In cooperation with the National Endowment for the Arts, Harford County Library is offering the public copies of Lab Girl by Hope Jahren, an award winning scientist who writes beautifully. Contact your local branch to pick up a free copy.
Continue readingPlease help us to achieve four goals:
1) to get the owner and developers of the planned “I-95 Logistics Center”, otherwise known as “Abingdon Business Park,” to cooperate in investigating selling Abingdon Woods for preservation,
2) to get Harford County Councilmen to take Abingdon Woods out of the Edgewood/Joppa Enterprise Zone
3) to have Harford County Councilmen and County Executive Barry Glassman to commit to not forcing sale of land homeowners and homeowners associations don’t want to sell so that the developer can do “needed” road expansions mandated for this development plan and
4) to get Governor Hogan to step in at this time when forests must be preserved in order to slow climate change…
Continue readingThe Coalition to Stop the Abingdon Business Park from clearing 326 acres of wetland forest to make way for over 2 million square feet of new warehouses in a county with dozens of vacant warehouses already needs you! Please help meet the expenses of filing injunctions and following up with legal efforts to prevent developers from cutting the trees and displacing the animals from their home in Abingdon Woods.
In 2019 Harford County Climate Action was active on several fronts, working to oppose drilling off Maryland shores, campaign to protect Abingdon Woods from planned warehouse development, advocate for legislation, express solidarity with global struggles for environmental justice and act locally to keep Harford County beautiful.
Kathy Tunney recommends to the county council that they look into a way to purchase the Abingdon Woods property and preserve it as a recreational park for the public.
17 Dec 2019 – Harford County Council meeting – Public Comment
Fawn Palmer, senior naturalist, remindes the Harford County Council that extinction is forever and alerts them to endangered status of the Spongy Arrowhead, Sagittaria spatulata which grows in the freshwater, tidal mud flats in the HaHa Branch where it empties into Otter Point Creek. She calls for an environmental impact assessmentt o determine the presence of other endangered species.
10 December 2019 meeting of Harford County Council.
Veronica Cassilly tells the Council that Harford County’s children and grandchildren deserve better than to see the quality of the land and water decline even though we have been warned and can prevent further damage. Though she is aware that developers have contributed to council members she says “I personally cannot believe that you would sell me out.”
Meeting of Harford County Council Dec 10 2019
Aravinda Pillalamarri asks County Council to protect Abingdon Woods so that the site does not in the future become a site of air and water pollution, flooding and other environmental damage. She warns that it may become the site of a “Toxic Tour,” serving as a cautionary tale for others in a position to prevent such disasters before it is too late.
10 December 2019 meeting of Harford County Council.
Chesapeake Waterkeepers are calling for help. Here is their action alert, excerpted from Tell Gov. Hogan to Fix the Bad Deal with Exelon on Conowingo Dam!
We need your help! There are 3 things you can do:
1. Tell Governor Hogan to withdraw the current settlement immediately. We need a settlement that is transparent, fair and doesn’t set a bad precedent by waiving the state’s authority to protect local waterways. Use our form below or click here to send an email today!
2. Sign our petition, and we will submit your comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The comment period ends January 19, 2020.
3. Submit your own comments directly to FERC at this link. You can copy and paste our template and add additional comments. You will need to open an account and search for Docket # P-405-106.
For further information please read:
Tracey Waite calls out campaign contributions and asks if they have influenced council votes on the Abingdon Business Park which would destroy 300+ acres of wetlands in Abingdon Woods.
