March 27, 2017
Statement of Lisa Hoyos, Director of Climate Parents, on Donald Trump’s anti-environmental executive orders at EPA
Environmental Justice
Environmental Justice
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Former Sierra Club president Aaron Mair speaks at a historic Mississippi March for Justice.
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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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Lower 9th Ward: Rightfully Returned
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.
Press Releases
February 27, 2017
Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump will sign an executive order to review and ultimately undo the Clean Water Rule. The rule protects millions of acres of wetlands and streams across the country that filter pollutants, provide habitat for fish…
May 11, 2017
WASHINGTON, DC - As reported by POLITICO Pro, scientists resigned today from an EPA advisory panel in protest of Administrator Scott Pruitt’s recent decision not to reappoint nine members of the Board of Scientific Counselors, a panel of outside…
April 17, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A diverse group of religious leaders will tell Donald Trump tomorrow that mother nature is sounding the alarm on climate and that his administration’s actions are morally unacceptable. Faith leaders from numerous faith traditions…
May 10, 2017
Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Mike Pence and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to lead a commission investigating Trump’s repeatedly disproven assertion of the existence of voter fraud. Despite no…