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Environmental Justice and Community Partnerships

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

Memphis: Blacks Living Green

Author and publisher Sharon T. Freeman, PhD, spoke to a crowd of nearly 100 people in Memphis about her new book, Blacks Living Green, and her work as an African American publisher. At the event, Green Role Model awards were presented to ten local residents. "Through their work and activities, these role models promote a better quality of life for everyone and encourage environmental sustainability in the Memphis area," said Memphis Sierra Club Environmental Justice Coordinator Rita Harris. more Read more

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6.22.09
The Sierra Club and its tribal partners won a hard-fought victory on June 15 when 541 square miles of New Mexico's Mount Taylor, held sacred to many southwestern tribes, were listed on the state's Re...
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6.19.09
The signing ceremony in the Illinois Governor's office. Left to right: Springfield Mayor Tim Davlin, Governor Pat Quinn, CWLP General Manager Todd Renfrow, CMS Director James Sledge, Illinois Chapter...
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Across the country, from Washington, D.C., to Arizona, we're supporting communities as they tackle issues from coal companies sapping pristine drinking water to homes being destroyed by mountaintop-removal mining. more See where we're working




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