Alida Cantor
@alidacantor.bsky.social
Geographer, political ecologist, critical legal water energy resources, environmental justice. Associate Professor of Geography at Portland State University. Parent, feminist, union member, bike commuter. She/her.
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Hydrology Paper of the Day @alidacantor.bsky.social on landscapes of resource extraction related to lithium mining in the McDermitt Caldera of Oregon: political ecology and socio-environmental perspectives; opposition and challenges; and understanding resource usage and ecological perspectives.
Super excited to have this new article on lithium and energy transitions out in Geoforum!!
Excited to share a new article from our team about the complicated human experiences of future lithium projects in the McDermitt Caldera. Pushing beyond narratives of for-or-against, our work highlights the nuance and uncertainties experienced in this new lithium country! @alidacantor.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Hydrology Paper of the Day @alidacantor.bsky.social on landscapes of resource extraction related to lithium mining in the McDermitt Caldera of Oregon: political ecology and socio-environmental perspectives; opposition and challenges; and understanding resource usage and ecological perspectives.
Super excited to have this new article on lithium and energy transitions out in Geoforum!!
Excited to share a new article from our team about the complicated human experiences of future lithium projects in the McDermitt Caldera. Pushing beyond narratives of for-or-against, our work highlights the nuance and uncertainties experienced in this new lithium country! @alidacantor.bsky.social
“We’re going to tear up the Caldera so we can have an electric car”: Wrestling with prospective lithium mining in the Oregon desert
Extraction of lithium, a key ingredient for renewable energy transitions, is a land- and water-intensive process. In this study, we use qualitative, p…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Super excited to have this new article on lithium and energy transitions out in Geoforum!!
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EPA proposes to stop measuring benefits of environmental regulations, just industry costs.
Seat belts cost car companies money.
Pollution controls on coal plants cost utilities money.
Water quality standards cost industry money.
EPA says ignore the lives they save.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Seat belts cost car companies money.
Pollution controls on coal plants cost utilities money.
Water quality standards cost industry money.
EPA says ignore the lives they save.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:09 AM
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"It’s amazing: Trump launched a war for oil without talking to the oil companies first..the day before, the Bureau of Land Management auctioned more than 20,000 acres in Colorado for..drilling. Or..tried to auction the land — because there were no bids"
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The Ignominious Death of Drill, Baby, Drill
U.S. economic and foreign policy is now based on Trump’s crude delusions
paulkrugman.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:10 AM
"It’s amazing: Trump launched a war for oil without talking to the oil companies first..the day before, the Bureau of Land Management auctioned more than 20,000 acres in Colorado for..drilling. Or..tried to auction the land — because there were no bids"
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-ignomi...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-ignomi...
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The Clark County project in the PNW is one example of conflicts emerging between communities and utility companies as the electric grid expands to serve the growing need for power across the region. @alidacantor.bsky.social shares insights from the research team at Portland State:
Clark County residents say they’ll get all the burdens and none of the benefits of proposed PacifiCorp transmission line
The transmission line to Troutdale, Ore., is a source of tension as utility companies try to satisfy growing demands for power in the Northwest.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The Clark County project in the PNW is one example of conflicts emerging between communities and utility companies as the electric grid expands to serve the growing need for power across the region. @alidacantor.bsky.social shares insights from the research team at Portland State:
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Two people shot by federal agents in Portland today.
A mother killed by ICE in Minneapolis yesterday.
This is a pattern, not an accident.
A mother killed by ICE in Minneapolis yesterday.
This is a pattern, not an accident.
January 9, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Two people shot by federal agents in Portland today.
A mother killed by ICE in Minneapolis yesterday.
This is a pattern, not an accident.
A mother killed by ICE in Minneapolis yesterday.
This is a pattern, not an accident.
Glad for the chance to share my two cents on energy infrastructure development, based on our team's research over the past several years, for this OPB article on a proposed transmission line in WA. @portlandstate.bsky.social @geographers.bsky.social
The Clark County project is just one example of the conflicts emerging between communities and utility companies as the Pacific Northwest electric grid expands to serve the growing need for power across the region.
