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Stop the Money Pipeline Frontline Dispatch Webinar Part 2

"Cancer Alley," a region along the Mississippi River in Louisiana, has some of the highest cancer rates in the country due to its dense concentration of polluting industries. Despite this, there are plans to expand this chemical corridor with even more factories. Sharon Lavigne, the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize winner, 2022 Laetare Medal recipient (The Laetare Medal is the most prestigious ...
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Next Top Energy Star event @ Meadowside Nature Center

Are You Montgomery County's Next Top Energy Star? Saturday, June 8, 2024 |  10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Meadowside Nature Center 5100 Meadowside Lane, Rockville, MD 20855 In partnership with Montgomery Parks, we are looking for our Next Top Energy Star! Attend our Energy Star program and pass the challenges: learn about electricity, tackle the topic of pollution, and identify sources of energy. ...
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SAPPlings Webinar: Artificial Turf Trouble at Our Schools & Playgrounds

SPEAKER: Kathleen Michels has a Ph.D. in neurobiology and more than 30 years of experience in biomedical research related to global public health. She and her Safe Healthy Playing Fields (www.safehealthyplayingfields.org) and Sierra Club Maryland Chapter colleagues have addressed plastic pollution in general and plastic synthetic turf field and waste tire playground carpeting in particular ...
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DC EcoWomen EcoHour with Liz Nussbaumer

Register for our upcoming EcoHour with Liz Nussbaumer. Event hosted on Thursday, January 19th from 6 to 8:30pm. ABOUT LIZ: Liz joined the Center for a Livable Future in 2019 as a Program Officer in the Seafood, Public Health and Food Systems Project, following nearly seven years at Food & Water Watch in Washington, D.C., where she worked most recently as a Senior Researcher. Previously, Li...
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Sierra Club Maryland: Pollution and Public Health in Southern Maryland: Community Forum

Pollution and Public Health in Southern Maryland: Community Forum Date and Time: Tue, Aug 18, 2020  7:00 PM  - 8:30 PM  Organized By: Sierra Club Southern Maryland Group Event Organizers: Benjamin Hance    benjamin.t.hance@gmail.com    (410) 610-7487 Join us for a discussion on Southern Maryland's struggle with pollution, and how the degradation of the environment is li...
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Saving Our Streams: The Clean Water Adventure

Saving our Streams: The Clean Water Adventure Sun. Feb. 16th, 2:00 - 3:30 pm National Wildlife Visitor Center, 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, MD 20708 Ages 10+, registration required Oh no! Our water is being polluted and only you can help! Manage stream health like a natural areas manager with this interactive lesson. Some programs require advance registration by calling 301-4...
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12th Annual Trash Summit: Business Solutions for Plastic Pollution

Alice Ferguson Foundation Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative 12th Annual Trash Summit: Business Solutions for Plastic Pollution 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM  •  Tuesday, October 16, 2018 George Mason University, Arlington, VA This year’s Trash Summit will bring together hundreds of community members, business leaders, elected officials, non-profit partners and municipal staff to explore priva...
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