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After recent floods, Legislature must act now to strengthen climate resilience

Joan Fitzgerald is a professor in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University. 
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How to bring solar energy to low-income communities

Co-written by Joan Fitzgerald is a professor at Northeastern University School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs.
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Massachusetts lags on banning plastics

Joan Fitzgerald is a professor of urban and public policy at Northeastern University.
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Massachusetts lags on banning plastics

Joan Fitzgerald is a professor of urban and public policy at Northeastern University.
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Healey to ban all state agencies from purchasing single-use plastic bottles

“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.

No more climate legislation needed; it’s time for action

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.
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Should a new government agency protect the Massachusetts coastline from climate change?

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. 
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Should a new government agency protect the Massachusetts coastline from climate change?

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, […]
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Massachusetts needs a coastal adaptation agency

By Joan Fitzgerald, professor in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University.
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What Could Chill Heat Pumps

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.’

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