Daniel explains his recent research into unusually rapid and/or high magnitude swings between unusual weather conditions, including causes, expected trends and links to southern California’s devastating wildfires.
Every year, more than one million Californians face unsafe drinking water from taps in their homes, schools, churches, parks, and community centers. Research by Switzer Fellows Carolina Balazs and Rachel Morello-Frosch has found that water...
Itzel Vasquez-Rodriguez has begun working as Small Utilities Project Manager at the Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC), working to support the human right to water in California. As stated on their website, RCAC is a 501(c)(3)...
“Those birds and all the living things up there haven’t heard running water in over 100 years — it’s a completely different landscape. The ecosystem is healing itself,” Keith says in The New York Times story With Dams Removed, Salmon Will Have the Run of a Western River.
Natasha (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe) is pursuing a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy with a focus on International Development and Environmental Policy, and International Legal Studies at The Fletcher School at Tufts University. She is interested in the intersection of federal Indian law, environmental law, and water law.
Nia aims to create efficient, solar-powered catalysts to transform groundwater nitrate contaminants into useful products, spanning the gap between research and application.
Friends of the Verde River was recognized as the 2022 winner of the statewide Resilience Prize for its collaborative, data-driven work to ensure the long term health of one of Arizona’s last free-flowing rivers. The annual prize, awarded by...
The longtime champion of Native Hawaiian rights took the helm of a voter-created body that could significantly influence how water policy gets shaped and what projects get developed on the island’s east side going forward.
Andrew Cohen’s letter to the editor in the Washington Post points out that ballast discharge is an important factor in coral reef disease and decline. He writes: “In recent years, coral reefs in Florida and elsewhere in the Caribbean have...
