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Switzer Foundation transitions to fossil-free and socially responsible bank

Last year, the foundation committed to transitioning our checking account and credit cards to a new bank as part of an ongoing effort to align all of our practices, from programmatic to administrative, with our values to improve...
January 27, 2022
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Juarez interviews OR State Rep. Pham on Portland Clean Energy Fund

Switzer Fellow Zully Juarez interviewed Oregon State Representative and community advocate, Khanh Pham, a founding leader of and spokesperson for the Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF) about her involvement with PCEF, campaign challenges and words of advice for any cities interested in adopting a similar model
January 24, 2022
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Fulweiler TEDx Talk promotes expanding coastal ocean research through sensors

Robinson (Wally) Fulweiler presented Coastal Ocean's bold vision for conducting ocean science in a talk at TEDx Boston.
January 12, 2022
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Milkowski co-creates curriculum for Energy Justice Course at Dartmouth

The new course "Energy Justice: Fostering More Equitable Energy Futures" is free to audit via Coursera.
December 14, 2021
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Dóñez serves as a Transportation Chapter Author for the 5th National Climate Assessment

The U.S. Global Change Research Program and the authors of NCA5 are hosting a series of virtual public engagement workshops to inform development of this federal climate report.
December 14, 2021
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Wheeler authors Reimagining Sustainable Cities: Strategies for Designing Greener, Healthier, More Equitable Communities

The book argues that structural change in institutions and socioeconomic systems and a creative process of design—including design of institutions and social structures as well as physical places—is necessary to move towards urban sustainability.
December 14, 2021
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Mulvaney presents Labor, Land, and Waste Across the Life Cycle of Solar Power

Dustin Mulvaney is presenting a webinar on Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021 to the IEEE’s Santa Clara Valley Sustainability Chapter on Labor, Land, and Waste Across the Life Cycle of Solar Power.
December 1, 2021
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Morello-Frosch and Cushing map more than 400 toxic sites in California at risk of flooding from sea level rise

This three-year project, dubbed Toxic Tides, is the first systematic look at the environmental justice ramifications of sea level rise and hazardous sites along the entire coast of California.
December 1, 2021
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Colonialism, the climate crisis, and the need to center Indigenous voices

As world leaders gather at COP26, we need acknowledge the historical root causes of the climate crisis.
November 17, 2021
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Stabinsky quoted in launch of world's first Net-Zero Corporate Standard

The standard is the world’s first science-based certification of companies’ net-zero targets in line with the Paris Agreement’s goal of keeping planetary warming to 1.5°C.
November 11, 2021