Climate Change

Fellow

Heather Coleman

2003 Fellow
Heather Coleman is Senior Program Officer for Environment at Wallace Global Fund. Prior to joining the Fund, she served as climate and energy director at Oxfam America, overseeing efforts to push for climate action globally, to address...
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Frances Moore

2009 Fellow
Frances C. Moore is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at UC Davis, working at the intersection of environmental economics and climate science. Her research seeks to improve our understanding of the...
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Jason Mark

1995 Fellow
Jason completed his Masters in Energy and Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley in 1996. He has spent the past few years working on transportation, energy and environmental issues. He graduated in 1991 from Princeton...
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Alexander (Lex) Hovani

2005 Fellow
I'm a nature-based solutions strategist and practitioner with over 20 years of experience tackling global and local sustainability challenges. My work has taken me across Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa, developing innovative...
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Laura Wisland

2007 Fellow
Laura is a program officer in the Climate and Clean Energy Program of the Heising-Simons Foundation, where she leads the Foundation's efforts to support grantees working to reduce emissions from the utility sectors. From 2008-2019, Laura...
Fellow Story

Climate Change and Biodiversity

A panel discussion sponsored by the Switzer Foundation with Switzer fellows Katrina Schneider (SYRCL), Dr. Amy Leurs (Google.org), Dr. Healy Hamilton (California Academy of Sciences), Steven Rothert (American Rivers) and facilitated by Dr. Elizabeth Soderstrom (American Rivers).
January 28, 2010
Foundation News

Climate Change and Biodiversity

A panel discussion sponsored by the Switzer Foundation with Switzer fellows Katrina Schneider (SYRCL), Dr. Amy Leurs (Google.org), Dr. Healy Hamilton (California Academy of Sciences), Steven Rothert (American Rivers) and facilitated by Dr...
January 28, 2010
Fellow Story

Switzer Fellows reporting from COP 15 in Copenhagen

Several Switzer Fellows attended the COP 15 climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December through their various organizations. Some have contributed their experiences and thoughts on the proceedings. JASON DELBORNE, Assistant Professor at the Colorado School of Mines, attended the conference under an NSF grant studying process and outcomes. His blog entries are:
January 8, 2010
Fellow Story

Wind Versus Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining in West Virginia

In parts of West Virginia and Kentucky, mountaintop removal coal mining is used to blast off the tops of mountains and bulldoze rock and dirt into adjacent headwater stream valleys creating “valley fills.” The goal: to efficiently access thin coal seams near the surface. The legality of this process has been hotly contested, and it has been the subject of numerous lawsuits, scientific studies, and protests.
January 5, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Science Links Carbon Project, Year 2

To continue funding for Will Yandik on the Science Links Carbon Project with the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation (HBRF), allowing Will to complete the policy and outreach components of the project. This grant will extend Will's position...
November 17, 2009