Climate Change

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José Guadalupe Gutierrez: Designing Green Spaces for Equity and Community

As a child José regularly visited family in Mexico, where they had abundant natural space to explore, but he was disappointed in the lack of safe parks to play in when he would return to Los Angeles. As a community organizer, he saw the value of quality greenspace to working class communities. These experiences ultimately led him to pursue a career as a landscape architect working to advance park equity.
September 28, 2022
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Miner listed as one of six female scientists making the world more sustainable

Dr. Miner was recognized for her work as a climate scientist, for climbing Mount Everest and revealing the presence of pollutants and chemicals there, and her arctic research.
August 29, 2022
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Orosz’s organization OnePower selected as finalist for AFSIA Minigrid of the Year

Matt Orosz's organization, OnePower, was nominated as a finalist for the 2022 AFSIA Minigrid of the Year Award. Nominees for a suite of awards were selected by a jury of professionals from across the solar energy sector in Africa. "Rewarded for their professionalism, their innovation, their selflessness, their entrepreneurial spirit, and simply their excellence in the sector, AFSIA honors those who make the continent shine."
July 27, 2022
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Myhre speaks on carbon accounting and climate justice in Nori podcast

Sarah Myhre was interviewed in the Carbon Removal Newsroom Podcast with Nori on Carbon Accounting and Climate Justice in July 2022.
July 27, 2022
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Sarah Smith testifies before congress on cutting methane pollution

On June 24, 2022, Sarah Uhl Smith testified before Congress in a hearing to review community perspectives on the public health, climate, jobs, and economic benefits of cutting methane pollution from oil and gas infrastructure. Sarah is Chief of Programs at the Clean Air Task Force (CATF). A member of CATF's senior leadership team, she led the growth of the organization’s methane emissions reduction program, building up a small team into a substantial global operation on four continents.
July 27, 2022
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Historic environmental justice victory to phase out oil and gas wells in LA

This spring, Zully Jaurez took a deeper dive into how frontline communities in Los Angeles, a city built on the world’s largest urban oil field, mobilized and ultimately won a ban on new oil drilling and begin phasing out existing wells in their city.
July 27, 2022
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Peter Nguyen

2022 Fellow
Peter studies the relationship between immigrant and refugee migration, disaster resilience, climate change adaptation, and environmental and climate justice. Grounded in public and community-engaged scholarship, his current research focuses on the Vietnamese community in New Orleans, LA.
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Chelsi Sparti

2022 Fellow
Chelsi (Northern Wintu) examines how communities in Puerto Rico recover livelihoods and electric systems after repeated extreme events. She is interested in how risk from energy system vulnerabilities can be mitigated by policy incentives in renewable technologies.
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Nicholas Dorian

2022 Fellow
Nick is an ecologist, educator, and naturalist studying how native bees cope with the impacts of climate change in order to develop strategies for bee conservation. His public education efforts reconnect people with urban nature and teach them to support pollinators in their own yards.
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Nishaila Porter

2022 Fellow
Nishaila studies urban resilience and the interdisciplinary role of policy. With experience in green infrastructure, she explores climate adaptation that prioritizes environmental justice. As a recent Revolutionary Power Fellow, she assisted with the Justice40 Initiative to ensure 40% of benefits flowed to disadvantaged communities nationally.