Mark Hertsgaard

Environment Correspondent

Mark Hertsgaard (markhertsgaard.com), a fellow of New America Foundation and a co-founder of the group Climate Parents, is The Nation's environment correspondent. He has covered climate change for twenty years and is the author of six books, including, most recently, HOT: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth.

Articles

Letters

'DRAGON SLAYER' NO SAINT GEORGE?

Palo Alto, Calif.

Mark Hertsgaard, Our Readers and Max Blumenthal

A Dragon Slayer Returns (Legislative Campaigns and Elections, US Wars and Military Action, Politics)

Pete McCloskey, the first Republican member of Congress to call for Nixon's impeachment and withdrawal from Vietnam, has resurfaced at 78 to challenge Richard Pombo and the Iraq War.

Mark Hertsgaard

Green Power (Environmental Issues, Social Justice, Regions and Countries, Environmental Activism, Environment)

The Green Party fell from power in recent German elections, but Greens continue to be the party to watch, a progressive influence on the world's third-largest economy.

Mark Hertsgaard

Global Storm Warning (Climate Change, Environmental Issues, Environment)

Scientists universally recognize the devastating
effects of global warming, including its possible role in creating
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. It's time for skeptics to listen up before another devastating storm hits.

Mark Hertsgaard

Climate and the G-8 (Climate Change, Economy)

Though the G-8 leaders should subsidize zero-carbon
energy sources, they should resist Bush's advocacy of nuclear energy.

Mark Hertsgaard

Beyond Boycotts (Social Justice, Environmental Activism)

Absent George W. Bush's undergoing a conversion like St. Paul's on the road to Damascus, there probably won't be much good environmental news out of Washington in Bush's second term.

Mark Hertsgaard

A Challenge to Enviros (Climate Change, Environmental Issues, Social Justice, Environmental Activism, Environment)

America's environmental movement has failed and should die as soon as possible so something better can take its place.

Mark Hertsgaard

Climate, the Absent Issue (Climate Change, Environmental Issues, Presidential Election 2004, Environment, Politics)

Every once in a while
there is good news in this troubled world, and the choice of Kenyan
environmentalist Wangari Maathai as this year's Nobel Peace
Prizewinner is one such moment.

Mark Hertsgaard

Election Matters (Environmental Issues, Political Figures, Environment)

In the 1960s John F. Kennedy inspired America with his pledge to put a man on the moon in ten years. Now, John F.

Mark Hertsgaard

Beloved by the Media (Political Figures, Media, Society)

Ronald Reagan lived a charmed life in many respects, none more so than in his relationship with the news media.

Mark Hertsgaard