Environmental Justice

Environmental Justice

Environmental Justice

Our Mission: To discuss and explore the linkages between environmental quality and social justice, and to promote dialogue, increased understanding, and appropriate action.


Former Sierra Club president Aaron Mair speaks at a historic Mississippi March for Justice.

About Our Program

At the Sierra Club, we are diligently working to explore the integration of social justice and environmental concerns. Our program seeks to provide an effective framework for addressing the damage, risk, and discrimination facing so many communities today.

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Over a decade after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the Gulf Coast still fights for the most basic of rights: to return home, breathe clean air, and drink clean water.
11 de noviembre de 2022

La administración Biden ha propuesto la Regulación sobre Riesgos y Resiliencia Climáticos de los Abastecedores Federales, la cual requeriría a los grandes contratistas federales revelar públicamente sus emisiones de efecto invernadero.

November 3, 2022

This morning, local residents and members of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas gathered along HWY 48 outside the proposed site of Rio Grande LNG where clear-cutting is currently taking place.

November 3, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C.

25 de octubre de 2022

La administración Biden anunció la semana pasada su nuevo compromiso con la iniciativa Comprar Limpio, la cual capacita al gobierno federal para abastecerse de productos industriales que fomenten inversiones en reducir las emisiones de carbono.

October 24, 2022

On Friday, October 28 at 7 pm ET, Sierra Club Connecticut Chapter will be hosting the Remington Woods Town Hall, in partnership with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Division. Graduate school students from the Yale…