Environmental Justice

Environmental problems affect everyone on the planet, but disenfranchised communities are often the most affected and least represented. We mentor and develop a diverse contingent of experts while confronting injustices at the community and global level.

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Analyzing Trump’s Cabinet picks

Alison Hewitt

Lee Zeldin, the former New York congressman President-elect Donald Trump chose to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, is a perplexing choice, says UCLA environmental law expert Ann Carlson. In fact, all of…

In the News

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UCLA’s Center for Diverse Leadership in Science hosts climate justice event with the Hip Hop Caucus

UCLA’s Center for Diverse Leadership in Science (CDLS) hosted a packed panel and documentary screening on climate justice with the civic engagement group the Hip Hop Caucus, covered by Spectrum…

UCLA's Center for Diverse Leadership and Hip Hop Caucus hosting a panel discussion on climate justice

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My journey in conserving Lake Chad: A story of Ecofeminism approach and Innovative Technology

By 2024 Pritzker Award Finalist Adenike Oladosu Titilope I was born when Nigeria had a series of environmental challenges, especially in the region of Lake Chad, a place where many environmentalists…


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A Vow To The Forest

Pritzker Award finalist Nina Gualinga reflects on her childhood in the Ecuadorian Amazon and her fight for Indigenous rights, gender and climate justice


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Travis Longcore for National Geographic — Light Pollution is Harming our Health

UCLA ecologist and adjunct professor Travis Longcore discussed the effects of light pollution through the leens of environmental injustice for National Geographic. From insomnia to cancer, the pervasive impacts of…

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Dr. Anne Rimoin discusses California Covid surge—KTLA

UCLA epidemiologist Dr. Anne Rimoin joined KTLA News to discuss California’s strong and persistent COVID spike this summer in a new video. She shared what we need to know, along…

Videos

Student practicum team drills into urban oil fields

A student-led survey has uncovered stark disparities in public health outcomes for L.A. neighborhoods with oil and gas drilling.

Open for business in the Congo rainforest

Recently, crew of college students from UCLA and Cameroon left convenience behind and plunged into the rainforest. Their objective: reopen a field station that had been shuttered for two decades,…

Publications

Quantifying the electric service panel capacities of California’s residential buildings

Eric Daniel Fournier, Robert Cudd, Samantha Smithies, Stephanie Pincetl

Published Work | 2024 | Energy Policy

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