In The Press
Press Mentions
2024
What EJ leaders want from EPA’s gas rule do-over, E&E News by Politico, 3/8/2024 (full access PDF here)
2023
It’s Time We Put an End to the Carbon Capture Farce, Common Dreams, 11/14/2023
Local and global environmental justice leaders share ancestral traditions, KUAM News, 10/23/2023
The Making Waves Summit set in Guam Oct. 20-21, Saipan Tribune, 10/16/2023
Is Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Racist?, Go Green Radio, 9/8/2023
‘Down your throat’: Biden pushes CCS on polluted places, E&E News by Politico, 8/22/2023
New York’s Apocalyptic Air Isn’t Deadly for Me. It Can Be for Others, The New Republic, 06/08/2023
Burning trash for the planet? Climate cash sets off branding frenzy, Washington Post, 05/29/2023
Advancing Climate Justice in New York City, PBS Thirteen, 04/10/2023
2022
Climate initiative centers on Black Americans, ABC News, 08/25/2022
Biden’s Justice40 initiative picking up speed after slow start, The New Lede, 08/09/2022
How One of the Most Polluted Neighborhoods in the US is Fighting Back, Business Insider, 08/04/2022
Testimony to the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (NJ DEP), Public Square, 07/28/2022
New Jersey releases blueprint for landmark environmental justice law, Grist, 06/22/2022
How science could aid the US quest for environmental justice, Nature, 06/02/2022
Experts to White House: EJ screening tool should consider race, E&E News, 06/01/2022
Is It Time to Stop Burning Our Garbage?, Bloomberg, 05/23/2022
Rep. Sheila Babauta chosen as NMC commencement’s keynote speaker, Marianas Variety, 05/19/2022
Rep. Sheila Babauta chosen as NMC commencement’s keynote speaker, Saipan Times, 05/19/2022
How did recycling get so confusing?, Borneo Bulletin, 05/06/2022
Cities Must Address The Threat Of Climate Change, Forbes, 04/22/2022
Trash or Recycling? Why Plastic Keeps Us Guessing, New York Times, 04/21/2022
Environmental justice groups sue over incinerator pollution, AP News, 01/27/2022
Reducing trash may reduce the need for incinerators in Mass., WBUR, 01/21/2022
White House departures send tremors through environmental community, Politico, 01/12/2022
2021
Foundations commit billions to fight climate change, Federal News Network, 11/11/2021
Do You Live Near a Cancer Hot Spot?, Cancer Health, A New Tox Map Lets You Know, 11/10/21
Talking trash: Communities face garbage double bind, Adirondack Explorer, 07/13/2021
Maine joins debate over how to define environmental justice, Energy News Network, 07/13/2021
Cumulative Impact Ordinances Address Environmental Justice, EHS Daily Advisor, 05/03/2021
Baltimore is burning trash, so we're starving the fire, The Guradian, 04/13/2021
The people who caused the climate crisis aren’t the ones who will fix it, Ted Talks 02/25/2021
40% of climate benefits? Explaining Biden's EJ promise, E&E News, 02/16/2021
Environmental Groups’ Greatest Obstacle May Not Be Republican Opposition, Politico, 02/05/2021
Pledge drive urges funding racially diverse climate efforts, The Independent, 02/04/2021
Pledge drive urges funding racially diverse climate efforts, Minneapolis Star Tribune, 02/04/2021
Pledge drive urges funding racially diverse climate efforts, AP, 02/04/2021
North Hempstead signs $11M trash disposal deal with Covanta, Newsday, 01/27/2021
2020
The people who cause the climate crisis aren’t the ones who will fix it, TED Talk, 12/2020
ESG Action of the Year: New Jersey's environmental justice law, Waste Dive, 12/09/2020
He helped pass a historic EJ bill. But he’s just getting started. Grist, 10/14/2020
Inside the Fight to Shut Down Baltimore's Pollution-Spewing Trash Incinerator, Vice, 09/24/2020
Clever Ep. 126: Sustainability Thought Leader Joel Towers, Design Milk, 08/11/2020
One thing you can do: Help a neighbor beat the heat, New York Times, 08/05/2020
Stop Polluters From Choking Black Lives, NJ.com, 07/27/2020
The Burning Issue, Grist, 07/23/2020
COVID-19 Impact Linked to Environmental Racism, Women’s Media Center, 07/16/2020
Opinion: Extreme Heat’s Risk Swells in the Summer of COVID, City Limits, 07/14/2020
Covid-19 Exposes the Health Dangers of Burning Trash, Center for NYC Affairs, 05/27/2020
