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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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A view of paddocks with trees and the setting sun in the distance
Credit: Ales Krivec/Unsplash+

Is the sun setting on Pennsylvania's solar future?

The EPA has rescinded Pennsylvania’s Solar for All funding, part of a $7 billion program aimed at helping low-income households access clean energy. State officials and environmental groups argue the move is illegal, while partisan gridlock in Harrisburg further clouds the future of the grant.

Read the Full Article on capitalandmain.com
A view of a flooded Pakistan hill town
Credit: GreenThumbShots/Big Stock Photo

As floods worsen, Pakistan is the epicenter of climate change

This season’s intense monsoon rains caused flooding that killed hundreds and displaced millions of people in Pakistan — an increasingly frequent occurrence. Scientists who study extreme weather warn that Pakistan is more vulnerable to climate change than any other nation. 
Read the Full Article on e360.yale.edu
An aerial view of a flooded farm
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The National Flood Insurance Program is losing billions

The National Flood Insurance Program is facing more than $22 billion in debt as floods intensify, property development expands into high-risk zones, and climate change drives ever-costlier disasters.

Read the Full Article on www.vox.com
A small island viewed from a beach
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Developing countries accuse rich of broken climate promises at UN

Leaders of developing countries threatened by climate change told rich nations at the United Nations General Assembly that they are falling far short of promises to fund measures to combat rising sea levels, droughts and deforestation.
Read the Full Article on www.reuters.com
A diesel truck carrying pipeline parts along a highway
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A climate leader could put big oil’s risky pipelines next to homes, wildlife

California risks setting a dangerous precedent as states struggle to protect people from the oil industry’s buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines.
Read the Full Article on www.levernews.com
A satellite photo of a hurricane off the east coast of the United States.
Credit: Zyanya Citlalli/Unsplash+

National Weather Service at ‘breaking point’ as storm approaches

The National Weather Service is struggling to maintain its forecasting operations due to significant staffing cuts under the Trump administration.
Read the Full Article on www.washingtonpost.com
Silhouette of worker in a mine tunnel
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Trump launches new bid to save coal

Leaders at DOE, EPA and Interior tossed another lifeline of policy changes and funding to the coal industry.
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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