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Agents of Change: 2022-2023 Cohort

Read the ideas and solutions from our fourth cohort.


2022-2023 Cohort

How to free ourselves from the scholar-activist dilemma

environmental justice

Protecting Indigenous children means protecting water

The global food system is failing small-scale farmers — here’s how to fix it

sustainable coffee

Water injustice on display in the Southwest US

Navajo Nation water

A love note to brown women facing beauty injustices

beauty justice

Restoring our waters is restoring ourselves

Crow Tribe Little Bighorn River

Reducing soil toxics in community gardens

community garden

It’s not just hair — fighting beauty injustice beyond the individual

beauty justice

Tapping into the power of community to make informal settlements healthier

environmental justice

Mourning family and climate change in the age of loss and damage

climate change protest

A radical solution to make US affordable housing healthy and community-driven

affordable housing

Farmworkers’ vicious cycle of precarious employment, exploitation and climate change

Farmworkers rights health

When a home is not a sanctuary but a sickening, expensive trap

Energy justice

Public lands are not neutral. We must grapple with their racist roots

environmental justice

Agents of Change: New fellows will focus on collaboration, impact, and justice

Past fellows 

2021-2022 cohort

2020-2021 cohort

2019-2020 cohort

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Pipelines extending toward a geothermal energy plant with steam rising from it
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Can the US harness old oil and gas wells to produce geothermal energy?

Red and blue states alike are working to transform abandoned wells from costly, polluting liabilities into sources of clean power and heat.
Read the Full Article on www.canarymedia.com
A view of a lake with trees at the water line
Credit: Ales Krivec/Unsplash+

Tree lines are migrating. Some up, some down

Between 2000 and 2020, 42% of tree lines around the world crept upward, largely because of climate change. But 25% moved downhill, seemingly because of factors such as land use changes and wildfires.
Read the Full Article on eos.org
A private plane painted black sitting on the tarmac
Credit: Kamran Abdullayev/Unsplash+

Private jets flocking to Cannes branded 'obscene' as fuel crisis sparks food shortage fears

More than 700 private flights flew to and from Cannes Film Festival for last year’s star-studded event, burning two million liters of fuel.

Read the Full Article on www.euronews.com
A person holding a card with the ace of diamonds on it
Credit: Wesley Tingey/Unsplash+

Is the best climate bet a cleaner grid or a cleaner sky?

In a rare head-to-head test of returns on investment, renewables bested carbon capture in almost all scenarios across the U.S. through 2050.

Read the Full Article on www.anthropocenemagazine.org
A doctor wearing a medical mask standing in front of patients in chairs
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How climate change could help hantavirus find more hosts

Experts say extreme weather is boosting the odds that the pathogens carried by rodents will spill over into human populations.
Read the Full Article on grist.org
Great Sand Dunes National Park sign
Credit: Jeffrey M. Frank/BigStock Photo ID: 28064495

Trump administration to scrap rule encouraging conservation

The Biden-era measure was intended to protect millions of acres from industrial development and the effects of climate change.
Read the Full Article on www.nytimes.com
The construction of a warehouse or data center in a dry location
Credit: ungvar/Big Stock Photo ID: 474261073

EPA plan would let work start on data centers, power plants before air permits

Developers could start building "non-emitting" components ahead of air permitting under Administrator Lee Zeldin's proposal.
Read the Full Article on www.eenews.net
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Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals

Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals

One facility has emitted cancer-causing chemicals into waterways at levels up to 520% higher than legal limits.

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Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities

Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities

“They're terrorizing these scientists because they want to keep them silent.”

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Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study

Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study

"The reality is, we are not exposed to one chemical at a time.”

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Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro speaks with the state flag and American flag behind him.

Two years into his term, has Gov. Shapiro kept his promises to regulate Pennsylvania’s fracking industry?

A new report assesses the administration’s progress and makes new recommendations

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silhouette of people holding hands by a lake at sunset

An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

“We cannot stand by and allow this to happen. We need to hold this administration accountable.”

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wildfire retardants being sprayed by plane

New evidence links heavy metal pollution with wildfire retardants

“The chemical black box” that blankets wildfire-impacted areas is increasingly under scrutiny.

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