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Catalina M. de Onís

Interdisciplinary Scholar, The University of Montana
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Dr. Onís’s research and teaching focus on Puerto Rican studies and environmental, climate, and energy justice communication studies. Onís authored Energy Islands: Metaphors of Power, Extractivism, and Justice in Puerto Rico (University of California Press, 2021). She also coauthored two bilingual children's books about environmental and climate justice (Editora Educación Emergente, 2021, 2023). Onís has been a long-time collaborator with grassroots group the Iniciativa de Ecodesarrollo de Bahía de Jobos, in southeastern Puerto Rico.

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Panamá to Belém: Grassroots Demands for a Real Just Transition

  • Fernando Tormos-Aponte
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Opinion: "Establishing a Just Transition at COP30 in Belém," Catalina M. de Onís (with Fernando Tormos-Aponte, Nona Chai, and Lara Aumann), NACLA Report on the Americas, November 10, 2025.