Municipal Sold Waste Incinerators: A Failing Industry" which points to the economic and environmental justice implications of the incineration industry. She led research on the incinerator industry, in a paper released by the Tishman Environment and Design Center, called " U.S. Ana helped to develop and pass a model Environmental Justice and Cumulative Impacts Ordinance in Newark, New Jersey and participated in a coalition of EJ advocates on the passage of a landmark Environmental Justice & Cumulative Impacts bill (S232) in the New Jersey legislature. Ana also helped to develop and served as an inaugural signatory to the Equitable and Just National Climate Platform and was recently appointed by Mayor DeBlasio to the fourth New York City Panel on Climate Change.Īna's research extends to waste justice and anti-incineration policies. She released a report, "Local Policies for Environmental Justice: A National Scan" with the Natural Resources Defense Council and several environmental justice organizations in Chicago that highlight local land use policies advocated by EJ activists. The report, Environmental Justice and Philanthropy: Challenges and Opportunities for Alignment, revealed that only 1% of environmental grants are directed to environmental justice organizations in the two regions.Īna's recent research focuses on efforts to advance national, state and local environmental justice policies. She also led a research team at the Tishman Center in partnership with the Building Equity and Alignment for Impact to explore the misalignment of funding and priorities between environmental grantmakers and grassroots environmental justice organizations in the Midwest and Gulf South regions. This Fellowship program was informed by a national landscape assessment of the EJ movement entitled, Environmental Justice Movement: Priorities, Strategies and Just Transitions. Her ongoing work with environmental justice issues in her hometown of Newark, New Jersey was featured in the documentary film, Sacrifice Zones.Īna currently serves as the PI for a national Environmental Justice Movement Fellowship program housed at the Tishman Environment and Design Center.
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Ana's professional practice is based primarily in community engaged scholarship and critical participatory action research. Ana works on a range of related issues including environmental justice policies, climate justice and renewable energy policies, land use and zoning tools for environmental justice, zero waste systems, cumulative impacts, and goods movement. She works directly with EJ organizations and coalitions to support the advancement of environmental justice.
Ana is an Associate Professor of Professional Practice in the Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management graduate program at the Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment. She also serves as the Co-Director of the Tishman Environment & Design Center (TEDC) at The New School.Īna's research and professional practice focuses on environmental and climate justice.
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