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U.Va. Repair Lab, students collaborate on historical climate change projectStudents in a climate crisis history course provide historical context of climate gentrification in Norfolk, VA. |
The Fight Against Big Tobacco Can Teach Us How to Fight Big OilSarah Milov discusses comparisons between Big Oil and Big Tobacco. |
Disaster flicks like ‘Don’t Look Up’ won’t spur climate change action. Here’s why.UVA environmental historian and lecturer Justin McBrien published in the Washington Post. January 27, 2022 Read More |
Opinion: Beaches belong to everyone, not the privileged fewAndrew Kahrl discusses the accessibility of public beaches. July 29, 2021 Read More |
'You can't live in a swamp': Virginia fishing village threatened by rising sea levelsRepair Lab researcher and anthropologist Jonna Yarrington quoted in NBC news story about sinking Tangier Island. |
Measuring Houston’s environmental injustice from spaceSally Pusede and Angelique Demetillo lead a study evaluating the use of space-based measurements to describe air pollution environmental justice in Houston, TX. July 21, 2021 Read More |
New Award Enables Repair Lab Faculty Research on Toxic WasteKwame Otu discusses his project looking at the lives of e-waste workers, “Scenes of Toxicity.” October 19, 2021 Read More |
A local look at air pollution highlights inequalities within citiesWork by Sally Pusede and Angelique Demetillo featured on the cover of Chemistry & Engineering News. June 20, 2021 Read More |
Satellite data reveal that diesel trucking drives US air pollution inequalitySally Pusede and Angelique Demetillo use satellite data to quantify the contribution of diesel trucking to nitrogen dioxide air pollution inequality in 52 U.S. cities. September 21, 2021 Read More |