Environmental & Public Health

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Hulton VanTassel’s organization to sue chemical company over water pollution violations

“We just want our industries to not pollute our drinking water sources and not pollute critical habitat for our plants and animals,” Hulton VanTassel told the Allegheny Front.
July 15, 2026
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Hulton VanTassel’s Three Rivers Waterkeeper settles landmark plastic pollution lawsuit

“When Heather Hulton VanTassel went looking for plastic pellets in the Ohio River in 2021, she was simply trying to establish a baseline level of contamination… What she and her co-workers found, however, exceeded her expectations.“We were really shocked at the numbers we were seeing,” she told Grist.”
July 15, 2026
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UC Berkeley appoints Morello-Frosch as inaugural associate provost for energy, climate, and environment

“The public health expert and Berkeley professor will unite scholars across campus to address crucial environmental challenges.”
June 25, 2026
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Jenna Mu

2026 Fellow
Jenna is a Doctor of Dental Medicine student and environmental advocate based in Boston. She is passionate about constructing sustainable health care systems that expand access to care while reducing the environmental pollution associated with treatment. She aspires to become a dentist and policymaker that tackles health inequities and environmental degradation simultaneously.
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Justin Saint-Loubert-Bie

2026 Fellow
Justin Saint-Loubert-Bie is third year student at Yale Law School, where he is a student director of the Environmental Justice Law and Advocacy Clinic, and was a co-president of the Yale Environmental Law Association and co-chair for the 2026 New Directions in Environmental Law Conference. Justin is interested in working at the intersection of environmental and Tribal issues, and particularly on questions that touch on land use and the clean energy transition.
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Maddie Taylor

2026 Fellow
Maddie Taylor is a disabled researcher studying climate change impacts on disabled communities, committed to producing work that centers disabled people as experts whose knowledge should inform climate adaptation.
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Destiny Treloar

2026 Fellow
Destiny Dynella Treloar is a proud first-generation Nicaragüense woman from Miami. She is fiercely committed to advocating for the well-being of Latine communities, addressing the structural drivers of nutritional insecurity, and developing meaningful solutions to modulate environmental health disparities in her home communities. Destiny is a PhD candidate at the Yale School of Environment.
Foundation News

Made to Last, Built to Harm: Reckoning and reimagining our relationship with plastic

The Switzer Foundation was proud to present a collaborative panel with the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice focused on the impact of plastics from cradle to grave. Timnit Kefela moderated this conversation with emerging leaders in...
May 21, 2026
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Rodgers op-ed: The Public Health Implications of ICE

Kathryn Rodgers co-authored an op-ed in Public Health Post describing the public health implications of ICE, such as “facilitating disease transmission, deterring people from seeking care, and disrupting schools.” The authors conclude by...
February 18, 2026
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Candice Youngblood: one of EarthJustice’s ‘Lawyers Giving us Hope’

Candice Youngblood was featured as one of six Earthjustice attorneys sharing their motivations to keep fighting for the planet and its people. The following is an excerpt from the original story here. “When Earthjustice attorney Candice...
February 18, 2026