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.
2 de octubre de 2020

Comunidades de todo el país aplauden una decisión de juez federal que requiere que la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) cumpla con la ley e investigue quejas de derechos civiles oportunamente.

September 23, 2020

Oakland, CA -- Today, a Kentucky grand jury indicted only Brett Hankison, one of the three officers involved in the murder of Breonna Taylor, on three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree.  In response to the grand jury’s decision…

17 de septiembre de 2020

El Sierra Club expresa su gratitud por la enormidad de las contribuciones de la comunidad latina al movimiento ambiental y nuestra organización, pese a que este movimiento no ha sido todo lo abierto que debería.

September 17, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC - In September 1968, Congress authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to proclaim National Hispanic Heritage Week. The original celebration was observed during the week that included September 15 and 16 and was expanded in 1988 by…

16 de septiembre de 2020

Bloomberg Philanthropies y el Sierra Club anunciaron que la campaña Más Allá del Carbón ha logrado retirar el 60% de las plantas térmicas de carbón de Estados Unidos —318 de las 530 hasta hoy. Este hito duplica la meta original, establecida en 2011…