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Mid-Atlantic

Includes Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Delaware

Spotlight on Leadership

Michael Wilson and Evan Hansen
Towards better worker and public safety

Switzer Fellows Evan Hansen and Mike Wilson testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works about how we might prevent chemical threats and improve safety at facilities across the country.Read more >

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Fellows in the News

Fellows in the News | Jan 25, 2023
Elbroch in The New York Times: Cougars Are Heading East. We Should Welcome Them.
Fellows in the News | Dec 14, 2021
Hulton VanTassel’s organization nominates Monongahela River as PA River of the Year
Fellows in the News | Aug 5, 2021
Bey starts new role at NOAA

Related Grants

Assessing the Risk of Fracking on Communities
Year: 2016
Region: Mid-Atlantic
Switzer Fellows Evan Hansen, President of Downstream Strategies in Morgantown, WV, and Dr. Lara Cushing, Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Education at San Francisco State University, will work with SkyTruth to analyze the increased footprint of fracking on the West Virginia landscape...Read more >
Understanding the Life Cycle and Regional Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing in the Marcellus Shale Basin
Year: 2012
Region: Mid-Atlantic
Switzer Fellows will collaborate with Earthworks to research the life cycle and regional impacts of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," in the Marcellus Shale of the northeastern U.S. While fracking has occurred for decades in less populated areas of the western U.S., including Wyoming...Read more >
Coal River Wind Educational Website
Year: 2009
Region: Mid-Atlantic
This was a seed grant under the Collaborative Initiatives Fund to support Jennifer Osha (2000 Fellow), representing the West Virginia-based advocacy organization, Aurora Lights , and Evan Hansen (1996 Fellow), President of Downstream Strategies . Jen and Evan collaborated on producing portions of a...Read more >

Featured Fellows

Evan Hansen
Evan Hansen
1996 Fellow
President
Downstream Strategies, LLC
Laura Bozzi
Laura Bozzi
2011 Fellow
Director of Programs
Yale Climate Change and Health Initiative
J. Morgan Grove
Morgan Grove
1993 Fellow
Section Chief
USDA Forest Service

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