The Environmental Studies program at the University of Montana is a diverse, interdisciplinary program that focuses on the concepts of social change and important environmental topics and issues. The program focuses on environmental science; environmental policy and politics; environmental thought and literature; and engagement and applied research. Research and creative scholarship by the faculty of the Environmental Studies program includes studies into sustainable food and farming; environmental creative writing and editorial techniques; ecosystem conservation, preservation, and restoration; pollution biology, watershed planning, and watershed restoration; philosophy and practice of restoring damaged ecosystems; community involvement in ecological restoration; indigenous peoples rights; and policy analysis and evaluation.

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Submissions from 2024

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Liquefying the Gulf Coast: A Cumulative Impact Assessment of LNG Buildout in Louisiana and Texas, Robin K. Saha, Robert D. Bullard, and Liza T. Powers

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Puerto Rico Imperatives to Enact Energy and Climate Justice, Ruth Santiago, Hilda Llorens, and Catalina M. de Onis

Submissions from 2021

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El poder del pueblo: Una lucha colectiva por la vida y el medioambiente / The Power of the People: A Collective Struggle for Life and the Environment, Jose Luis Baerga Aguirre, Catalina M. de Onis, and Hery Colon Zayas

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Energy Islands: Metaphors of Power, Extractivism, and Justice in Puerto Rico, Catalina M. de Onis

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“La justicia ambiental es para ti y para mí”: Translating Collective Struggles for Environmental and Energy Justice in Puerto Rico’s Jobos Bay Communities, Catalina M. de Onis

Submissions from 2018

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Energy Colonialism Powers the Ongoing Unnatural Disaster in Puerto Rico, Catalina M. de Onis

Submissions from 2017

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For many in Puerto Rico, ‘energy dominance’ is just a newname for US colonialism, Catalina M. de Onis

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What’s in an “x”? An Exchange about the Politics of “Latinx”, Catalina M. de Onis

Submissions from 2015

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What's in a Name?, Rosalyn LaPier

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Which came first, people or pollution? A review of theory and evidence from longitudinal environmental justice studies, Paul Mohai and Robin Saha

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Which came first, people or pollution? Assessing the disparate siting and post-siting demographic change hypotheses of environmental injustice, Paul Mohai and Robin Saha

Submissions from 2014

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Metis Miskihkiya: Metis Life in Montana, Rosalyn LaPier

Submissions from 2010

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Missoula Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Analysis, 2003-2008: Toward A Blueprint For Municipal Sustainability, Robin K. Saha, Kathryn Elizabeth Makarowski, Russ J. Paepeghem, Bethany Mason Taylor, Michelle Lanzoni, Michael Lattanzio, and Owen Weber

Submissions from 2009

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From the Natural to the Supernatural, Rosalyn LaPier

Submissions from 2008

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Measuring Teachers' Learning from a Problem-Based Learning Approach to Professional Development in Science Education, Ayelet Weizman, Beth A. Covitt, Matthew J. Koehler, Mary A. Lundeberg, Joy A. Oslund, Mark R. Low, Janet Eberhardt, and Mark Urban-Lurain

Submissions from 2007

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Racial Inequality in the Distribution of Hazardous Waste: A National-Level Reassessment, Paul Mohai and Robin Saha

Submissions from 2006

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Survey Results From Improving the State Superfund Process (2006), Robin K. Saha

Submissions from 2005

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Historical Context and Hazardous Waste Facility Siting: Understanding Temporal Patterns in Michigan, Robin Saha and Paul Mohai