Denise Fernandes
Denise Fernandes is an assistant professor of global environmental politics at Whitman College, Washington. Her teaching and scholarship focus on renewable energy and fossil fuel landscapes, climate justice and the reproduction of injustices and inequalities on historically marginalized communities in the Global South. She is currently collaborating with communities and scholars in Morocco to study the financial mechanisms that support the expansion of renewable energy projects. Besides her academic work, she collaborates with artists to visually portray energy landscapes and the climate crisis.
Latest from Denise Fernandes
Inside India’s Greenwashing Eco Parks
The Indian government has been promoting eco parks built on the sites of old coal mines as part of its plans for a just transition away from fossil fuels. Yet behind the superficial imagery and rhetoric, local communities continue to endure toxic air and water, while the parks offer little direct benefit.