UCS at AGU 2025

Toxic Tour: Environmental Justice at the Frontlines in Louisiana
Hosted by the Union of Concerned Scientists, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Healthy Gulf, and Louisiana community leaders
1:00–5:00p CT, depart near the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, return by 6:00p

GC11G Advancing Climate Attribution Science for Extreme Events, Associated Impacts, and Applications for Climate Justice I - Poster
Huanping Huang, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Samuel Baugh, Penn State University, State College, PA
Marc Alessi, Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA
Daniel M. Gilford, Climate Central, Princeton, NJ
Emily L Williams, University of California Merced, Merced, CA
8:30a - 12:00p CT, Hall EFG (Poster Hall) (NOLA CC)

SY13A-07 Fair access: Policy efforts to ignore community science and opportunities to enhance public participation in government decision-making
Darya Minovi, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC
3:25 - 3:35p CT, 344-345 (NOLA CC)

GC14C - Advancing Climate Attribution Science for Extreme Events, Associated Impacts, and Applications for Climate Justice II - Oral Huanping Huang, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Samuel Baugh, Penn State University, State College, PA
Marc Alessi, Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA
Daniel M. Gilford, Climate Central, Princeton, NJ
Emily L Williams, University of California Merced, Merced, CA
4:15 - 5:45p CT, 245 (NOLA CC)

GC14C-07 - Impacts on Western US Water Attributable to Carbon Majors Emissions
Emily L Williams, University of California Merced, Merced, CA
John T Abatzoglou, University of California Merced, Merced, CA
Carly Phillips, Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA
Safeeq Khan, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Shaina Sadai, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
Oriana Chegwidden, CarbonPlan, San Francisco, CA
Nathan D. Mueller, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Angel Santiago Fernandez Bou, Union of Concerned Scientists, Merced, CA
L. Delta Merner, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, D.C.
Pablo Ortiz Partida, Union of Concerned Scientists, Merced, CA
5:20 - 5:30p CT, 245 (MCCNO)

TH23L: A Discussion on the ‘U.S. Climate Collection: Informing Assessment of Risks and Solutions'
Kristen Averyt, American Geophysical Union
Matthew Giampoala, American Geophysical Union
Constantine Samaras, Carnegie Mellon University
Emille Beller, American Geophysical Union
Rachel Cleetus, Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA
1-2p CT, Room 243-244 (NOLA CC)

Panel Session: Defending Science, Protecting Communities: Perspectives, Lessons, and Leadership from Fenceline Communities in Louisiana
Hosted by the Union of Concerned Scientists, featuring:
Jane Patton, Center for International Environmental Law, New Orleans, LA
Kim Terrell, Environmental Integrity Project (former Tulane scientist)
Sharon Lavigne Rise St. James, St. James, LA
Caitlion Hunter, Rise St. James, St. James, LA
6:00–8:30p CT, Maria’s Oyster Bar, 752 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70130

U34A - Independent Science: Past, Present, and Future Opportunities for Transcending Disruptions - Oral
Brenda Ekwurzel, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, D.C.
H. Christopher Frey, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Kyle Meng, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Phil Levin, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Carlos Javier Martinez, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, D.C.
4:15 - 5:45p CT, E-2 (NOLA CC)

U34A-01 - The Rise of Independent Science Activities in Response to Federal Government Changes: Opportunities and Impacts
Gretchen T. Goldman, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, D.C.
Darya Minovi, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC
Genna Reed, Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, 17 December 2025, 4:18 - 4:28p CT, E-2 (NOLA CC)

GC41F-07 - Advancing Weather and Climate Science in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean through Community and Storm-Resolving Modeling
Kelly Núñez Ocasio, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Lulin Xue, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
Julio T Bacmeister, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
Monica Ainhorn Morrison, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
Erin Dougherty, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
Carlos Javier Martinez, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, D.C.
Thursday, 18 December 2025, 9:05 - 9:10a CT, 343 (NOLA CC)
Thursday, 18 December 2025, 2:15 - 5:45p CT, Hall EFG (Poster Hall) (NOLA CC)

B52D-02 Warming-induced emissions solutions: Strategies for researching and mitigating indirect human emissions from ecosystems
Brian Buma, Environmental Defense Fund, Boulder, CO
Peter C. Frumhoff, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA
Brendan M. Rogers, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA
Stavroula Sartzetakis, Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY
Christina Schaedel, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA
Susan Natali, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA
Carly Phillips, Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA
Alice Alpert, Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY
Matti Goldberg, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA
Josep Gili Canadell, CSIRO Environment, Canberra, Australia
Kate Dooley, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Werner Kurz, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Victoria, BC, Canada
Carlos Afonso Nobre, University of São Paulo, São José dos Campos, Brazil
Emily Ury, Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY; Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Sheel Bansal, U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, ND
Irena F. Creed, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Meredith Holgerson, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sara Knox, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Pascal Badiou, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research, Stonewall, MB, Canada
Zhen Zhang, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Benjamin Poulter, Spark Climate Solutions, San Francisco, CA
Steve Hamburg, Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY
10:40 - 10:50a CT, 255-257 (MCCNO)