Clark County residents say they’ll get all the burdens and none of the benefits of proposed PacifiCorp transmission line
The transmission line to Troutdale, Ore., is a source of tension as utility companies try to satisfy growing demands for power in the Northwest.
www.opb.org
December 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Glad for the chance to share my two cents on energy infrastructure development, based on our team's research over the past several years, for this OPB article on a proposed transmission line in WA. @portlandstate.bsky.social @geographers.bsky.social
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Ending the year on a high note: We’ve secured new support to replace the EPA and NSF funding we lost and keep our energy-transition work at Moss Landing moving forward.
Researchers wanted to understand concerns with batteries in Moss Landing, California. Their funding just got yanked. #MossLandingFire 🔋🔥 insideclimatenews.org/news/1505202...
Researchers Wanted to Understand Concerns With Batteries in Moss Landing, California. Their Funding Just Got Yanked - Inside Climate News
Among the many federal grants canceled by the Trump administration are two related to the community that hosts a huge energy storage facility.
insideclimatenews.org
December 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Ending the year on a high note: We’ve secured new support to replace the EPA and NSF funding we lost and keep our energy-transition work at Moss Landing moving forward.
Grades in ✅
Week 1 prep for classes that start the first week of January done (ish) ✅
Winter break let's gooooo ❄️😎🕎🎄🥳
Week 1 prep for classes that start the first week of January done (ish) ✅
Winter break let's gooooo ❄️😎🕎🎄🥳
December 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Grades in ✅
Week 1 prep for classes that start the first week of January done (ish) ✅
Winter break let's gooooo ❄️😎🕎🎄🥳
Week 1 prep for classes that start the first week of January done (ish) ✅
Winter break let's gooooo ❄️😎🕎🎄🥳
Parenting milestone: 9 year old called me "bruh" for the first time today 🫠
December 12, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Parenting milestone: 9 year old called me "bruh" for the first time today 🫠
Dear Portland: don't go swimming this week ! www.portland.gov/bes/big-pipe...
Big Pipe Tracker: See how the Big Pipes prevent combined sewer overflows
Is it raining? Here you can track how the Big Pipe Project is preventing combined sewer overflows to the Willamette River, and be the first to know if a rare overflow does occur.
www.portland.gov
December 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Dear Portland: don't go swimming this week ! www.portland.gov/bes/big-pipe...
Helpful!
Great question!
1) First and foremost, we evaluate a candidate based on the departmental guidelines and expectations provided. We don't hold the candidate to arbitrary standards, or even to those of our own institution unless asked to do so. We assess the materials against the guidelines provided.
1) First and foremost, we evaluate a candidate based on the departmental guidelines and expectations provided. We don't hold the candidate to arbitrary standards, or even to those of our own institution unless asked to do so. We assess the materials against the guidelines provided.
Dear senior profs who have written tenure letters.
Can you help demystify the process for some junior profs up for tenure soon?
What do you look for? How do you make your evaluation?
We are told that the letters are the most important part of the file, but not what letter writers look for.
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Can you help demystify the process for some junior profs up for tenure soon?
What do you look for? How do you make your evaluation?
We are told that the letters are the most important part of the file, but not what letter writers look for.
1/
December 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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End of fall term academia blues: University budget cuts on the horizon. Suspected student use of AI for final papers. Conference organizing difficulties. And it won't stop raining. Winter break can't come soon enough!
December 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
End of fall term academia blues: University budget cuts on the horizon. Suspected student use of AI for final papers. Conference organizing difficulties. And it won't stop raining. Winter break can't come soon enough!
Some improvements on I-5
November 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Some improvements on I-5
Successfully submitted a revise-and-resubmit during a week when both me and my co-author have kids out of school. Feel like I've earned myself a gold star from the academia fairy ✨
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Successfully submitted a revise-and-resubmit during a week when both me and my co-author have kids out of school. Feel like I've earned myself a gold star from the academia fairy ✨
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I have written a lot about the perils of poorly maintained (and leaf-filled) bike lanes. That didn’t stop me from wiping out in one just now, falling on my face and scraping up my knee pretty badly. This is a truly hazardous situation, @pbotinfo.bsky.social. When are you going to do something?
