Energy Resources & Access

Fellow

Anna Doty

2016 Fellow
At Washington Environmental Council, Anna directs the Stand Up To Oil campaign and supports coalitions across the Pacific Northwest defending our water, air, and communities from new fossil fuel infrastructure. With a background in both...
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Kate Voss

2016 Fellow
Katalyn (Kate) Voss leads partnership work for the Water Program at Ceres. This includes identifying and maintaining strategic partnerships – including with NGOs, investors, and funders – to support efforts to address the most severe and...
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Dena Adler

2016 Fellow
Dena Adler completed a joint JD/MEM degree program at Yale Law School and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. At Yale, Dena's research focused on galvanizing new legal opportunities to advance climate change solutions...
Fellow, Fellows Advisory Committee

Dr. Kimberley Miner

2016 Fellow
Dr. Kimberley R. Miner is a Scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California, and a Climate Change Institute Research Assistant Professor. At JPL, Kimberley works on the Arctic Methane Project looking at the impacts of...
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Erin Satterthwaite

2016 Fellow
Erin is a marine ecologist who works at the interface of applied marine research, policy engagement, and science communication to advance ocean knowledge for sustainability. She works on ocean sustainability issues related to marine...
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Kristen Goodrich

2016 Fellow
Kristen Goodrich serves as the Coastal Training Program Coordinator at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve. There, she provides training and technical assistance to coastal...
Fellow Story

Levin quoted in Scientific American on whether world should ditch 2-degree Celsius target

The main goal posts in the global fight against climate change are set in the wrong place, one researcher argues in a new paper this week. The established international target of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius leaves too much wiggle room and doesn’t move the world fast enough to avert catastrophic warming, explained Oliver Geden, head of the E.U. research division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs.
June 15, 2016
Network Innovation Grant Grant

Assessing the Risk of Fracking on Communities

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...
June 14, 2016
Fellow Story

As the US heads to climate talks, it seeks a plan to ‘trust but verify’

Success in Paris should not reflect some “counting the tons” exercise motivated by the two degrees Celsius goal. Success should be measured by the extent to which the international community can agree on a robust institutional infrastructure for pledging and transparency with review that can enable learning and build trust among countries.
June 12, 2016
Fellow Story

Torn quoted in Scientific American on potential ability of farmland to combat climate change

The earth’s soil stores a lot of carbon from the atmosphere, and managing it with the climate in mind may be an important part of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to curb global warming, according to a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
June 9, 2016