Environmental & Social Justice

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Switzer Foundation transitions to fossil-free and socially responsible bank

Last year, the foundation committed to transitioning our checking account and credit cards to a new bank as part of an ongoing effort to align all of our practices, from programmatic to administrative, with our values to improve...
January 27, 2022
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Patterson quoted in Grist about Detroit highway removal and reparations

“Throughout the country, urban freeways were routed through Black neighborhoods, resulting in the malicious division and forced displacement of Black neighborhoods, as well as local Black economies,” said Regan Patterson.
January 6, 2022
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Milkowski co-creates curriculum for Energy Justice Course at Dartmouth

The new course "Energy Justice: Fostering More Equitable Energy Futures" is free to audit via Coursera.
December 14, 2021
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Morello-Frosch and Cushing map more than 400 toxic sites in California at risk of flooding from sea level rise

This three-year project, dubbed Toxic Tides, is the first systematic look at the environmental justice ramifications of sea level rise and hazardous sites along the entire coast of California.
December 1, 2021
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“COOKED: Survival by Zip Code” Switzer Network Screening Recording and Resources

The Switzer Network Race and Equity Discussion Group hosted a viewing and discussion of COOKED: Survival By Zip Code, a short documentary film that takes audiences from the deadly 1995 Chicago heat disaster deep into a rapidly growing...
November 17, 2021
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Colonialism, the climate crisis, and the need to center Indigenous voices

As world leaders gather at COP26, we need acknowledge the historical root causes of the climate crisis.
November 17, 2021
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Stoddard authors report on impact of Hurricane Florence on animals and farmers in North Carolina

Millions of poultry died and thousands of pigs and their waste was washed into local waterways by the millions of gallons, with negative impacts for the health of environmental justice communities and local ecosystems.
November 16, 2021
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Patterson publishes paper on Effects of Diesel Engine Emission Controls on Environmental Equity and Justice

Assessing the air quality and environmental equity benefits for accelerated use of diesel particle filter and selective catalytic reduction systems on heavy-duty diesel trucks.
November 10, 2021
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Youngblood joins Earthjustice as 2021 Skadden Fellow

Candice Youngblood has received a Skadden Fellowship to advance equitable transportation planning centered on the economic resilience and health of California’s low-income communities of color through regulatory and policy advocacy and litigation with Earthjustice. She first joined Earthjustice’s Los Angeles office as a litigation assistant in 2015 and returned as a Skadden Fellow in 2021.
November 3, 2021
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Reclaiming STEM Institute founded via the merger of two fellows-led organizations

Rowan Institute and ReclaimingSTEM, two organizations led by Switzer Fellows focused on scientific leadership and community building, have merged together into a new organization: ReclaimingSTEM Institute.
October 27, 2021