Libby Blanchard
Writer, Geographer, Gates Cambridge Scholar
In addition to academic research, I write about climate change politics and practical ethics for a general audience. My work has been published in major news outlets including the Huffington Post (where I have maintained a blog), the
San Francisco Chronicle, the Houston Chronicle, the Oregonian, the Salt Lake Tribune and the High Country News, among other publications.
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
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