Lauren Gifford 🌱🌎🌲
@laurengifford.bsky.social
Geographer. Climate and carbon governance. Carbon markets, removal, offsets, climate tech, justice. 🌱🌎🌲
www.laurengifford.net
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Defining Climate Finance Justice: Critical Geographies of Justice Amid Financialized Climate Action
Given the exponential growth in financial investments to support climate change mitigation and adaptation, particularly shaped as capital flows from the Global North to the Global South, an incredib...
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📢🌎 New *open access* article out now!
“Defining Climate Finance Justice: Critical Geographies of Justice Amid Financialized Climate Action” is a deep literature review that explores the unique complexities around climate finance and justice concerns.
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“Defining Climate Finance Justice: Critical Geographies of Justice Amid Financialized Climate Action” is a deep literature review that explores the unique complexities around climate finance and justice concerns.
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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These guys are constantly saying that Dems need to abandon identity politics and run on kitchen-table issues. They get the most kitchen table-ass candidate imaginable, spend months saying he's secretly radical, then as soon as he wins they say he's secretly moderate.
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
These guys are constantly saying that Dems need to abandon identity politics and run on kitchen-table issues. They get the most kitchen table-ass candidate imaginable, spend months saying he's secretly radical, then as soon as he wins they say he's secretly moderate.
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First episode of COPOut airs SUNDAY. Tune in to hear from @laurengifford.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @davidho.bsky.social @magnoliae.bsky.social @pammcelwee.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social @frediotto.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social & more!
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November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
First episode of COPOut airs SUNDAY. Tune in to hear from @laurengifford.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @davidho.bsky.social @magnoliae.bsky.social @pammcelwee.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social @frediotto.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social & more!
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This Virginia election result is an eye-opener for me, even though I've covered the environmental and health impacts of AI and data centers for quite a while. 👀
Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
This Virginia Election Was a Warning for Data Centers
John McAuliff ran his campaign almost entirely on data centers — and won.
heatmap.news
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This Virginia election result is an eye-opener for me, even though I've covered the environmental and health impacts of AI and data centers for quite a while. 👀
Me, watching people on linkedin literally blame Guardian reporter Patrick Greenfield for singlehandedly destroying the REDD+ market:
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November 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Me, watching people on linkedin literally blame Guardian reporter Patrick Greenfield for singlehandedly destroying the REDD+ market:
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I'm so excited to be kicking off the COPOut Podcast! Details are below. Tune in to hear conversations with @laurengifford.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @davidho.bsky.social @magnoliae.bsky.social @pammcelwee.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social and more!
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November 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I'm so excited to be kicking off the COPOut Podcast! Details are below. Tune in to hear conversations with @laurengifford.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @davidho.bsky.social @magnoliae.bsky.social @pammcelwee.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social and more!
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Why your professor friends are yawning. This is considered “normal.”
Today I gave three lectures, hosted my students master’s thesis defense, graded 86 papers, and had a nice long chat with a reporter. I am officially exhausted. 🥱
November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Why your professor friends are yawning. This is considered “normal.”
No one is better than the carbon industry at constantly re-branding concepts without changing the fundamentals of the concept *at. all.*
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
No one is better than the carbon industry at constantly re-branding concepts without changing the fundamentals of the concept *at. all.*
THIS is the hot take of the century. THIS is why we we are experiencing so much strife. We've been convinced we are the problems, and we are supposed to solve things within systems stacked against us. We need better systems.
"The billionaire class has tried to convince those earning $30 an hour their enemies are those earning $20 an hour." - @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
THIS is the hot take of the century. THIS is why we we are experiencing so much strife. We've been convinced we are the problems, and we are supposed to solve things within systems stacked against us. We need better systems.
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As we debate building a new generation of fossil fuel infrastructure for data centers and LNG exports, it's helpful to understand how the last generation's infrastructure is faring. Answer: the fossil fuel industry (and now the fed gov't) has left it behind to poison our communities.
Forrest Smith, the only National Park Service engineer cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells, lost his contract, leaving 93 orphaned wells on park lands unmanaged. These leaking wells release methane and toxins, threatening human health and the environment.
He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go.
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
As we debate building a new generation of fossil fuel infrastructure for data centers and LNG exports, it's helpful to understand how the last generation's infrastructure is faring. Answer: the fossil fuel industry (and now the fed gov't) has left it behind to poison our communities.
