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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 the Glenn Cunningham Agricultural Journalist of the Year, which she shared with Inside Climate News 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.
A view of stumps in a deforested peat natural forest on July 11, 2014 in Riau province, Sumatra, Indonesia. Credit: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

Most Agribusinesses and Banks Involved With ‘Forest Risk’ Commodities Are Falling Down on Deforestation, Global Canopy Reports

By Georgina Gustin

Rancher Jaim Teixeira surveys the landscape at the edge of his property, near Trairão in the Brazilian state of Pará. Teixeira lit the forest on fire to clear it so he can graze his cattle, though burning primary rainforest in the Amazon is illegal. Credit: Larry Price

The Amazon is the Planet’s Counterweight to Global Warming, a Place of Stupefying Richness Under Relentless Assault

By Georgina Gustin

Farmers work in their crops of potato on November 13, 2020 in Ventaquemada, Colombia. Credit: Diego Cuevas/Vizzor Image/Getty Images

Killings of Environmental Advocates Around the World Hit a Record High in 2020

By Georgina Gustin

Smoke rises from an illegally lit fire in a section of Amazon rainforest, south of Novo Progresso in Para state, Brazil, on Aug. 15, 2020. Credit: Carl De Souza/AFP via Getty Images

In the Amazon, the World’s Largest Reservoir of Biodiversity, Two-Thirds of Species Have Lost Habitat to Fire and Deforestation

By Georgina Gustin

A lone oil barrell in the tundra near the National Petroleum Reserve. Credit: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

A Federal Judge’s Rejection of a Huge Alaska Oil Drilling Project is the Latest Reversal of Trump Policy

By Georgina Gustin

Soy fields cut into the Amazon rainforest of Brazil. Credit: Ricardo Beliel/Brazil Photos/LightRocket via Getty Images

Planes Sampling Air Above the Amazon Find the Rainforest is Releasing More Carbon Than it Stores

By Georgina Gustin

A venomous southern Pacific rattlesnake tastes the air in Santa Ynez Canyon in Topanga State Park on May 21, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Warming Trends: Global Warming Means Happier Rattlesnakes, What the Future Holds for Yellowstone and Fire Experts Plead for a Quieter Fourth

By Katelyn Weisbrod, Georgina Gustin

Corn is harvested in this aerial photograph taken above Malden, Illinois, on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. Credit: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Despite Capitol Hill Enthusiasm for Planting Crops to Store Carbon, Few Farmers are Doing It, Report Finds

By Georgina Gustin

A Guambiano man harvests potatoes in the mountains outside Silvia, Cauca, Columbia. Credit: Ann Johansson/Corbis via Getty Images

Incursions Into Indigenous Lands Not Only Threaten Tribal Food Systems, But the Planet’s Well-Being

By Georgina Gustin

Farmers in Kenya. Credit: Geoffrey Omondi/Climate Visuals Countdown

Without ‘Transformative Adaptation’ Climate Change May Threaten the Survival of Millions of Small Scale Farmers

By Georgina Gustin

Land clearing of peatland forest to make way for a palm oil plantation in Aceh province, Indonesia, the habitat of the Sumatran orangutan, on November 1,3, 2016. The orangutans in Indonesia have been on the verge of extinction as a result of deforestation and poaching. Credit: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

New Report: Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss Must Be Tackled Together, Not Separately

By Georgina Gustin

Farmers harvest watermelons in a field on March 26, 2021 in Wanning, Hainan Province of China. Credit: Yuan Chen/VCG via Getty Images

Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Food Production are Far Greater Than Previous Estimates Suggest

By Georgina Gustin

Trees Fell Faster in the Years Since Companies and Governments Promised to Stop Cutting Them Down

By Georgina Gustin

Cattle eating hay in cattle feedlot in Utah. Credit:Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Air Pollution From Raising Livestock Accounts for Most of the 16,000 US Deaths Each Year Tied to Food Production, Study Finds

By Georgina Gustin

Wranglers guide a herd of stranded cows to higher ground as flood waters rise, due to a levy break Sept. 24, 2005 in Chauvin, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita caused massive damage as it moved across western Louisiana. Credit: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images

As Extreme Weather Batters America’s Farm Country, Costing Billions, Banks Ignore the Financial Risks of Climate Change

By Georgina Gustin

National Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy speaks as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and former Secretary of State John Kerry listens during a daily press briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 22, 2021 in Washington, DC. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Jobs and Technology Take Center Stage at Friday’s Summit, With Biden Pitching Climate Action as a Boon for the Economy

By James Bruggers, Georgina Gustin, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz

President Joe Biden delivers remarks as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and former Secretary of State John Kerry listens during a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate with 40 world leaders at the East Room of the White House April 22, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images

As Nations Gather for Biden’s Virtual Climate Summit, Ambitious Pledges That Still Fall Short of Paris Goal

By Marianne Lavelle, Georgina Gustin, Nicholas Kusnetz

Dan Duffy plants soybeans on April 23, 2020 near Dwight, Illinois. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Politicians Are Considering Paying Farmers to Store Carbon. But Some Environmental and Agriculture Groups Say It’s Greenwashing

By Georgina Gustin

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