REINE Lab

Resilience, Energy, and Inequity in Neighborhood Environments

We study how environmental exposures and climate adaptation shape health equity in the United States and West Africa, generating evidence for more equitable energy and climate policy.

Division of Environmental Health Sciences · UC Berkeley School of Public Health

What we study

  • Energy Transitions & Equity
  • Climate, Infrastructure, and Health
  • Environmental Justice Methods

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Inspiration

Solastalgia: the distress and loss of solace caused by environmental change close to home, felt even while still living there. A term coined by philosopher Glenn Albrecht.

Audre Lorde: “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.”