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Georgina Gustin

Reporter, Washington, D.C.

Georgina Gustin covers agriculture for Inside Climate News, and has reported on the intersections of farming, food systems and the environment for much of her journalism career. Her work has won numerous awards, including the John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism, and she was twice named the Glenn Cunningham Agricultural Journalist of the Year, once with ICN colleagues. She has worked as a reporter for The Day in New London, Conn., the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and CQ Roll Call, and her stories have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post and National Geographic’s The Plate, among others. She is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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Solar panels, installed as part of the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for America Program, are seen at the Wooly Pig Farm Brewery in Fresno, Ohio. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The US Department of Agriculture Bans Support for Renewables, a Lifeline for Farmers

By Georgina Gustin

A farmer harvests cocoa beans from the fruit in Ghana on Nov. 21, 2024. Credit: Christina Peters/picture alliance via Getty Images

Weather Extremes Caused by Climate Change Are Driving Up Food Prices, a New Report Says

By Georgina Gustin

Neil Jacobs, then acting administrator for NOAA, speaks at a press conference on May 23, 2019, in Arlington, Va. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Trump’s Pick to Head NOAA Faces Senators in the Wake of Multiple Weather-Stoked Disasters

By Georgina Gustin

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (center) is congratulated by his fellow Republicans after signing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Set to Slash Through U.S. Climate and Justice Drive

By Marianne Lavelle, Aidan Hughes, Amy Green, Arcelia Martin, Dan Gearino, Georgina Gustin, Jake Bolster, Wyatt Myskow

People enter the JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York City. The American bank is a top financial supporter of fossil fuel companies globally. Credit: Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty Images

The World’s Banks are Still Betting on Fossil Fuel Industry Growth

By Georgina Gustin

A view of an ethanol production plant on March 20, 2024, near Ravenna, Neb. Credit: David Madison/Getty Images

Biofuels Policy, a Mainstay of American Agriculture, Has Been a Failure for the Climate, a New Report Claims

By Georgina Gustin

A woman stands with a bucket of mussels in front of the sea at Magoito Beach in Portugal. Credit: Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images

The World’s Oceans Are a ‘Ticking Time Bomb,’ Reaching Dangerous Acidification Levels  Earlier Than Scientists Thought

By Georgina Gustin

A group of cows graze on deforested land in Madre de Dios, Peru. Credit: Angela Ponce/The Washington Post via Getty Images

As China Touts Green Financing and Climate Goals, Its Banks Are Pouring Billions Into Commodities From the World’s Rainforests

By Georgina Gustin

A worker checks solar panels at the Benban Solar Energy Park in Aswan, Egypt, on April 21, 2024. A consortium of Chinese investors helped finance the solar park in 2021 as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Credit: Ahmed Gomaa/Xinhua via Getty Images

For the First Time, China Invests More in Wind and Solar Than Coal Overseas

By Katie Surma, Georgina Gustin, Nicholas Kusnetz

A PFAS water treatment plant is seen in Villa Park, Calif. Credit: Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

The Trump Administration Plans to Undo Standards on Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in the U.S. Drinking Water Supply

By Georgina Gustin

President Donald Trump speaks alongside coal miners before signing executive orders about coal production at the White House on April 8 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In His First 100 Days, Trump Launched an ‘All-Out Assault’ on the Environment

By Kiley Bense, Bob Berwyn, Dennis Pillion, Georgina Gustin, Jake Bolster, Marianne Lavelle, Wyatt Myskow

The JBS meat processing plant in Plainwell, Mich. Credit: Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images

The World’s Biggest Meat Company Gets the Greenlight to Go Public on the New York Stock Exchange

By Georgina Gustin

Demonstrators march during a rally outside the EPA offices on Tuesday in Ann Arbor, Mich. Credit: Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images

EPA Continues to Dismantle Environmental Justice Office, Announces Plans to Terminate Nearly 300 Employees

By Georgina Gustin

A package of white rice serves as a seafood sambal dish at a food stall in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, on January 16, 2025. Credit: Aman Rochman/NurPhoto/Getty Images

Half the World’s People Depend on Rice. New Research Says Climate Change Will Make it Toxic

By Georgina Gustin

People check on a car stuck in a flooded street on June 13, 2024, in Hallandale Beach, Fla., a community that was marked as disadvantaged by the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Environmental Groups Sue the Trump Administration to Restore Web Tools Critical for Gauging Climate and Pollution Impacts

By Georgina Gustin

A tractor pulls a machine for composting cow manure at a dairy farm in Fort Morgan, Colo. Credit: Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via Getty Images

A Byproduct of Manure Runoff Is Polluting Drinking Water in Thousands of US Communities, According to a New Report

By Georgina Gustin

An example of old growth habitat is seen along the Great Gulf Wilderness Trail. The US Forest Service approved logging in thousands of acres of White Forest National Forest land. One environmental group is suing over the decision, but logging could technically start any time. Credit: Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

The Trump Administration Issues Its Next Assault on the Nation’s Public Forests

By Georgina Gustin

A farmer plants corn using a Case IH tractor and 16-row planter assisted by an on board computer that monitors and controls seed and fertilizer application. Credit: Andrew Sacks/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

American Farmers and the USDA Had Finally Embraced Their Role in the Climate Crisis. Then Came the Federal Funding Freeze

By Georgina Gustin

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