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In addition to academic research, Dr. Blanchard writes about climate change politics and practical ethics for a general audience. Her work has been published in major news outlets including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Houston Chronicle, the Oregonian, the Salt Lake Tribune, the High Country News, and the Huffington Post, among other publications.

Instead of Carbon Offsets, We Need 'Contributions' to Forests

Stanford Social Innovation Review - January 31, 2024


Can California Save the Amazon?
San Francisco Chronicle - September 16, 2019

The New Merchants of Doubt are Waging War on Science

University World News - February 3, 2017

Mustangs Deserve A Better Film Than 'Unbranded'
High Country News - January 31, 2017

University Led Positive Investment Campaign Takes on Exxon and Chevron at Upcoming Shareholder Meetings
Huffington Post - May 3, 2016

* Re-published as Youth Perspective: University Led Positive Investment Campaign Takes on Exxon and Chevron at Upcoming Shareholder Meetings in Reuters Sustainability - May 3, 2016

Paying People to Stay Away is not Always the Best Way to Protect Watersheds
Conversation - December 23, 2015

An Open Letter from Gates Cambridge Scholars to the Gates Foundation to Divest in Fossil Fuels
Huffington Post - December 7, 2015

Raising Awareness vs. Doing the Thing for the Thing Itself (Cycling the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route)
Huffington Post - June 26, 2015

Danish Radio Host Who Beat and Killed Baby Rabbit On Air Should Be Prosecuted
Huffington Post - May 29, 2015

Let's Not Forget Seasonal Hunger in Sustainable Development Policymaking
Huffington Post - May 27, 2015

* Originally published on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Impatient Optimist blog.

Silent Spring: No More Live Animal Labs for Oregon's Medical Students

Oregonian - May 23, 2015

 

Debunk the Myth that Young People Don't Get Cancer
Houston Chronicle - February 12, 2015
* Re-published as Too Young for Cancer? on The Huffington Post - 17 February, 2015

Op-Ed: Get Rid of Utah's Unconstitutional 'Ag-gag' Law
Salt Lake Tribune - January 17, 2015

Why Love is Better Off the Internet and Out of the Spotlight
Huffington Post - January 16, 2015

Happiness this Holiday Season: A Surefire Guide
Huffington Post - December 22, 2014

The Permafrost Problem: The IPCC's Fifth Assessment and the Missing Climate Heavyweight
Huffington Post - November 11, 2014

Oscar Pistorius and the Fault in Our Sports Stars

Huffington Post - November 7, 2014

Beyond the People's Climate March
Huffington Post - September 26, 2014

Climate Change Means Changing Capitalism: a Review of Naomi Klein's New Book This Changes Everything
Huffington Post - September 16, 2014
* This review was quoted in the inner flap and back cover of the This Changes Everything UK paperback edition.

Three Crucial Things to Know About the New IPCC Climate Change Report
Huffington Post - February 10, 2014

Dangerous Loopholes in Climate Change Framework
Huffington Post - February 6, 2014

Climate Change: Where Next After Warsaw?
Huffington Post - December 27, 2013

 
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