Covering January 2020 to the present, this page contains public statements, press releases, and official letters and comments on policy issues.
Testimony on State Legislation
- 2026 Legislative Testimony by Maryland Sierra Club (Jan-Apr 2026)
- 2025 Legislative Testimony by Maryland Sierra Club (Jan-Apr 2025)
- 2024 Legislative Testimony by Maryland Sierra Club (Jan-Apr 2024)
- 2023 Legislative Testimony by Maryland Sierra Club (Jan-Apr 2023)
- 2022 Legislative Testimony by Maryland Sierra Club (Jan-Apr 2022)
- 2021 Legislative Testimony by Maryland Sierra Club (Jan-Apr 2021)
- Maryland Sierra Club and Descendant Statements in Support of African American Cemetery Bill (4/8/2021)
Recommendations and Comments to State Agencies
- Maryland Sierra Club Comments on Board of Public Works (BPW) agenda item 51-LL revised, Days Cove Rubble Landfill Lease (5/20/2026)
- Maryland Sierra Club Comments on Board of Public Works (BPW) agenda items 46-LL, Days Cove Rubble Landfill Lease (5/5/2026)
- Maryland Sierra Club Comments on the 2026 Maryland State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) (4/10/2026)
- Sierra Club Maryland Chapter Comments on the ANPRM for proposed updated and changes to stormwater management regulations under COMAR 26.17.02 (12/19/2025)
- Sierra Club Maryland Chapter Comments on the Draft 2025 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement (9/1/2025)
- Maryland Energy Efficiency Advocates File Joint Letter to Public Service Commission on Limited-Income Mechanism (8/19/2024)
- Maryland Sierra Club comments on MS4 stormwater permit 24-DP-3313 to MDOT SHA (7/12/2024)
- MEMO: Learnings and Recommendations from the “Solar Deep Dive,” an exercise exploring barriers, solutions to accelerating solar deployment in Maryland (10/26/2023)
- Climate Partners’ Recommendations for Achieving Maryland’s Climate Goals (10/15/2023)
- Recommendations to the Maryland Commission on Climate Change from Maryland Sierra Club and Twenty-One Organizations (9/2/2022)
- Statements and Press Releases Related to the I-495 & I-270 Highway Expansion Toll Lane Project (4/1/2000-present)
Recommendations and Comments to Federal Agencies
- Maryland Advocates for Sustainable Transportation Comments on Federal Highway Administration Request for Information (RFI) on Expediting Delivery of the American Legion Memorial Bridge (2/9/2026)
- Letter to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Opposing Closure of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland (9/16/2025)
Environmental Impact Statement Public Comments by Maryland Sierra Club
- Comments on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Replacement Currency Production Facility (6/21/2024)
- Comments on the Baltimore-Washington SCMaglev (Maglev) Water Quality Certification Application Supplemental Materials (12/22/2023)
- Comments on Maryland Offshore Wind Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), submitted jointly by National Wildlife Federation, National Audubon Society, Mass Audubon, New Jersey Audubon, Sierra Club, American Bird Conservancy (11/20/2023)
- Comments on the Baltimore-Washington SCMaglev (Maglev) Water Quality Certification Application (11/16/2023)
- Comments on Chesapeake Bay Crossing Tier 2 Study (7/11/2023)
- Comments on the I-495 & I-270 Managed Lanes Study Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) (7/18/2022)
- Comments on the I-495 & I-270 Managed Lanes Study Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (11/30/2021)
- Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) of Baltimore-Washington SCMAGLEV Project (5/20/2021)
- Comments on 3rd Bay Crossing Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) (5/10/2021)
- Comments on the I-495 & I-270 Managed Lanes Study Draft Environmental Impact Statemen (DEIS) (11/9/2020)
Testimony to Public Service Commission (PSC)
- Grevatt Testimony --> Future-of-Gas Testimony on Electrification (5/4/2026)
- Kent Testimony --> Future-of-Gas Testimony on Industrial Customers (5/4/2026)
- Walsh Testimony --> Future-of-Gas Testimony on Alternative Fuels (5/4/2026)
- Case No. 9665, Joint Comments on PC44 Distribution System Planning Work Group Final Report (6/5/2024)
- Comments on Aligned Data Centers petition for rehearing and exemption from CPCN (9/14/2023)
Regional Plan Comments
- Sierra Club comments on I-495 Southside Project (6/18/2024)
- Maryland Sierra Club Comments on Visualizing 2050 Transportation Plan- Highway Expansion Concerns and Climate Vision (3/30/2024)
