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Former Sierra Club president Aaron Mair speaks at a historic Mississippi March for Justice.
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.
Read moreOver 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.
Washington, D.C. - According to a notice reported by POLITICO’s E&E News, in a first round of layoffs, the Trump administration will begin firing Environmental Protection Agency staff focused on environmental justice issues on July 31…
Washington, D.C. - In an internal memo, Lee Zeldin announced the Environmental Protection Agency’s plans to shut down all offices responsible for addressing the disproportionat
Environmental and community groups filed a letter this morning with the Department of Energy urging the department not to rush to approve Energy Transfer's flawed application to export gas from the planned Lake Charles LNG export terminal.
On Friday, a group of Senate Republicans and Independents Manchin and Sinema introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution attempting to overturn a rule, released this spring by the White House Council on Environmental Quality,…
Today, the Biden administration’s White House Council on Environmental Quality released a final rule guiding federal decision making under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).