Next Meeting and Other Upcoming Events
2020 HCCA Membership Meetings are on the third Wednesday of each month (except November and December) from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. We normally meet in the first floor conference room of MedStar Health, but COVID-19 restrictions have moved us on-line.
Next Meeting: Wednesday, August 19, 6-8 p.m: Zoom meeting. Email hcclimateaction@gmail.com for the link. Main topics: 1) Abingdon Business Park and 2) Regenerative Farming Pollinator Garden Project
Category Archives: HCCA Campaigns
Kathy Tunney: County should help purchase Abingdon Woods
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
“Extinction is forever” -Fawn Palmer alerts Council to endangered species in Abingdon Woods
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 … Continue reading
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Dont let Abingdon become a “Toxic Tour” site – Aravinda Pillalamarri
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 … Continue reading
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Carol Nau: Council should Stand up for Harford County
Carol Nau says Abingdon Business Park does not meet standards of business development and asks the Council to stand up for Harford County.
Tracey Waite Brings Receipts
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.
Find Alternate Sites – Lakshmi Tadepalli to Harford County Council
Lakshmi Tadepalli reads a poem about trees and asks the Harford County Council why we are destroying the wetlands for the sake of warehouses.
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Abingdon Woods ecosystem services worth at least $5.4 billion over 50 years – Nancy Post to Harford County Council
#StopABP: Abingdon Woods ecosystem services worth at least $5.4 billion over 50 years – Nancy Post to Harford County Council
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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
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Stop Abingdon Business Park
Harford County Climate Action is a member of a coalition of parties opposed to the destruction of Abingdon Woods, i.e. to the “Abingdon Business Park” plan. We are partnering with Friends of Harford and neighborhood associations, such as Autumn Run, … Continue reading
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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
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