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Energy justice is garnering amplification under the Biden administration as policymakers confront vast demographic discrepancies in access to clean energy, ability to pay heating bills, proximity to polluted air, vulnerability to natural disasters, and more. Shalanda Baker is the new (and first-ever) deputy director of energy justice at the U.S. Department of Energy, where she works at the crossroads of environmental policy and racial justice to diminish those gaps.
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We talked with Baker about the importance of finding space and silence, either on a walk or when working, and the big idea of transforming how a U.S. cabinet department operates.
Published: Friday, April 23, 2021
The Department of Energy headquarters in Washington is pictured. Photo credit: Francis Chung/E&E News
The Department of Energy headquarters in Washington is pictured. Francis Chung/E&E News
President Biden s picks yesterday for two leadership roles at the Department of Energy may put top voices on environmental justice into the driver s seat for advancing the president s climate agenda.
Biden tapped Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, a professor of soil geochemistry at the University of California, Merced, and an outspoken voice on equity issues, to lead DOE s Office of Science, which manages 10 of the department s 17 national laboratories (
If confirmed, Berhe would lead an office that manages many of the department s collaborations with university researchers, making it an important hub for clean energy innovation. Her nomination may also elevate the Office of Science s extensive research on biology and Earth systems, which helps inform international clima
Professor Shalanda Baker at the online lecture on April 8, 2021 Madelyn Muschek / The Daily Beacon
On Thursday afternoon, Shalanda Baker spoke about racial injustice in conjunction with the transition to clean energy as part of the Howard Baker Center s Distinguished Energy and Environment Lecture Series.
Baker is a professor of law, public policy and urban affairs at Northeastern University, as well as the deputy Director for Energy Justice & the Secretaryâs Advisor on Equity at the United States Department of Energy.
She is also an author, and her book, âRevolutionary Power: An Activist s Guide to the Energy Transition,â was the subject of Thursdayâs talk.
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