Joan Fitzgerald

“Various plastic bans have been considered in the state legislature for a number of years and they never act on it,” said Professor Joan Fitzgerald, a public policy and climate expert at Northeastern.

Op-Ed by Joan Fitzgerald, professor of urban planning and public policy at Northeastern University, Michael J. Walsh , founding partner at Groundwork Data, and Ted Landsmark, distinguished professor of public policy and urban affairs and director of the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University.

In a recent Boston Globe opinion piece, Northeastern University professor Joan Fitzgerald and two coauthors argued that Massachusetts needs a brand new coastal adaptation agency to organize and execute a response that spans the state’s shoreline. 

But what if that isn’t enough? In a recent Boston Globe opinion piece, Northeastern University professor Joan Fitzgerald and two coauthors argued that Massachusetts needs a brand new coastal adaptation agency to organize and execute a response that spans the state’s shoreline. Fitzgerald, who was the lead author of the Boston Foundation’s Inaugural Boston Climate Progress Report, […]

Article by Joan Fitzgerald is a professor of public policy and urban affairs at Northeastern University and the author of ‘Greenovation: Urban Leadership on Climate Change.’