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Kathryn Canepa

Environmental Justice Leader, 2026-27
Air Pollution Specialist, California Air Resources Board

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Maria Lopez de la Cruz

Environmental Justice Leader, 2026-27
Associate Director, Stockton Service Corps

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Applications Open for the FRI Research Team

by Sarah McCullough
September 18, 2026

FRI seeks students, community members, and partners to join our 2026-27 Research Teams. We will have teams working on the following research questions:

Feminist Approaches to Environmental Justice

Are you seeking to improve your skills and knowledge based to be a better collaborator or partner when working with communities impacted by environmental injustice?

Applications Open for 2026-27 Environmental Justice Leaders

by Sarah McCullough
June 19, 2026

The UC Davis Feminist Research Institute and UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies invite experienced environmental justice professionals interested in sustainable transportation, mobility justice, research justice, and/or

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Can Artificial Intelligence and Environmental Justice Coexist?

by Sarah McCullough
February 16, 2026

The creation of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude are widely vilified as a crime against the climate. The massive amounts of energy, water, and natural resources used in their creation is well-documented--or at least as well as restrictive interpretations of proprietary knowledge will allow.

Feminist and Queer Environmental Futures: A Call for Planning and Action

With the escalated attacks on environmental justice, immigrants and refugees, trans and queer people, and BIPOC communities, the urgency to build and nurture movements of resistance and freedom have never been greater.