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I have written a lot about the perils of poorly maintained (and leaf-filled) bike lanes. That didn’t stop me from wiping out in one just now, falling on my face and scraping up my knee pretty badly. This is a truly hazardous situation, @pbotinfo.bsky.social. When are you going to do something?
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Dang, hard disagree. The best papers to write and read are works of art, not merely a list of data and statements.
Don’t let LLMs take this away too, for gods sake.
Don’t let LLMs take this away too, for gods sake.
I honestly think we would all be a lot more productive if papers were bullet points with plots.
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Dang, hard disagree. The best papers to write and read are works of art, not merely a list of data and statements.
Don’t let LLMs take this away too, for gods sake.
Don’t let LLMs take this away too, for gods sake.
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Portland State University AAUP won their arbitration regarding the layoffs of 10 non-tenure track faculty!✊
An arbitrator ruled the university bypassed shared governance protocols required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
All 10 laid-off faculty must be reinstated!
@psuaaup.bsky.social
An arbitrator ruled the university bypassed shared governance protocols required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
All 10 laid-off faculty must be reinstated!
@psuaaup.bsky.social
PSU AAUP | PSU-AAUP wins NTTF arbitration judgment
psuaaup.net
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Portland State University AAUP won their arbitration regarding the layoffs of 10 non-tenure track faculty!✊
An arbitrator ruled the university bypassed shared governance protocols required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
All 10 laid-off faculty must be reinstated!
@psuaaup.bsky.social
An arbitrator ruled the university bypassed shared governance protocols required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
All 10 laid-off faculty must be reinstated!
@psuaaup.bsky.social
Excellent new publication on "Collaborative Governance and Hydrosocial Territorialization: Reaching Consensus on Salmon Restoration Goals in the Columbia River Basin" by my PhD student Thien-Kim Bui! #salmon #geosky #waterscience 🐟💧🏞️
@thienkim.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@thienkim.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Excellent new publication on "Collaborative Governance and Hydrosocial Territorialization: Reaching Consensus on Salmon Restoration Goals in the Columbia River Basin" by my PhD student Thien-Kim Bui! #salmon #geosky #waterscience 🐟💧🏞️
@thienkim.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@thienkim.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Brilliant, great work Portland State @trecpdx.bsky.social !!! This is such a cool way to let people try e-bikes. #bikesky
Portland State University just opened an e-bike lending library. You can borrow an e-bike for a couple weeks, months, or a term. trec.pdx.edu/news/portlan...
Portland State's New E-Bike Lending Library is Open | TREC
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October 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Brilliant, great work Portland State @trecpdx.bsky.social !!! This is such a cool way to let people try e-bikes. #bikesky
Just wanted to share this incredibly nice StoryMap that accompanies our new report on Community Benefits Agreements! The StoryMap explores several case studies of CBAs in energy transitions. @cplusc.bsky.social #geosky #energysky #sustainability #climate
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Fighting for Fair Development
Community Benefits Agreements as a Strategy for Making the Energy Transition More Equitable in the United States
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October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Just wanted to share this incredibly nice StoryMap that accompanies our new report on Community Benefits Agreements! The StoryMap explores several case studies of CBAs in energy transitions. @cplusc.bsky.social #geosky #energysky #sustainability #climate
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a860...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a860...
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E-bikes are a true car replacement. ⚡️🚲
Many parents are now are forgoing minivans for greener alternatives: cargo bikes. They have been around for decades, but the advent of the electric bike motor has made them much more popular. n.pr/3WJyZn9
Why more parents are riding cargo bikes, skipping the minivan
Many parents are now are forgoing minivans for greener alternatives: cargo bikes. They have been around for decades, but the advent of the electric bike motor has made them much more popular.
n.pr
October 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
E-bikes are a true car replacement. ⚡️🚲
Joined a micro #NoKings rally in Portland OR with a bunch of kids and parents and grandmas. For those not fluent in kindergarten writing: "Yes ice cream, No ICE."
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Joined a micro #NoKings rally in Portland OR with a bunch of kids and parents and grandmas. For those not fluent in kindergarten writing: "Yes ice cream, No ICE."