Environmental & Social Justice

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Coleman quoted on potential deaths caused by food scarcity from global warming

Climate change-related food scarcity can lead to 500,000 deaths around the world by 2050, a new study has found. The research was the first to come up with an estimated number of deaths, based on changes in diet composition due to global warming.
June 29, 2016
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Fruin quoted on China Shipping pollution in Port of L.A.

The Port of Los Angeles paid a Chinese government-owned shipping company $5 million in 2005 to equip cargo vessels to plug into electric shore power while at dock to keep their massive diesel engines from polluting neighborhoods near the harbor. The company, China Shipping, used the money to upgrade 17 ships, but the city didn't get all the promised environmental benefits. Most of the vessels stopped traveling to Los Angeles in 2010, a Times review of shipping industry data showed.
June 22, 2016
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Carolina Prado

2016 Fellow
Carolina Prado is an advocate on issues of cross-border social environmental justice and governance at the U.S.-México border. As a Ph.D, candidate in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of...
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Mary Rock

2016 Fellow
Mary is an associate attorney with Earthjustice. She works in the organization's Midwest Regional Office in Chicago. Prior to joining Earthjustice, Mary clerked for Judge Paez in the Ninth Circuit and Judge Ellison in the Southern District...
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Emma Schneider

2016 Fellow
Emma received her Ph.D. from the English Department at Tufts University and now teaches courses in the Environmental Humanities as a visiting assistant professor at Gettysburg College. She focuses on environmental justice issues in...
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Erik Martinez

2016 Fellow
Prior to joining the EPA, Erik Martinez was a Coastal Development Planner with the California Coastal Commission in San Francisco, CA where he focused on reviewing development projects along the coast to ensure the protection of sensitive...
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Anna Doty

2016 Fellow
At Washington Environmental Council, Anna directs the Stand Up To Oil campaign and supports coalitions across the Pacific Northwest defending our water, air, and communities from new fossil fuel infrastructure. With a background in both...
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Kate Voss

2016 Fellow
Katalyn (Kate) Voss leads partnership work for the Water Program at Ceres. This includes identifying and maintaining strategic partnerships – including with NGOs, investors, and funders – to support efforts to address the most severe and...
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How to bridge the climate funding gap for developing nations?

Despite a collective promise made by wealthy to developing countries of $100 billion annually by 2020, there is a Grand Canyon sized gap before us in reaching that goal. Adaptation costs alone in developing countries may rise to $150 billion or more by 2025, so $100 billion should be viewed as a basement, not a ceiling, to be scaled up over time. Vulnerable countries didn’t create this problem, but they are suffering most.
June 7, 2016
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Adapting to Climate Change in Cities May Require a Major Rethink

In theory, local urban leadership on climate adaptation could significantly reduce the vulnerability of those who need the greatest protection. More people live in cities than ever, providing an opportunity to concentrate climate investments. In reality, most adaptation proposals try to protect existing development in coastal and low-lying urban areas in ways that perpetuate continued growth in these exposed areas. The fact is, there are winners and losers in urban climate adaptation projects, and it is the poorest and most marginalized who (as always) tend to lose.
May 18, 2016