Montgomery Community Media

It’s going to be a beautiful Friday. Here are five more things to know today, June 2nd, in Montgomery County: 1. Lyme Alert: Montgomery County health officials are sharing important information about Lyme disease and what you can do to protect yourself when outdoors this summer. For more information, visit the county’s website, here. 2. Water […]

President Donald Trump’s announcement that he was pulling the United States out of the Paris climate change agreement, sparked local officials to take to Twitter: Reneging on #ParisAccord harms our standing as a world leader, risks our economy, & threatens the world that our descendants must inhabit. — Brian Frosh, Former Attorney General of Maryland […]

Feisty is how Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner described residents during a town hall meeting on Wednesday evening. Hundreds of residents gathered at the Long Branch Community Center in Silver Spring to voice their concerns to members of the Montgomery County Council. For Thomas Nephew, co-founder of the Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition, he […]

More than 30 students at Eastern Middle School were recognized on Wednesday for winning C-SPAN’s annual student video documentary competition titled, “StudentCam.” “We’ve had a lot of winners from Eastern which is why we’re here to recognize them in front of their families, friends and peers,” Doug Hemmig, spokesperson for C-SPAN said. C-SPAN’s StudentCam competition […]

Millions of people are expected to take part in Earth Hour at 8:30 p.m. on March 25th. The idea is to turn off the lights to inspire climate change action. Find out more, below: In April, Montgomery County will celebrate Earth Month. For details about environmental volunteer opportunities visit, here.

Jamie Raskin is running for Maryland’s 8th Congressional District seat. Raskin recently stopped by Montgomery Community Media studios to record his candidate statement. MyMCMedia caught up with Raskin in the newsroom and in this Extra video, he talks about his efforts on climate change. Raskin will be on the ballot on April 26, when Marylanders can […]

How healthy is your air? The American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report is out today and Montgomery County gets some mixed grades. The report reviews monitoring data on the two most common and harmful types of air pollution – ozone (smog) and particle pollution (soot) – and compiles a “report card” telling […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner, on the annual celebration of Earth Day, April 22, made the following statement as the Council prepared to vote on nine measures he sponsored to address the long-term protection of the environment and the use of clean energy: The complete text of Councilmember Berliner’s statement: “Colleagues, today our Council honors […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner is known as being an advocate for the environment, having sponsored a host of measures aimed at protection. This week, he has taken another step in that mission by introducing a package of bills that address climate change. Susan Kenedy reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view […]

Governor Martin O’Malley released the following statement on President Obama’s climate action plan: “Climate change is real. We in Maryland applaud the vision that President Obama offered to the American people today. By targeting the number one source of greenhouse gas emissions, President Obama is moving the United States in the right direction toward strongly […]