Lauren Gifford 🌱🌎🌲

Sierra Club coded

Here here

Love a mission-driven cafe. Thanks, Arboretum in Fort Collins, for the hospitality and blood orange latte.

Worship Techno-Moloch

Jason Crow looks deeply tired.

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.

As Trump proclaims the hemisphere as his & apparently makes plans for Cuba as the next stop in the Idiot Imperialism Imbroglio, I'd love all Americans to read José Martí's beautiful essay "Our America" (1892). A version of a shared hemispheric vision...

americanstudier.blogspot.com/2023/05/may-...

some identify publicly with the left because they hate oppression, others because they hate being oppressed. things will make more sense when you keep in mind that these are not the same - or even similar

This too is a kind of climate politics.

ICE arrested more than 3,500 people in Colorado in 2025 — including babies and the elderly The number of arrests made by ICE agents in Colorado this year from Jan. 20 to Oct. 15 quadrupled compared with the same period last year

"ICE arrested at least 3,522 people in Colorado from Jan. 20 to Oct. 15. The youngest was a baby girl born in 2024. The oldest was a 91-year-old man from Mexico."
coloradosun.com/2025/12/31/i...

Here’s a wrap of some of my 2025 highlights from TikTok, featuring @davidho.bsky.social @frediotto.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @amywestervelt.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social @laurengifford.bsky.social @pammcelwee.bsky.social @rodschoonover.bsky.social @adamconover.net 🤩🤩

What data centers really mean for Colorado’s future | Colorado Newsline Data centers are reshaping Colorado’s environmental and economic landscape, and we need smart, transparent policy to guide that growth.

Commentary: Data centers are not going away; they are the backbone of the growing digital economy. But without effective policy, we risk letting the industry set the terms. Colorado can lead nationally by pursuing these principles.

By @laurengifford.bsky.social

What data centers really mean for Colorado’s future | Colorado Newsline Data centers are reshaping Colorado’s environmental and economic landscape, and we need smart, transparent policy to guide that growth.

I have an op-ed out today on the scale of AI-driven data center development in Colorado and what it means for energy, water use and environmental justice.

coloradonewsline.com/2025/12/12/w...

This is my favorite post on this app.

The real subsumption of your actual thoughts by capital.

Call for Papers - Earth System Governance Call for Papers | Earth System Governance

The Earth Systems Governance Conference will be in Bath, UK in September 2026 - Abstracts due Jan 15!
www.earthsystemgovernance.org/2026-bath/ca...

Introduce yourself with five animals you’ve seen in the wild:

Capybara
Moose
Iguana
Lobster
My kids

Blue Carbon LLC signed carbon deals covering 24.5 million hectares. Then the company disappeared Blue Carbon’s mega-carbon trading deals were always greenwash.

And this is why carbon developers' first hurdle is to prove a project is "real." For real.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/blue-carbo...

I brought my 8-year-old to the special collections floor of the Denver Public Library and it’s the best. 10/10 would recommend for quiet work or exploring.

COPOut Episode 3: The Future of Carbon Governance - Center for Environment, Community, & Equity (CECE) In our third episode of The COPOut Podcast, Dr. Dana R. Fisher talks with guest experts who dig deeper into the problems facing the climate regime and what we should realistically expect from COP30. T...

As well as Episode 3, which aired earlier this week with @laurengifford.bsky.social and @pammcelwee.bsky.social on the future of carbon governance: cece.american.edu/copout-episo...

#cop30 | Verel Rodrigues | 34 comments Huge fire breaks out at #COP30 in Belem, Brazil. | 34 comments on LinkedIn

The Africa Pavilion caught fire at COP30.
www.linkedin.com/posts/verelr...

I spent 2 weeks preparing a grant proposal only to miss the submission deadline by an hour. 🫠

The #COPOut Podcast Episode 3 on the 'Future of Carbon Governance' is LIVE!
Tune in to hear from @pammcelwee.bsky.social @fisherdanar.bsky.social & me 👋 discuss how science informs climate policymaking and why the regime continues to miss the mark.
cece.american.edu/copout-episo...

The COPOut Podcast Politics Podcast · During each episode, CECE Director Dana R. Fisher will host a panel of guest experts who will share their unique perspectives on the state of climate action, the path towards more e...

If you’re following #COP30 like we are, I highly recommend The COP Out podcast with @fisherdanar.bsky.social — especially the latest episode with my friend and once upon a time COP15 fellow PhD researcher @laurengifford.bsky.social — podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

🎙️ The #COPOut Podcast Episode 3 on the Future of Carbon Governance is LIVE! Tune in to hear from @pammcelwee.bsky.social & @laurengifford.bsky.social as they discuss how the use science to inform climate policymaking and why the regime continues to miss the mark. cece.american.edu/copout-episo...

Here's a Teaser for Episode 3 of the COPOut Podcast which goes live Monday! In it, I discuss the challenges and limitations of the climate regime with @laurengifford.bsky.social & @pammcelwee.bsky.social and how the disenfranchisement of developing countries and NGOs has gone up over time

Episode 3 airs on MONDAY! In it, I talk with @pammcelwee.bsky.social and @laurengifford.bsky.social about the future of carbon governance given the disenfranchisement that developing countries and NGOs are experiencing in the COP process. Stay tuned for clips this weekend!

We have an amazing lineup of guests scheduled for the next 2 weeks, including @laurengifford.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @davidho.bsky.social @magnoliae.bsky.social @pammcelwee.bsky.social @frediotto.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social @rodschoonover.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social

📢Announcing the #COPOut Podcast (our first episode goes live on Sunday)!! Here's info about how to listen and why I'm doing this podcast instead of wasting all that carbon to travel to COP30:
danarfisher.com/2025/11/08/i...