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Q&A with Sunaura Taylor, author of Disabled Ecologies
May 30 2024
Deep below the ground in Tucson, Arizona, lies an aquifer forever altered by the detritus of a postwar Superfund site. Disabled Ecologies tells the story of this contamination and its ripple effects through the largely Mexican American community living above. Drawing on her own complex relationship
How to Unmake the Bomb
Apr 15 2024
By Shannon Cram, author of Unmaking the Bomb: Environmental Cleanup and the Politics of Impossibility"A powerfully researched and important look at the ravages of nuclear waste remediation."—One of the Best Indie Books of 2023, Kirkus ReviewsI stumbled into this project in 2004, while w
How to do Bolder, Better Community-Engaged Environmental Justice Research
Apr 03 2024
By Michael Mascarenhas, author of Toxic Water, Toxic System: Environmental Racism and Michigan's Water WarMy new book, Toxic Water, Toxic System is not just the story of how the state failed Black communities in Michigan—poisoning an entire city and shutting off water to thousands of people. It’
How federal tax dollars meant to fight climate change could end up boosting Louisiana’s fossil fuel production
Apr 03 2024
By Ned Randolph, author of Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta: A Call for ReclamationThis post was originally published on The Conversation, and is reposted here with permission.Billions of federal tax dollars will soon be pouring into Louisiana to fight climate change, yet the pr
Q&A with Özge Yaka, author of Fighting for the River
Nov 30 2023
This interview was originally published on New Books Network and an excerpted version is reposted here with permission.Hello and welcome to New Books in Middle Eastern Studies. I am your host, Alize Arıcan. Today, I am joined by Özge Yaka, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Geographical Scien
Meet Naja Pulliam Collins, our new Associate Editor of Geography and Environmental Studies
Mar 16 2023
We’re pleased to announce that Naja Pulliam Collins is our new Associate Editor of Geography and Environmental Studies! Naja joined UC Press in 2021 and assisted the editors for environmental studies and history before assuming her new role in early 2023. Prior to coming to UC Press, she spent sever
In a Soggy Winter, Reflecting on the Historic Rains of 1918 in the Santa Clara Valley
Mar 16 2023
By Anne Marie Todd, author of Valley of Heart's Delight: Environment and Sense of Place in the Santa Clara ValleyThe winter of 2023 has been especially soggy in the Santa Clara Valley. In January, San José received 5.67 inches of rain. Flooding, mudslides, and downed trees and powerlines have ma
The Ward Valley Nuclear Waste Dump That Never Was
Feb 25 2022
By Tracy Perkins, author of Evolution of a Movement: Four Decades of California Environmental Justice ActivismGroup photo at the annual Ward Valley commemoration ceremony. February 24, 2018. Photo by author.Today, there is no nuclear waste dump in Ward Valley. This beautiful stretch of Calif
Q&A with Adam Romero, author of Economic Poisoning
Feb 24 2022
Adam M. Romero is Assistant Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell.The toxicity of pesticides to the environment and humans is often framed as an unfortunate effect of their benefits to agricultural production. In Economic Poisoning
Amplifying Electric Power and People Power Transformations in Public-Facing Research
May 28 2021
By Catalina M. de Onís, author of Energy Islands: Metaphors of Power, Extractivism, and Justice in Puerto RicoPuerto Rico’s electric energy problems are widely recognized as one of the most pressing issues facing residents. There are two competing visions for the archipelago’s energy future: ong