52. Elizabeth Yeampierre
Few environmental advocates have had as significant an impact fighting inequities in their community as Elizabeth Yeampierre. The climate justice leader helped the Sunset Park community get behind a new plan to turn the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal into an offshore wind hub while also creating jobs. Yeampierre has sought to shutter peaker plants that pollute the air and make the fashion industry more sustainable as well. She is also backing pending state legislation that would require fashion companies to track their environmental impact.