Op-Ed: Coronavirus Crisis Demands Environmental-Justice Response, NJ Spotlight, 05/19/2020
In the Shadows of America's Smokestacks, Virus is one more Deadly Risk, New York Times, 05/17/2020
The Corona crisis: Why are more black Americans dying than whites?, Politiken, 04/ 10/ 2020
Everything You Need to Know About Sustainable Underwear, Teen Vogue, 03/04/2020
Wasted Potential: The consequences of New York City's recycling failure, Politico, 01/05/2020
2019
How Pharrell and Bionic Yarn turn ocean plastic into fashion, The Hill, 11/12/2019
Newark Exhibit Informing Community On Environmental Injustice, New Jersey News Network, 11/12/2019
As climate activism surges, fast fashion brands like H&M and Zara may suffer, ABC News, 10/06/2019
Wastestreaming, Urban Omnibus, 10/02/2019
Climate Change Is Oppressing Black People, The Root, 10/02/2019
New Schoolers Prepare to Strike for Climate Action, The New School Free Press, 9/21/2019
Public comment open for Wheelabrator air permit renewal in Hudson Falls, The Post Star, 8/29/2019
INSIGHT: Don’t Incinerate Waste; Get Circular, Optimize Plastics, Bloomberg Environment, 8/8/2019
America’s youth think they can save the world and get rich, The Middletown Press, 7/15/2019
5 Things you should know about the impacts of burning trash, GreenBiz, 6/28/2019
Report: 2 LI trash-burning plants among highest mercury emitters, Newsday.com, 5/30/2019
Incinerators in Camden, Chester, among nation’s most polluting, report finds, Whyy.org, 5/23/2019
Study claims millions in the U.S. are exposed to waste incinerator pollution, Waste 360, 5/23/2019
Study shows incinerators are in 80% of EJ communities nationally & NJ, Insider NJ, 5/22/2019
Report: Hudson Valley incinerator one of top polluters in U.S., Hudson Valley Post, 5/22/2019
4.4 million people in the U.S. are exposed to pollution from waste incinerators, YubaNet, 5/21/2019
Does Your City Employ Environmental Justice Best Practices? Color Lines, 5/14/2019
Which Cities have concrete strategies for environmental justice? Grist, 5/12/2019
Which Cities Have Concrete Strategies for Environmental Justice? CityLab, 5/7/2019
Tar Sands Songbook, Resilience.org, 5/7/2019
Can New York have a Green New Deal and a new fracked gas pipeline? Grist, 3/21/2019
How to choose clothes that will last, Mother Nature Network, 2/26/2019
New Report: Land Use Reforms Can Break Cycle of American Environmental Racism, NRDC, 2/21/2019
2018
Parsons School of Design appoints new Dean, Fashion United India, 12/20/2018
Back To The Burner: Black Friday Is National Throw-Away Day, Forbes, 11/13/2018
The Fate of the Earth Depends on Women, The Nation, 11/8/2018
Why fashion brands destroy billions worth of their own merchandise every year? Vox, 9/17/2018
The New School Community Disrupts Climate Injustice, New School News, 2/28/2018
The New School Takes on NYC’s Zero Waste Challenge, School Construction News, 1/12/2018
2017
How The New School Is Advancing NYC’s ‘Green’ Efforts, The University Network, 12/8/2017
How climate change will transform business and the workforce, BBC Future, 9/17/2017
Dining on Climate Data: Using Food to Explain Climate Change, Huffpost, 7/17/2017
A Feminism for the Masses, Harper’s Magazine, 4/17/2017
School of Public Health sponsors first Black History Month lecture, The Brown Daily Herald, 4/7/2017
NYC’s Climate Research Resources Are Melting Faster Than the Ice Caps, The Village Voice, 2/28/2017
#NODAPL, The Carolinian, 2/22/2017
Gentrificación socava salud de la Gran Manzana, El Diario, 2/21/2017
Nearly 8,000 U.S. public schools are plagued by toxic air, Grist, 2/20/2017
The Wastelands of Urban Renewal, CityLab, 2/13/2017
The Most Important Modern Farmer Might Be The Urban Cowboy, Good, 2/11/2017
Eugene Lang College Is Creating Socially Engaged Scientists, The New School News, 2/7/2017
Beyond the Hype: 5 Ways to Think About Virtual and Augmented Reality in Schools, EdSurge, 2/7/2017
¿Por qué la ciencia tiene un futuro sombrío con Trump?, El Financiero, 1/26/2017
Trump officials suspend plan to delete EPA climate web pages, Science Magazine, 1/25/2017
Grant freeze to be narrower, shorter than expected — officials, E&E News, 1/25/2017
Podcast Ep 34: Preparing For The Fight With Dr. Mindy Fullilove, The Mash-up Americans, 1/16/2017