- Maryland Sierra Club Comments on the TPB Draft CLRP Vision 2045 and Toll Lane and Climate Issues (5/17/2022)
- Maryland Sierra Club Comments on the TPB Long Range Transportation Plan Vision 2045 and Climate Issues (4/19/2022)
- Maryland Sierra Club Comments on MWCOG TPB Climate Change Mitigation Study and Highway Expansion (12/15/2021)
- Maryland Sierra Club Comments on the MWCOG TPB Re-Vote on the I-495 & I-270 HOT Lanes (7/20/2021)
- Comments to Baltimore Regional Transportation Board on Draft 2022-2025 Transportation Improvement Program (7/9/2021)
- Maryland Sierra Club Comments on the MWCOG TPB Long Range Transportation Plan (5/18/2021)
- Maryland Sierra Club Comments on the Visualize 2045 Plan Update (5/3/2021)
Statements and Press Releases Related to the I-495 & I-270 Highway Expansion Toll Lane Project
- Request for Reconsideration, Appeal of MDE Water Quality Certification for the I-495 and I-270 Toll Lanes Project (6/19/2023)
- Court Asked to Put Brakes on Beltway Toll Lanes Project (6/16/2023)
- Groups Sue to Halt Beltway Toll Lane Project (10/11/2022)
- New Expert Review Exposes Critical Errors and Omissions in Governor Hogan’s I-495 and I-270 Toll Lane Expansion Plan (7/21/2022)
- Letter from 62 Groups to Secretary Buttigieg on the I-495 & I-270 Toll Lanes Project FEIS and the Need for a Comment Period (6/30/2022)
- MDOT Gives Public One Month to Review 26,000 Pages on Gov. Hogan’s Flawed I-495 and I-270 Toll Lanes Project (6/17/2022)
- CSG and Sierra Club Hail Historic Vote at the DC region’s Transportation Planning Board to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions But Decry the Continued Inclusion of the Highway Expansions – including 495/270 – that Will Undermine this Goal (6/15/2022)
- Maryland Sierra Club Section 106 Comments on the I-495 & I-270 MLS (4/14/2022)
- Press Release Regarding Concerns About Toll Lane Limits Suggested by TPB Long-Range Transportation Plan (4/13/2022)
- Maryland Sierra Club Section 106 Comments on the I-495 & I-270 MLS (2/3/2022)
- Letter to FHWA and MDOT on Need for Further Formal Review of I-495 & I-270 MLS NEPA Documents (1/4/2022)
- Over 50 Groups and City Deliver a Sharp Legal Critique Challenging Gov. Hogan’s I-495 and I-270 Toll Lane Plan (12/1/2021)
- Verbal Comments on the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) Public Comment Hearing (11/1/2021)
- Written Testimony on the Toll Rate Range Setting Process for Phase 1 South: American Legion Bridge I-270 to I-370 Round #2 (10/28/2021)
- Sierra Club Statement on Vote of Board of Public Works to Advance P3 Toll Lane Expansion (8/11/2021)
- Sierra Club Statement on July 21, 2021 Transportation Planning Board Vote (7/21/2021)
- Sierra Club Calls on Facebook, Change Maryland to Remove Misleading Ads (7/16/2021)
- Written Testimony on the Toll Rate Range Setting Process for Phase 1 South: American Legion Bridge I-270 to I-370 (7/12/2021)
- Written Testimony on the Phase 1 P3 Agreement, I-495 & I-270 Relief Plan (6/29/2021)
- Sierra Club Statement on Maryland Highway Defeat in Key Vote (6/17/2021)
- Groups Ask MDTA To Postpone Vote on Toll Lane Contract (6/4/2021)
- African American Cemetery Threatened by State’s I-495/I-270 Expansion Listed on “America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places” (6/3/2021)
- Statement on MDOT's New Recommended Alternative for I-495/I-270 Toll Lane Widening (5/12/2021)
- Open Letter to Comptroller About Toll Lane Expansion – MAST Coalition Opinion in Maryland Matters (5/6/2021)
- Md. Sierra Club: Will the Senate Co-Own Hogan’s Highway Boondoggle? – Maryland Matters (4/9/2021)
- Legislators & Advocates Tell the Maryland Department of Transportation to Keep Its Promises to Taxpayers and the Environment (2/24/2021)
- It's Time for Franchot, the BPW, and MDOT to Keep Their Promises (2/18/2021)
- Governor Hogan’s Toll Lane Plan Is Harmful and Legally Vulnerable 50 Groups Submit Over 200 Pages of Technical Analysis (11/9/2020)
- Proposed MD toll lanes to increase congestion for majority of drivers, shows new analysis (10/29/2020)
- MD State Highway Administration Fails to Notify Public of 1,600 pages added to DEIS (8/25/2020)
- Advocates Alarmed at 18,000 Page Environmental Impact Statement on Gov. Hogan’s I-495 and I-270 Widening Plan (7/10/2020)
- 44 Organizations Join the Call for More Time for Public Comment (7/2/2020)
- Maryland Advocates React to Hogan-Franchot Agreement and Launch Coalition to Change Direction of State Transportation Policy (1/3/2020)
- SC response to Peter Franchot announcement of compromise on highway expansion (1/3/2020)