Environmental Policy & Law

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All about methane with Sarah Smith on the Volts Podcast

The Clean Air Task Force has been tracking methane pollution and advocating for reductions for years.
October 27, 2021
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Patterson authors policy brief on autonomous vehicles and a just transition for Black drivers

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation has released a policy brief entitled Driverless Jobs: Autonomous Vehicles & A Just Transition for Black Drivers, authored by Regan Patterson. This report:
October 27, 2021
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Law Students for Climate Accountability release 2021 Climate Scorecard

The Law Students for Climate Accountability (LSCA) have released an updated Law Firm Climate Change Scorecard for 2021. Switzer Fellow Camila Bustos is co-founder of LSCA, and Switzer Fellow AJ Hudson is on the 2021-2022 LSCA Board.
September 16, 2021
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Moir advocates for collaborative ocean-based solutions to climate change

Rob Moir wrote an op-ed for The Environmental Magazine describing The Ocean Based Climate Solutions Act's efforts to address the ravages of climate change.
August 12, 2021
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Plant poachers threaten California’s biodiversity

Switzer Fellow Nick Jensen and Patrick Foy published an op-ed in CalMatters in support of legislation to protect native California succulents from poaching. The bill was signed into law in September, 2021.
July 23, 2021
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Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast interviews Patterson on transportation justice

Dr. Regan Patterson discusses her research and advocacy for transportation reparations and justice. "You're starting to see this explicit link being made between state-sanctioned violence and transportation equity."
June 30, 2021
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Stabinsky quoted on joint UN report on tackling climate change and biodiversity loss

"The report unequivocally concludes that land- and ocean-based actions that capture carbon must be in addition to, and not in lieu of, ambitious reductions of emissions from fossil fuels," said Doreen Stabinsky.
June 17, 2021
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Smith gives testimony to EPA listening session on regulating methane emissions

Sarah Smith gave the following testimony at the June 15th EPA listening session on regulating methane emissions from the U.S. oil and gas sector.
June 17, 2021
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Deniss Martinez

2021 Fellow
Deniss is a PhD candidate in the Graduate Group in Ecology at UC Davis. The purpose of her dissertation is to find strategies for California Native communities and their collaborators to create governance and collaborative mechanisms that...
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Paloma Henriques

2021 Fellow
Paloma received her Master of Science in Marine Policy and Graduate Certificate in Interdisciplinary Climate Studies at the University of Maine. She was part of the J. Stoll Lab for Applied Socio-Ecological Research in Fisheries and Ocean...