Maryland Chapter

Anne Arundel County Group

Smart Energy Solutions to Global Warming

The Sierra Club’s Cool Cities program is one of the Smart Energy Solutions the Club has rolled out in this country. The goal of Sierra Club is to reduce energy consumption in the United States by 2% per year for 40 years. This will result in an 80% reduction in carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming by 2050.

We have several Cool Cities Committees around Maryland, including one in Anne Arundel County. This program was organized last fall and has met several times since then.

Things we have accomplished so far:

We asked County Executive Leopold to sign on to the Seattle Mayor’s agreement to lower carbon emissions, and he did!
We sponsored a Global Warming Solutions program starring Mayor Ellen Moyer and had 75 people show up.
We lobbied our Anne Arundel Delegates and Senators to support several Smart Energy Solutions bills, and several of them did.

Things we are doing in the future:

Work with the County and the City to help implement their energy solutions programs
Ask the County and City to pass green buildings programs
Encourage County citizens to buy locally produced food and other products
Have tables at the Step-it-up day (April 14th) and Earth Day (April 21) with information on how individuals can reduce carbon output
Hold regular meetings to generate other ideas on the first Thursday of the month. Next meeting is Thursday May 3, 7:00 at the Unitarian Church on Dubois Road.