuly 6, 2021 Dear County Executive Alsobrooks, Having recently reviewed the 2021 Grand Slam Economic Development Plan, as a concerned...

­­Operating the Proposed Baltimore-Washington Maglev Would Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions, the Federal Railroad Administration Finds By Owen Kelley (okelley@gmu.edu), 11 April 2021 PDF Version of this article The plot has...

Oral testimony on the Baltimore-Washington SC Maglev By Janet Gingold on behalf of the Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club The Sierra Club recognizes the need to decrease the environmental impact of our travel and supports the idea of rapid...

By Janet GingoldDecember 2020  As if a pandemic with disproportionate impact on Prince George’s County residents, economic hardships, and racial injustice were not enough, 2020 also brought severe flooding to several neighborhoods in our...

By Owen Kelley The Sierra Club is devoted to fighting climate change, and it does not take kindly to companies greenwashing projects that would actually increase greenhouse gas emission. For this reason, Sierra Club members should take a close...

By Barbara Sollner-WebbPrince George’s Executive Committee Member November 2020 You may, or may not, have heard of certain developers' big push for a 40-mile SCMAGLEV (superconducting magnetic levitation railway system), advertised to whisk folks...

By Janet GingoldFebruary 2019  Facing the clear and present danger of climate change, with the transportation sector producing over 28% of US greenhouse gas emissions, we see an urgent need for transition to cleaner, greener transportation...