Alida Cantor

Interior Order Chokes Off Permits for Solar and Wind on Federal Lands The department creates a seemingly impossible new permitting criteria for renewable energy.

HUGE: The Trump administration will no longer permit any solar or wind projects on federal lands unless they produce more energy-per-acre than coal, gas or nuclear power plants.

Solar and wind literally produce less energy per acre, so simply this may just kill off any project on federal lands.

Show me your budget, and I'll show you your values

Ready to share your research with the world? Submit your abstract for our 2026 Annual Meeting, hosted online and in San Francisco, California!

Be sure to submit your research by October 30, 2025: buff.ly/oRXSDRq #AAG2026 #GeoSky #GISChat

"This interdisciplinary collection delves into experiences & meanings of life in environments where water levels & availability are in flux. Amphibious Anthropologies brings together a global set of case studies to show how living with unpredictable wetness is crucial in the age of climate crisis."

Glad to share that the edited volume "Amphibious Anthropologies: Living in Wet Environments" is now officially published! I have a chapter in the book about the Salton Sea.
uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
UW Press has a sale thru August 31- WARM25 for 40% off & free shipping. #Geosky #waterscience

that's right!

e-bikes replace *car* trips

they're the greatest climate mobility hack invented yet

governments should be giving them away

How your research can survive a US federal grant termination Researchers in the United States are filing appeals, seeking court remedies, turning to philanthropy and starting GoFundMe campaigns.

This rollercoaster of a @nature.com story is out! I talked to > 20 researchers whose grants were terminated; several were reinstated recently. Most are competing for smaller pots of $ to keep research--often involving marginalized community groups--alive.

Advice: “If at all possible, push back.”

Thank you @virginiagewin.bsky.social for the thoughtful story on what the grant terminations mean and how scientists are responding.

The collateral damage:

“One of my big concerns is that the trust in science and in scientists is broken,” says @maratimes.bsky.social.

“My priority is just being ethical in my relationships with research collaborators, participants, community partners and students," says @alidacantor.bsky.social.

EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees.

EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs - AP News apnews.com/article/epa-...

New legal geography book, looking forward to reading! @legalgeography.bsky.social

“Why Are We Funding This?” Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.

A great defense of discovery-based science in a time when it is very much needed.

That sounds fun! Great idea!

Washington Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Funding for Tribes (WA-CRAFT) | Climate Impacts Group The UW Climate Impacts Group has launched a small-grants program to support Washington coastal Tribes in building resilience to climate change. This initiative is a direct response to feedback gathere...

Please share! The UW Climate Impacts Group is launching a small-grants program supporting the climate resilience efforts of Washington coastal Tribes. Application period now open - apply here:

The secret double life of America’s public lands Public lands are the birthright of every American. One of the great privileges of living in this country is the ability to access hundreds of millions of acres to enjoy the great outdoors — all for fr...

Not everyone hunts, fishes, mines, ranches, hikes, or bikes; but everyone, truly everyone, depends on clean water. The big secret about public lands is that they are arguably the country’s single biggest clean water provider.🚰 Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/2025/01/the-...

The Politics of Water: Climate (In)Justice in Megacities of the Global South · BG · berlinergazette.de · EN|DE As megacities continue to grow around the world, primarily in the Global South, they are becoming sites of ongoing and future climate and water injustices. Drawing on her research in Dhaka,…

"As a geographer and an interdisciplinary scholar, when I look at climate change, I see it essentially about changes in water." Farhana Sultana, The Politics of Water: Climate (In)Justice in Megacities of the Global South #climate #geo #geosky @farhanasultana.com ‪@berlinergazette.bsky.social‬

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Our flagship journal, the “Annals of the American Association of Geographers,” has been published since 1911, adhering to high standards of scholarship that are timely and innovative to advance knowledge in all facets of the discipline. Learn how to access or get research published: buff.ly/Gc64c9l

What.

‼️ The bill gutting the premise of Preschool for All (SB 106 -3) is ☠️. Not moving forward. Thanks to everyone for making your voices heard loud and clear!

Preschool for All is voter approved initiative. Any changes should only happen after extensive public engagement. Our community needs us to lead with transparency and respect for the will of the voters, especially when democracy is under attack and important programs face painful cuts. #orleg #orpol

It is truly remarkable how many legacy problems in the western United States remain from colonial expansion and manifest destiny during the Gilded Age.

JOB: Assistant Professor of Environmental History with a Focus on Water in Human History, Texas State University
#envhist
jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/53213

THIS IS IT! THIS IS HUGE!!

PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!

Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!

Love how my "Mom drinks" group text has been turned into a protest organizing thread for the day. #nokings ✊

Hydrology Paper of the Day @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social @alidacantor.bsky.social on solar electricity in California's Imperial Valley: connections to markets, territories, and water management issues; tribal lands and the sociology of rural communities and water rights; and legacies of the Salton Sea

Check out our new peer-reviewed article published in Sustainability Science on solar energy development near the Salton Sea in Imperial Valley, California!

Grateful to collaborate with brilliant colleagues @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social and @alidacantor.bsky.social

New article! Glad to collaborate with excellent colleagues @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social @jjablair.bsky.social on this!

Hydrology Paper of the Day @alidacantor.bsky.social on the geography of pumped storage hydropower: a review of reservoir exchanges from a social geography perspective; policies, developments and spatial impacts; and considerations related to community acceptance and environmental justice.

Hay grown for cattle consumes nearly half the water drawn from Colorado River, study finds Much of the Colorado River's water is used for agriculture. A new study shows 46% of the water that is diverted is used to grow hay to feed cattle.

ICYMI - Research has shown that alfalfa and other cattle-feed crops consume 46% of the water that is diverted from the Colorado River www.latimes.com/environment/...