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Environmental Justice

Environmental justice will be achieved when everyone enjoys the same degree of protection from environmental and health hazards and equal access to the decision-making process to have a healthy environment in which to live, learn, and work. Switzer Fellows are leading the way with both their research and activism to achieve environmental justice in the United States and abroad.

Spotlight on Leadership

Ditching Dirty Diesel

Diesel-powered vehicles are a significant source of pollution, impacting health and contributing to climate change. The Ditching Dirty Diesel Collaborative, a coalition of community, environmental advocacy and public health departments, is working together with the Pacific Institute to reduce the impact of this pollution on low-income communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.Read more >

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Fellows in the News

Fellows in the News | May 17, 2023
Gutierrez op-ed: We must take care not to ‘greenwash’ environmental justice
Fellows in the News | Apr 17, 2023
Harris co-authors a case for experimental and speculative political ecologies
Fellows in the News | Mar 21, 2023
Valdez-Ward and Marcus publish ReclaimingSTEM model for inclusive science communication and policy training

Related Grants

Air Quality and Environmental Justice on the U.S./Mexico border
Year: 2017
Region: California, Region: International
Environmental Health Coalition has hired Carolina Prado as Senior Research Scientist, leading two new initiatives for the organization. Carolina will plan and implement a project that is a natural extension of her PhD dissertation research, mapping environmental health indicators in eastern Tijuana...Read more >
Keeping fossil fuels in the ground
Year: 2015
Region: International
Amazon Watch is partnering with Dr. Tracey Osborne to lead the Climate Alliance Mapping Project. This project is a critical piece in a larger climate equity campaign with Amazon Watch, the Sierra Club, and other partners which spans the Americas and focuses on keeping fossil fuels in the ground...Read more >
Shifting the Course of California Agricultural Policy
Year: 2014
Region: California
The California Institute for Rural Studies (CIRS) has hired Ildi Carlisle-Cummins for the newly created position of Director of the Cal Ag Roots Project. The concept for the Project was developed by Ildi, and will be launched by her and CIRS through her new position. The Project's goal is to...Read more >

Featured Fellows

Carolina Balazs
Carolina Balazs
2009 Fellow
Research Scientist
UC Davis and Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Nicole Gross-Camp
Nicole Gross-Camp
2007 Fellow
Research Associate
University of East Anglia School of International Development and Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
Alexa Engelman
Alexa Engelman
2009 Fellow
Assistant Regional Counsel
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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