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Model Environmental Justice Bills, Aimed at State Legislators, Are Released
A new framework for legislators and advocates aims to promote environmental justice with exemplary tools to accelerate proposed policy changes.
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Five Tips for Taking Climate Action in Your Community
Environmental justice lawyer Christine Appah-Gyamfi offers tips for getting involved in climate advocacy this Earth Day.
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Faculty Spotlight: Rachel Patterson
A faculty advisor in the Environmental Science and Policy program, Patterson shares her professional journey, emphasizing the importance of following your passions rather than staying in a job that doesn’t align with your morals and interests.
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Christine Appah-Gyamfi Empowers Students to Lead on Environmental Justice Issues
In her class at the Columbia Climate School, this environmental justice lawyer provides tools and hands-on opportunities for her students to generate real-world impacts.
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Viewing Urban Geography and History Through an Environmental Justice Lens
A Q&A with John Williams, who studies the historical links between the built environment and racial injustice in U.S. cities.
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Opinion: Why Environmentalists Should Oppose ‘Cop City’ and Defend the Atlanta Forest
A Sustainability Management graduate student discusses questions of environmental injustice in Atlanta, Georgia, as one county prepares to turn a large greenspace into a police training facility.
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From Columbia to COP27 in Six Months: Cassidy Childs
Inspired into action by the Tubbs Fire in 2017, this Environmental Science and Policy alum is helping to bring justice and equity issues into environmental policy.
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2022 Climate News You Should Know
Climate School experts weigh in on the past year’s most noteworthy events and developments within their fields.
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A Renewable Future for Formerly Incarcerated New Yorkers
Rikers Island, the world’s largest penal colony, could become a solar farm. While this is a significant step toward a healthier future, certain considerations must be taken into account to ensure the transition is just and equitable.
AGU25, the premier Earth and space science conference, takes place December 15-19, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year’s theme—Where Science Connects Us—puts in focus how science depends on connection, from the lab to the field to the ballot box. Once again, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia Climate School scientists, experts, students, and educators are playing an active role, sharing our research and helping shape the future of our planet. #AGU25 Learn More
