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Report Offers Roadmap for Air Districts to Balance Regional and Local Impacts of Warehouses, Ports, Rail Yards, and other “Pollution Magnets”
March 19, 2025
Today, UC Irvine School of Law’s Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources, published a new report, Goods Movement and Environmental Justice Policy Pathologies. The report, written by Gregg Macey (UC Irvine School of Law) and Sue Dexter (...
Environmental Justice and Compassionate Administration
March 21, 2025
By Gregg Macey and Imari “Mars” KeithLost in the deluge of reports of government workers fired or placed on administrative leave are countless human moments. One account comes from Amanda Cronin. Two years after she was hired to work for the...
Black History Month and Environmental Justice: Connecting Our Past, Present, and Future
March 7, 2025
Celebrating Black leaders as the forefront of the Environmental Justice movement.
The Threat From Beneath: How Sea Level Rise Spreads Toxins
March 6, 2025
By Sally TobinA Brief History of ContaminationSan Francisco Bay has been immortalized in countless tourist photographs and numerous movies, but it hides a dirty secret: toxic waste. The dumping of contaminated waste has been an accepted practice...
A Year of Wins (Big and Small!) at the SF Bay Chapter
January 10, 2025
Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Chapter accomplished a lot of work in 2024. Our staff-led campaigns produced webinars and events, attended public hearings, and ran actions reaching thousands of members and supporters to educate them and galvanize them...
Restoring Natural Waterways in San Francisco’s Mission District and Mission Bay
June 20, 2024
The Sierra Club files complaint against stormwater improvement project in San Francisco’s Mission District to demand separated green infrastructure solution instead of extending legacy combined sewer system.
The Bay Does Earth Day
April 11, 2024
Your pocket guide to Earth Month events here, there, and everywhere around the Bay Area.
Despite Trial Decision, Hope Remains to Keep Coal Out of Oakland
March 29, 2024
The battle to keep coal out of Oakland hit a new milestone with the conclusion of the contract dispute trial between the City of Oakland and the would-be developers of a coal terminal, Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal (OBOT). Though the trial has...
The Bay Chapter Turns 100 Years Old
March 29, 2024
Join us to celebrate our chapter's 100th anniversary on May 18th, 2024 from 5 - 8 pm at the Berkeley City Club.