Next Meeting and Other Upcoming Events
2019 HCCA Membership Meetings are on the third Wednesday of each month (except November and December) from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at 12 Medstar Blvd, Bel Air, MD. We meet in the first floor conference room of MedStar Health.
Tuesday, November 5: Election Day. Please VOTE! Democracy matters!
Wednesday, November 6 @ 7 p.m.: Maryland Department of the Environment will be holding a public hearing regarding the Wetlands and Waterways Permit that must be obtained for Abingdon Business Park to be built. Plans will be available for review starting at 6:30 p.m. Sign up to speak at 6:30 p.m. RALLY from 6-6:30 p.m. Wear BLUE to show your opposition to this development. Location: Edgewood High School at 2415 Willoughby Beach Road, Edgewood, MD. Plan your testimony now! We need your voice!
Sunday, November 10, 1:00-4:00 p.m., Annual Meeting. Five years of HCCA! 2014-2019. Ames United Methodist Church, 112 Baltimore Pike, Bel Air, MD 21014. Bring a dish for the 1:00 p.m. potluck. Speaker: Brooke Harper, now with 350.org.
For Updates on Juliana v United States go t0 link below or check out the podcast “No Ordinary Lawsuit”. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kr0yivqWE3H71_J-XJwmLjBT2cIHVfE-JXrG63fG1fA/edit?usp=sharing
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Town of Bel Air Election – HCCA Q&A
The candidates for the Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners are listed below in alphabetical order. Harford County Climate Action (HCCA) is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to addressing the climate crisis through local action. We can’t endorse any candidates, … Continue reading
Town of Bel Air Candidates speak to HCCA
Harford County Climate Action invited Candidates running for the Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners to speak to interested members of the community at the Harford County Climate Action monthly meeting on Sept 16 2019.
Woods not Warehouses, Ecosystems not Enterprise Zones! People over Profits!
Woods not Warehouses, Ecosystems not Enterprise Zones! People over Profits! Since January when a sign placed in the woods alerted nearby residents of a plan to convert the 326 acre wetland forest area to a warehouse business park, the community … Continue reading
2019 bills HCCA supported
In 2019, Harford County Climate Action supported 9 bills in the Maryland State Legislature. View PDF: 2019 Bills Supported by HCCA The first three listed here passed. HB 1453/Senate Bill 732, the Maryland Clean Energy Jobs Act (Renewable Energy and Job … Continue reading
A Message from the Future
In “A Message form the Future with Alexandria Ocaso-Cortez,” environmental journalist Naomi Klein writes, We realized that the biggest obstacle to the kind of transformative change the Green New Deal envisions is overcoming the skepticism that humanity could ever pull … Continue reading
Community Opposes Abingdon Business Park at County Council
Since early in 2019 when community members in Abingdon – Joppa – Edgewood brought to the notice of Harford County Climate Action that a 300 acre stretch of woods along the Haha Branch of the Bush River was being threatened … Continue reading
Harford and Cecil Youth Strike for Climate in Annapolis #FridaysForFuture
Calling attention to the urgency of the climate crisis, students converged in Annapolis on Friday, March 15. They demanded that people and governments work together to end dependence on fossil fuels and promote clean renewable energy. The young activists … Continue reading
