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At the Sierra Club, a Focus on Race, Gender and the Environment, Too
A debate about John Muir and racism thrust Ramón Cruz into a new leadership role. The New York Times / Feb. 18, 2022 As protests after...


Sierra Club’s president: Why we must confront our past
San Francisco Chronicles / September 4 2020 The Sierra Club recently began a process of publicly re-examining aspects of our difficult...


El ambientalista Ramón Cruz se postula al Senado por el Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana
El expresidente del Sierra Club, la organización ambiental más grande y antigua de Estados Unidos, tiene una vasta trayectoria en este...


Ramón Cruz Elected First Latino President of the Sierra Club
The Sierra Club / May 19. 2020 Ramón Cruz has been elected as the Sierra Club’s new president, becoming the first Latino to hold that...


Sierra Club President Ramón Cruz on Environmental Justice and Grassroots Organizing
American University / March 30, 2023 Sierra Club president Ramón Cruz, SIS/BA '98, has over 20 years of experience intersecting the...


Give Us Your Garbage
The New York Times / June19, 2005 LAST week, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg vetoed the City Council's rejection of marine transfer stations,...


The Bad Decision That Will Haunt Puerto Rico For Decades.
The island's broken, mismanaged electricity monopoly has stubbornly resisted investing in solar power — and now, it's doubling down on...


Puerto Rico Can Achieve Reliable And Equitable Clean Energy. Here’s What It’ll Take.
This post was written by Sierra Club President Ramón Cruz and Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp. Forbes / Aug 11, 2020...
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