Travellers and Environmental Injustices: Study Findings Highlighted in National Media

23 September 2025

Several French media outlets have recently reported on the findings of a study conducted by Léa Tardieu (UMR TETIS), Nicolas Mondolfo (UMR TETIS), Antoine Leblois (UMR CEE-M), and Philippe Delacote (UMR BETA), examining the environmental discrimination experienced by Travellers. The study was published in Nature Cities.

The research has been featured in:

  • Le Monde: “‘We eat dust’: Travellers’ reception areas overexposed to nuisances” (in french), September 16, 2025, by Claire Ané.

  • Sciences et Vie: “Near motorways and landfills: Travellers facing environmental injustices” (in french), September 2, 2025 (adapted from the original article in The Conversation, authored by the study’s researchers).

  • France Culture, Avec Sciences: “Travellers are victims of environmental injustice” (in french), August 28, 2025.

  • Reporterre: “Local officials’ racism exposes Travellers to pollution” (in french), August 27, 2025.