environmental justice

From the Field

A Crisis of Habitation in LA’s Last Remaining Wetland

Deike Peters & Sam Lutzker - 18 March 2025

As housing crises become increasingly entangled with environmental crises, the question of just outcomes requires...

Debates

The Banality of Innovation: Mythic Discourse and the Long Road to Shore Power in New York City

Iain McDavid - 3 December 2024

If the New York City Economic Development Corporation is committed to the city’s “green transformation, ” then why is...

Reviews

The Just Transition, Economic Democracy, and the Green New Deal

Evan Casper-Futterman & Jason Spicer - 5 November 2019

Can participatory and economic democracy in the US support a Green New Deal? Evan Casper‑Futterman and Jason Spicer...

Interviews

Global Climate Crisis and the City: An Interview with Ashley Dawson

Ashley Dawson & Maura McGee - 3 April 2019

An interview with Ashley Dawson, professor of English at the College of Staten Island and the Graduate Center, CUNY,...

From the Field

Killing Them Softly: The Environmental Vulnerability of Black Women in Albany, New York

Tanesha A. Thomas - 23 October 2018

In Albany’s South End, a predominantly low-income African-American neighborhood, tanks storing environmentally...

From the Field

Planning for the Unimaginable: Puerto Rico and Strategies for Climate-Change Adaptation

Cecelia Walsh-Russo - 1 May 2018

The damage from the two hurricanes that struck Puerto Rico was multiplied by US austerity plans that deprived the...

Series

Climate Change and Social Change

Gregory Smithsimon - 3 April 2018

Cities are home to more than half the world’s population and the source of most global CO2 emissions—and yet often...

Essays

The Urban Heart of a Just Transition: How Cities Plan for Social Justice in Climate Action

Alexa Waud - 3 April 2018

Cities are often framed as sustainability saviors. Alexa Waud analyzes 20 climate action plans of cities that...

Essays

Institutional Roadblocks to Achieving Environmental Justice Through Public Participation: The Case of CSO Control in US Cities

Rebekah Breitzer - 24 January 2018

Rather than meaningfully involving representatives of environmental-justice communities in decisions about the...

Reviews

Between Green Paris and Immigrant Paris: The Politics of the Jardins d’Éole

Maura McGee - 21 March 2017

As leaders in global cities reimagine and rebuild their metropolises as green capitals of the future, who has the...

Debates

Building a Resilient and Equitable City: How to Advance Environmental Justice Through the OneNYC Plan

Eddie Bautista & Annel Hernandez & Juan Camilo Osorio & Pamela Soto - 1 March 2017

Many of the challenges that cities face today stem from historic and entrenched systemic policies and processes that...

Debates

Climate Action Plans and the “Climate-Just” City

Cecelia Walsh-Russo - 27 September 2016

In the face of major climatic changes, more and more US cities are developing climate action plans. But while these...

A Crisis of Habitation in LA’s Last Remaining Wetland

The Banality of Innovation: Mythic Discourse and the Long Road to Shore Power in New York City

The Just Transition, Economic Democracy, and the Green New Deal

Global Climate Crisis and the City: An Interview with Ashley Dawson

Killing Them Softly: The Environmental Vulnerability of Black Women in Albany, New York

Planning for the Unimaginable: Puerto Rico and Strategies for Climate-Change Adaptation

Climate Change and Social Change

The Urban Heart of a Just Transition: How Cities Plan for Social Justice in Climate Action

Institutional Roadblocks to Achieving Environmental Justice Through Public Participation: The Case of CSO Control in US Cities

Between Green Paris and Immigrant Paris: The Politics of the Jardins d’Éole

Building a Resilient and Equitable City: How to Advance Environmental Justice Through the OneNYC Plan

Climate Action Plans and the “Climate-Just” City

Series

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