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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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‘Shameful’: Trump’s EPA accused of prioritizing big business over public health

A year into Trump’s second term, critics say the EPA is rolling back dozens of protections and giving a leg up to polluters.

Read the Full Article on www.theguardian.com
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Alberta, once a hotspot for renewable energy projects, sees investment 'plummet’

Corporate investment fell 99% after Alberta’s pause on new renewable energy development, as the industry faces ongoing policy uncertainty.

Read the Full Article on thenarwhal.ca
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Houston plans to hit UN climate targets despite Paris Agreement exit

Houston has its own Climate Action Plan to meet Paris Agreement targets, set in motion when Trump announced his first withdrawal from the UN treaty in 2017.
Read the Full Article on www.houstonchronicle.com
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The one big beautiful prediction: The energy transition is still alive

Trump has attacked renewable power from every angle, but energy justice scholar Sanya Carley envisions an affordable green future.
Read the Full Article on capitalandmain.com
a yellow wind turbine sitting on top of a tarmac
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Trump destroyed offshore wind. The Northeast can’t live without it

To keep the lights on, states like New York and Massachusetts will need to build projects that are currently “impossible.”
Read the Full Article on grist.org
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OK state senator seeks to rein in oil companies’ groundwater pollution

An investigation found over 150 incidents where oilfield wastewater had gushed from the earth, releasing toxic chemicals — including some that cause cancer — near homes and farms and into drinking water sources.

Read the Full Article on www.propublica.org
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'Doomsday Clock' advances to 85 seconds till midnight

A science-oriented advocacy group moved its “Doomsday Clock” to 85 seconds to midnight, saying the Earth is closer than ever to destruction.
Read the Full Article on apnews.com
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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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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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