Could Trump Administration Undo Toxic Passaic River Fix? WNYC, 1/13/2017
How Pittsburgh remembers a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, PRI, 1/7/2017
2016
Compania care transforma plasticul din oceane in haine, Ziare.com, 12/28/2016
Environmental Justice Enters Its Age of Anxiety, CityLab, 12/14/2016
The challenges of diversity in sustainability leadership, GreenBiz, 12/12/2016
Why Trump’s Use of the Words ‘Urban Renewal’ Is Scary for Cities, The New York Times, 12/7/2016
Pro-tips for buying clothes that will last years, not weeks, Quartz, 12/4/2016
Trump teams feature thin rosters, mixed bag on experience, E&E News, 12/1/2016
Let Professionals Show You How To Do Group Projects Right, The New School Press, 12/1/2016
Live Q&A: How shall we plan the cities of the future?, The Guardian, 11/21/2016
Feasting Our Eyes through Food Films, HuffPost, 11/21/2016
Food Studies in Trump’s United States, HuffPost, 11/14/2016
New School Faculty Members Confront Environmental Injustices, New School News, 11/8/2016
Housing summit aims to connect scholars, activists, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11/7/2016
For more resilient cities, think small(er) and look to vacant lots, Berkeley News, 11/1/2017
Chewing on Taste: A Philosophical Reflection, HuffPost, 10/31/2016
Vi måste klä oss bättre, SVENKA YLE, 10/31/2016
Population boom adds to city threats, Eco-Business, 10/28/2016
Considering the City: The Buki Plan, the Viaduct and Erie CPR, Erie Reader, 10/28/2016
Civil-Rights Attorney Maya Wiley on How to Keep Fighting the Good Fight, The Cut, 10/26/2016
The Spirit of Food Design in Latin America, Huffpost, 10/24/2016
Here’s How The World Can Adapt To The Rapid Rise Of Cities, HuffPost, 10/21/2016
City Council to Examine NYPD Oversight Board, Gotham Gazette, 10/21/2016
Nations agree on global road map to steer breakneck urbanization, Reuters, 10/20/2016
Visualizing the Toughest Challenges Facing Global Cities, CityLab, 10/20/2016
State Not Doing Enough to Protect Poor from Pollution, Advocates Argue, NJ Spotlight, 10/19/2016
Yvonne Watson: Defining the Future of Fashion, AARP, 10/17/2016
Vodka, nalewka and wine: Polish spirits in transition, Huffpost, 10/16/2016
Scientists must have a say in the future of cities, Nature, 10/10/2016
Old Anger and a Lost Neighborhood In Charlotte, CityLab, 10/11/2016
Building a ‘Good’ Anthropocene From the Bottom Up, The New York Times, 10/6/2016
When your students go hungry, HuffPost, 10/3/2016
Construction update: The Caesura in the Brooklyn Cultural District, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 9/28/2016
Maya Wiley Shapes the Social Justice Agenda at The New School, New School News, 9/27/2016
This Company Turns Plastic Bottle Trash From The Ocean Into Clothing, HuffPost, 9/27/2016
Why This Company Wants You To Fall In Love With People’s Old Jeans, Huffpost, 9/14/2016
An Afghan refugee is using drones to save other refugees' lives, PRI, 9/14/2016
'Good Drones' Conducts Test Flights To Save Lesbos Refugees, Popular Science, 8/24/2016
Show Your #NewSchoolSpirit with Impact Conscious Swag from The New Store, New School News, 8/22/2016
The farm upstairs, Curbed, 8/16/2016
Route 280 project looks at downside of highway | Di Ionno, NJ.com, 7/31/2016
Police Killings and Race: Do the Numbers Tell the Whole Story? Live Science, 7/26/2016
Angela Luna, BFA Fashion ’16, Designs Solutions for Refugees, New School News, 7/19/2016
Love Durham? Then you need to come to Mindy Fullilove's talk about cities, Indy Week, 7/17/2016
No BackSpace: Civilian Complaint Review Board Staggers On, CityLimits.org, 7/15/2016
Advocates, Pols Assess City’s MWBE Program as Maya Wiley Departs, Observer, 7/12/2016
NYPD Watchdog Gets A New Handler, WNYC, 7/7/2016
CUOMO’s Bridgegate communications -- MAYA WILEY’s move -- SCHOOL AID jockeying, Politico, 7/05/2016
Newark Community Group Feuds with Sierra Club over Cleanup of Passaic River, NJSpotlight, 3/7/2016
John L. Tishman, builder who shaped American skylines, dies at 90, CNBC, 2/7/2016
Parsons Celebrates ‘Emerging Voices’ in Design, New School News, 2/4/2016
Ana Baptista: “Children of Color Are the Most At-Risk Victims of Pollution”, Huffpost, 10/28/2014