Environmental governance was used to be regarded as the exclusive field of natural science. With the exposure of multiple problems in environmental governance, the importance of environmental sociology has been highlighted. Literature studies based on the clues of “knot” and “solution” show that academic circles have carried out multidimensional research on performance, reflection, theory, practice, and social mechanism of environmental governance. It is not an isolated social action, but embedded in a specific political, economic and social system. In recent years, the situation of national environmental governance has undergone structural changes, and its performance has changed significantly. Sociologists can conduct research on frontier issues within the framework of social response, social process and social impact on environmental governance. Deepening research on environmental governance will provide an important basis for the production of environmental sociology knowledge.