I've just fallen down the rabbit hold of reading reddit posts about carbon project enrollment. You can learn so much reading insights from people who are outside the industry who aren't academics. Please join me:
www.reddit.com/r/forestry/c...
cc @reddmonitor.bsky.social
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cc @reddmonitor.bsky.social
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November 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I've just fallen down the rabbit hold of reading reddit posts about carbon project enrollment. You can learn so much reading insights from people who are outside the industry who aren't academics. Please join me:
www.reddit.com/r/forestry/c...
cc @reddmonitor.bsky.social
www.reddit.com/r/forestry/c...
cc @reddmonitor.bsky.social
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Calling everyone who has chosen to skip COP30 this year—I’m doing a quasi poll. Lemme know if you made this decision and why!!
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October 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Calling everyone who has chosen to skip COP30 this year—I’m doing a quasi poll. Lemme know if you made this decision and why!!
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I get why people are replying to point out eligibility requirements and the prevalence of the working poor, but ultimately the only requirement for getting fed should be that you're hungry.
October 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I get why people are replying to point out eligibility requirements and the prevalence of the working poor, but ultimately the only requirement for getting fed should be that you're hungry.
Curious how the silica dust impacting coal miner health compares to the silicate minerals used in enhanced rock weathering. Anyone have ideas?
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Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump
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October 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Curious how the silica dust impacting coal miner health compares to the silicate minerals used in enhanced rock weathering. Anyone have ideas?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...
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Disasters in remote Alaska are not like disasters anywhere in the lower 48 states..While East Coast homeowners recovering from a nor’easter..can run to Home Depot for supplies or drive to a hotel if their home floods, none of that exists in remote Native villages" theconversation.com/typhoon-leav...
Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience
‘As the storm approached Alaska, everything went sideways,’ leaving people no time to evacuate and little time to prepare. An Alaska meteorologist explains what happened and the challenges ahead.
theconversation.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Disasters in remote Alaska are not like disasters anywhere in the lower 48 states..While East Coast homeowners recovering from a nor’easter..can run to Home Depot for supplies or drive to a hotel if their home floods, none of that exists in remote Native villages" theconversation.com/typhoon-leav...
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As universities embrace AI, corporate influence on research, governance and values is growing.
What happens when higher ed’s pursuit of tech prestige meets Silicon Valley’s profit motives?
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What happens when higher ed’s pursuit of tech prestige meets Silicon Valley’s profit motives?
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Why higher ed’s AI rush could put corporate interests over public service and independence
Higher education’s embrace of AI reveals deeper trends in institutional priorities − and what’s at risk.
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October 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
As universities embrace AI, corporate influence on research, governance and values is growing.
What happens when higher ed’s pursuit of tech prestige meets Silicon Valley’s profit motives?
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What happens when higher ed’s pursuit of tech prestige meets Silicon Valley’s profit motives?
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A corny climate action might benefit farmers—if they invest.
New research from Mark Mba-Wright @ IowaStateU Bioeconomy Institute, input from Sarah Sellars @sdstate.bsky.social and @laurengifford.bsky.social @soilcarbon-csu.bsky.social, story by @sarahderouin.com
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New research from Mark Mba-Wright @ IowaStateU Bioeconomy Institute, input from Sarah Sellars @sdstate.bsky.social and @laurengifford.bsky.social @soilcarbon-csu.bsky.social, story by @sarahderouin.com
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How Might Leftover Corn Stalks Halt Fugitive Carbon? - Eos
Bio-oil made from plant waste could help limit carbon emissions from orphaned oil and gas wells. But would it help or hinder farmers’ bottom line?
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October 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A corny climate action might benefit farmers—if they invest.
New research from Mark Mba-Wright @ IowaStateU Bioeconomy Institute, input from Sarah Sellars @sdstate.bsky.social and @laurengifford.bsky.social @soilcarbon-csu.bsky.social, story by @sarahderouin.com
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New research from Mark Mba-Wright @ IowaStateU Bioeconomy Institute, input from Sarah Sellars @sdstate.bsky.social and @laurengifford.bsky.social @soilcarbon-csu.bsky.social, story by @sarahderouin.com
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Geographers, If you our headed to #AAG2026, consider our CFP:
"Surfaces and Subsurfaces as Spaces of Climate Action" organized by Chris Knudson, Gabby Subia Smith + me. Please share.
