Environmental Policy & Law

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Hansen testifies

The state Department of Environmental Protection is facing a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit over its refusal to provide a public interest law firm with a slice of agency data that shows recent water pollution levels at coal-mining operations across West Virginia. Lawyers from Appalachian Mountain Advocates sued DEP in Kanawha Circuit Court after the agency turned down their request for “discharge monitoring report,” or DMR, data that mine operators are required to file with the agency to disclose pollution levels under state and federal clean water laws.
September 16, 2014
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Mulvaney finds Rocky Mountain Power's proposals in Utah would increase economic payback on solar

Dustin Mulvany recently provided analysis and testimony on behalf of the Sierra Club on Utah's net metering debate.
August 15, 2014
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Scheuer nominated to Hawaii's Land Use Commission

Posted July 16, 2014 - HONOLULU - Gov. Neil Abercrombie today announced the nominations of Jonathan Scheuer to the Land Use Commission (LUC), as well as Rona Fukumoto and Edwin Taira to the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC), effective immediately. All are interim appointments subject to state Senate approval. Scheuer was appointed to an at-large seat and is the first LUC appointee to fill vacancies left by five recent resignations on the nine-member commission.
August 12, 2014
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Aaron Ordower

2014 Fellow
Aaron Ordower serves as Senior Policy Deputy for Los Angeles Councilmember Paul Krekorian. Aaron staffs the councilmember on the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice and the Housing committees of City Council. Aaron’s portfolio...
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Kartikeya Singh

2014 Fellow
Kartikeya Singh describes himself as an "academic, a social entrepreneur, and a diplomat in training." He is currently the Deputy Program Director at the SED Fund in the Netherlands, where he supports a global network of partners to meet...
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Shrayas Jatkar

2014 Fellow
Shrayas joined the Equity, Climate, and Jobs team at the California Workforce Development Board in November 2017. His work includes overseeing a major study to the state legislature about economic and workforce development issues linked to...
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Chris Field

2014 Fellow
Chris (he/him) is an Analyst in Natural Resources Policy with the Congressional Research Service. He has worked at the interface of science and policy for over 15 years as a practitioner, researcher, and educator. Before joining the...
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Andrea Adams

2014 Fellow
A 2014 Switzer Fellow, Dr. Adams conducts interdisciplinary research and facilitation aimed at conservation problem solving. Working at the intersection of science, management, and community, she aims to improve recovery outcomes for threatened wildlife to support thriving ecosystems. As an Ecologist in the Earth Research Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara, her work focuses specifically on amphibian declines, wildlife reintroductions, and endangered species management.
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Brian Bowen

2014 Fellow
Brian Bowen manages transportation data partnerships at StreetLight, which is committed to creating a more connected, sustainable transportation system. Brian became a Switzer Fellow while pursuing his Master’s in City Planning at the...
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Washburn joins Policy Resolution Group at Bracewell & Giuliani

As a teenager, Eric Washburn immersed himself in books about ecology. Home-schooled for a year on a ranch in Colorado's Yampa River Valley, the future aide to two Senate Democratic leaders shot thousands of photographs of local wildlife. "I think that was the most formative year of my life," said Washburn, who just joined the Policy Resolution Group at Bracewell & Giuliani. "It was that Colorado experience that instilled in me that love of nature."
June 17, 2014