Climate Change

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Rodríguez-Cruz quoted in Rolling Stone on Puerto Rico drought

Puerto Rico reversed its reopening last week after seeing a surge of new COVID-19 cases.
August 21, 2020
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Bey co-authors Community Resilience Education Theory of Change for NOAA's Environmental Literacy Program

NOAA’s Environmental Literacy Program (ELP) Community Resilience Education Theory of Change communicates the overarching philosophy guiding its grants program. ELP supports projects that both inspire and educate people to use Earth system science to increase ecosystem stewardship and resilience to extreme weather, climate change, and other environmental hazards.
August 14, 2020
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Forrester serves on team the developed climate change policy for Oregon DFW

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted a Climate and Ocean Change Policy in July on a unanimous vote, making them the first state fish and wildlife commission in the nation to adopt such a measure. Tavis Forrester, a Research Wildlife Biologist with the department, was the team member representing research on the team that developed the climate change policy.
August 14, 2020
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Pairis's Climate Science Alliance finalist for $100K conservation prize

Five teams from across North America, including Amber Pairis' Climate Science Alliance, have been selected as finalists for the Connectivity Challenge, a $100,000 incentive prize launched by the CSU Salazar Center for North American Conservation late last year. One team will be chosen as the winner following a virtual pitch event on September 16 during the Center’s second annual symposium.
July 21, 2020
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Raven Graf

2020 Fellow
Previously, Raven served Senator Sheldon Whitehouse as a legislative correspondent for climate and energy. They earned their Masters of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. They are interested in the challenges and...
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Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz

2020 Fellow
Food systems scientist and writer based in Puerto Rico
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Idalmis Vaquero

2020 Fellow
Idalmis is a third-year law student at UCLA School of Law, where she is enrolled in the David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy. She began advocating on environmental justice issues in her community of East Los Angeles...
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Gillian Lui

2020 Fellow
Gillian is a trained environmental scientist committed to advancing interdisciplinary climate solutions. She’s focused now on elevating environmental and social sustainability as business bottom lines.
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Demi Espinoza

2020 Fellow
Demi Espinoza (she/they) is the daughter of working class Mexican immigrants and the youngest of ten siblings raised in Riverside, California. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology at California State University San Bernardino and a...