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"Surfaces and Subsurfaces as Spaces of Climate Action" organized by Chris Knudson, Gabby Subia Smith + me. Please share.
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@cape-aag.bsky.social @politicalgeography.bsky.social @geographers.bsky.social
AAG 2026 CFP
2026 AAG Annual Meeting - San Francisco, California March 17, 2026 – March 21, 2026 CFP – submissions due October 10, 2025 In-Person session Lauren Gifford, Colorado State University Gabriella Subia...
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September 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Geographers, If you our headed to #AAG2026, consider our CFP:
"Surfaces and Subsurfaces as Spaces of Climate Action" organized by Chris Knudson, Gabby Subia Smith + me. Please share.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@cape-aag.bsky.social @politicalgeography.bsky.social @geographers.bsky.social
"Surfaces and Subsurfaces as Spaces of Climate Action" organized by Chris Knudson, Gabby Subia Smith + me. Please share.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@cape-aag.bsky.social @politicalgeography.bsky.social @geographers.bsky.social
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New paper! On the precarious labor at the end of the solar commodity chain, and the production of value from solar waste in India.
Shards of light: Ruination, pollution, and the lived experience of solar waste in India.
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Shards of light: Ruination, pollution, and the lived experience of solar waste in India.
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September 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
New paper! On the precarious labor at the end of the solar commodity chain, and the production of value from solar waste in India.
Shards of light: Ruination, pollution, and the lived experience of solar waste in India.
☀️🔌💡 authors.elsevier.com/c/1lpUo7tZ6a...
Shards of light: Ruination, pollution, and the lived experience of solar waste in India.
☀️🔌💡 authors.elsevier.com/c/1lpUo7tZ6a...
Crossing a New York City street and almost bumped right into @davidho.bsky.social on a City Bike.
Climate Week is so much fun!
Climate Week is so much fun!
September 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Crossing a New York City street and almost bumped right into @davidho.bsky.social on a City Bike.
Climate Week is so much fun!
Climate Week is so much fun!
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I got this sent to me from a Pascua Yaqui undergraduate student in Tucson who is in a soils class this semester. She said it was so meaningful to see not only women but someone from her tribe up there. I just about cried. This work matters. We matter ❤️🤍💙
September 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I got this sent to me from a Pascua Yaqui undergraduate student in Tucson who is in a soils class this semester. She said it was so meaningful to see not only women but someone from her tribe up there. I just about cried. This work matters. We matter ❤️🤍💙
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Check out our team’s new paper about reducing nitrogen losses in US row-crop agriculture, by @mikebadzmierowski.bsky.social.
Nitrogen is essential for crop production, but its overuse reduces air and water quality and emits potent GHGs. This paper examines solutions.
www.wri.org/research/red...
Nitrogen is essential for crop production, but its overuse reduces air and water quality and emits potent GHGs. This paper examines solutions.
www.wri.org/research/red...
September 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Check out our team’s new paper about reducing nitrogen losses in US row-crop agriculture, by @mikebadzmierowski.bsky.social.
Nitrogen is essential for crop production, but its overuse reduces air and water quality and emits potent GHGs. This paper examines solutions.
www.wri.org/research/red...
Nitrogen is essential for crop production, but its overuse reduces air and water quality and emits potent GHGs. This paper examines solutions.
www.wri.org/research/red...
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If you’re a climate/energy person, I will take your portrait pro bono.
After far too many years, I've got myself a new Guardian byline pic, very kindly taken pro bono by Nick Bowring. It was getting like The Picture of Dorian Gray in reverse.
Embrace the ravages of time!
Embrace the ravages of time!
May 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If you’re a climate/energy person, I will take your portrait pro bono.
My dad just took this photo in Acadia National Park
September 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
My dad just took this photo in Acadia National Park
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Is Carbon Capture the Same as #CarbonRemoval? 🏭
We answer this and other #FAQs about Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration 👉 bit.ly/3QIWpWl
We answer this and other #FAQs about Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration 👉 bit.ly/3QIWpWl
September 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Is Carbon Capture the Same as #CarbonRemoval? 🏭
We answer this and other #FAQs about Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration 👉 bit.ly/3QIWpWl
We answer this and other #FAQs about Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration 👉 bit.ly/3QIWpWl