Environmental Policy & Law

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McClintock explores networked governance of Montreal’s solidarity greenhouses

Greenhouses in Montreal, Canada tend to be small scale and community operated, with equity missions. In this article, Nathan McClintock and co-authors characterize the everyday governance of these “solidarity greenhouses” and examine the conditions that mediate their emergence and success.
February 18, 2026
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Frazier receives 2025 LGBTQ Trailblazer in Law scholarship

The program empowers LGBTQ students pursuing a law degree and who show leadership and courage on behalf of the LGBTQ community.
January 29, 2026
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Kirk authors report advocating for renters’ right to cooling

A Renters’ Right to Cooling draws on the experiences of tenants in South L.A., an area disproportionately burdened by the effects of climate change and extreme heat, with less tree shade, green space, and other infrastructure investments than other parts of the city.
July 28, 2025
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Herrera joins School of Environment faculty at SFSU

In his new role as Assistant Professor, David is exploring how environmental justice organizations influence local and state policy through the implementation of community organizing and coalition building strategies.
July 28, 2025
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Candice Youngblood: fighting for the right to breathe

Green 2.0 recently featured a Q&A with Candice Youngblood on their blog highlighting environmental leaders. Green 2.0 is a nonprofit organization working to ensure that the environmental movement collaborates effectively and equitably to...
July 28, 2025
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Vera on volunteer effort to save climate data removed by Trump administration

Lourdes Vera spoke to NPR about her work volunteering to preserve climate-related data and tools from agency websites before they are stripped by the Trump administration.
June 30, 2025
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Mulvaney quoted on dismissal of National Climate Assessment authors

In April, “the Trump administration dismissed the hundreds of scientists and experts who had been compiling the federal government’s flagship report on how global warming is affecting the country,” according to the New York Times. The...
June 30, 2025
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Cindy Nguyen

2025 Fellow
Cindy Nguyen is a proud first-generation, Vietnamese-American dedicated to building a more healthy, just, and equitable world for all. Motivated by her experiences observing environmental-health burdens in Vietnamese nail salons, Cindy hopes to use legal tools to both confront the systems driving environmental-health inequities and empower historically overburdened communities to build their own versions of a just future.
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Timothy Onuh

2025 Fellow
Timothy Onuh researches innovative approaches to improve the removal efficiency of nanoparticles (an emerging contaminant) from wastewater systems and promote sustainable water treatment. He strives to integrate his research with policy advocacy, with the overarching goal of practically translating science and engineering principles into socially and environmentally responsible policies.
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Malika Kounkourou

2025 Fellow
Malika Kounkourou serves as a managing editor of the Harvard Environmental Law Review and is a research assistant at the Harvard Environmental and Energy Law Program. Her interests lie at the intersection of alternative dispute resolution systems, corporate accountability, and climate justice, with a focus on extractive industry governance.