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Environmental Innovation|September 10, 2025

Using Satellite-Guided Grazing to Cut Livestock Methane

The Global Methane Hub has announced Time2Graze, a collaboration of 35 partners in Latin America and Africa to build satellite-based tools that help farmers time grazing to pasture quality — with the goal of improving animal nutrition, boosting productivity, and lowering methane from digestion.

Data Science Education|September 10, 2025

Nationwide Effort Charts Roadmap for Teaching Data Skills in K-12 Classroom

Today’s students live in a data-rich world, but most classrooms haven’t kept pace. The K-12 Data Literacy and Data Science Learning Progressions offer a clear, research-based roadmap for building data skills from early grades through high school. Developed through a nationwide, multi-year collaboration with educators, researchers, and policy leaders, they outline key expectations in data literacy, data science, and AI — equipping educators to create engaging, future-ready learning experiences.

Medical Research & Talent|September 8, 2025

VIDEO: How Every Cure is Unlocking Treatments Hidden in Plain Sight

In this TED Talk, Dr. David Fajgenbaum shares how nearly dying led him to discover his own cure and launch Every Cure, a nonprofit dedicated to repurposing existing FDA-approved drugs to treat countless diseases. His journey from patient to pioneer shows how lifesaving solutions may already be within reach.

Environmental Innovation|August 26, 2025

New Methane Risk Map Traces Toxic Pollution from Leak Events

Leaks from oil and gas equipment don’t just release methane — they can also spew hazardous air pollutants that largely go untracked. PSE Healthy Energy’s new Methane Risk Map links methane leak events to modeled hazardous air pollution, helping communities and decision-makers visualize associated health risks.

Early Childhood Development|July 31, 2025

Kidsights Data Sheds Light on Early Childhood Development Nationwide

Kidsights Data is breaking new ground by tracking child development from birth to age five at a population level across U.S. communities, cities, and states. The data offers rare insight into how early experiences shape lifelong success — and how policies and investments can better support children and families.

Environmental Innovation|July 21, 2025

MethaneSAT’s Silence Won’t Save Methane Emitters from Scrutiny

In CleanTechnica, Michael Barnard reports on the loss of MethaneSAT, a satellite designed to track methane leaks globally. While the setback drew disappointment, Barnard notes that a wide network of satellites and advanced data tools continue to ensure emissions remain under close watch.

Environmental Innovation|July 17, 2025

Investors Helped Build Europe’s Methane Rules, Now They Must Defend Them

Writing for EDF+Business, Ismael Hernandez Rivera and Suzanne Brady explain how investor pressure helped shape the EU’s pioneering methane regulation. They argue that continued investor engagement is critical to ensure the law’s strong implementation and to counter efforts to weaken it.

Collaborative Philanthropy|July 17, 2025

Valhalla Foundation Supports the Launch of NextLadder Ventures

Valhalla Foundation is excited to support the launch of NextLadder Ventures, an initiative that will pair deep community insight with breakthrough technology to expand economic opportunity for low-income individuals and families. Launched in collaboration with the Gates Foundation, Ballmer Group, Stand Together, and Overdeck Family Foundation, NextLadder will invest in AI-powered, community-informed solutions that help individuals navigate pivotal life transitions such as job loss, housing insecurity, and health challenges

Environmental Innovation|July 15, 2025

How MethaneSAT Showed it is Time for Pollution Action to Aim Sky-High

In a feature for the World Economic Forum, Fred Krupp of the Environmental Defense Fund reflects on the MethaneSAT project and its bold attempt to monitor methane from space. Despite the satellite’s early failure, he emphasizes the need for ambitious, risk-taking solutions to cut emissions quickly.

Environmental Innovation|July 2, 2025

Methane-Tracking Satellite is Lost but Work to Reduce Pollution Continues

Environmental Defense Fund’s Shanti Menon reports that MethaneSAT has been declared unrecoverable after losing contact. Even so, data already collected will be released, and EDF plans to continue advancing methane reduction through aircraft monitoring, partnerships, and global policy efforts.