Mark Hertsgaard

Environment Correspondent

Mark Hertsgaard (markhertsgaard.com), a fellow of The Open Society Institute, is The Nation's environment correspondent. He has covered climate change for twenty years and is the author of six books, including the forthcoming Generation Hot: Living Through the Storm of Climate Change.

Currently

  • The Copenhagen Disaccord

    January 7, 2010

    Activists are figuring out what went wrong at the climate summit and what to do next.

2009

  • A Planetary Movement

    December 16, 2009

    The Copenhagen summit has witnessed the coming of age of a genuine, global and muscular mass movement on behalf of climate action.

  • The Global South Bloc

    November 19, 2009

    Poor countries can make big gains in climate talks if they stick together, argues Saleemul Huq.

  • Regreening Africa

    November 19, 2009

    In the dry Sahel, farmers are already adapting to climate change.

  • Climate Roulette

    October 7, 2009

    A frightening new climate change study says the United States must quit carbon within ten years.

  • Shades of Green

    July 1, 2009 Subscribe

    Washington and Beijing should launch an efficiency revolution, the quickest path to large emissions cuts.

  • Michelle Obama's Fresh Food Revolution

    April 20, 2009

    The First Lady hopes to entice Americans away from their junk food past to a healthier, more delicious future.

  • A Global Green Deal

    February 25, 2009

    America must step up and lead an international campaign to curb emissions. Done properly, it will green the planet and our wallets.

2008

  • Obama's Green Team

    December 16, 2008

    They respect science. But will Obama's team show the necessary spine to cut greenhouse gases and resist "clean coal" and nuclear power propaganda?

  • Cool Hand Luke

    November 13, 2008 Subscribe

    The story of the plumber who helped deliver Indiana to Obama.

  • Wanted: A Climate Bailout

    October 29, 2008

    The United States and the world need to launch a climate rescue plan that's at least as ambitious as the Wall Street bailout.

  • Our Polar Bears, Ourselves

    September 10, 2008

    Sarah Palin played a key role in the Bush administration's effort to ditch the Endangered Species Act.

  • What Will the Next President Do About Climate Change?

    June 6, 2008

    Senate Republicans in denial about global warming blocked a vote Friday on the Climate Security Act, setting the stage for how the next President will address the Earth's most pressing issue.

  • Capitol Climate Change

    June 5, 2008

    The debate over the Climate Security Act reveals a lot about how the next Congress--and the next President--will address the most urgent issue facing humanity.

  • Running on Empty

    April 24, 2008

    The era of cheap, plentiful oil is just about over. Now what?

2007

  • If Gore Were Arrested...

    October 24, 2007

    As carbon emissions raise the planetary temperature, environmental activists are asking Nobel laureate Al Gore to engage in civil disobedience protesting construction of coal-fired power plants. He hasn't said no.

  • Which Climate Bill on Capitol Hill?

    October 12, 2007

    As scenarios on the impact of global warming worsen, Senate Democrats are poised to abandon a realistic bill and support a deeply flawed measure that doesn't solve the problem.

  • The Making of a Climate Movement

    October 4, 2007

    Memo to Congress: the Arctic is on thin ice--and so are you.

  • Adapt or Die

    April 19, 2007

    Areas like Bangladesh and New Orleans, which promise to be hard hit by climate change, face a stark decision.

  • Killer Weather Ahead

    February 14, 2007

    The good news on the latest global warming report: Political leaders can no longer ignore it. The bad news: It's probably too late.

  • Mutiny for the Bounty

    January 11, 2007

    We can't survive without oceans, but you wouldn't know that from the way we treat them.

2006

  • Big Win for Enviros

    November 26, 2006

    America's environmentalists won big in the midterm elections. But can they make real progress on climate change by 2008 and beyond?

  • Return to Chelyabinsk

    October 26, 2006

    A G-8 plan to ramp up nuclear energy is defended as a necessary response to global warming. But the nuclear waste it generates will hurt people and the planet.

  • CA Leads on Climate

    September 14, 2006

    California's global warming initiative shows how far ahead the state is compared with the federal government. But it also reveals how America lags behind the rest of the world.

  • The Greening of America

    September 6, 2006 Subscribe

  • The G-8's Risky Nuclear Embrace

    July 17, 2006

    As leaders of the world's richest nations gather in St. Petersburg to craft a global energy security strategy, they're poised to endorse a major expansion of nuclear power. Bad idea.

  • Green Grows Grassroots

    July 13, 2006

    In the Bush era, the green movement has become a paper tiger. It must regroup, reframe and reach out across the lines of race and class that have kept environmental issues at the political fringe.

  • Party of a Different Color

    June 21, 2006 Subscribe

    "Vote Blue, Go Green" is the new slogan of Britain's Conservative Party, a measure of just how great a concern climate change is becoming to politicians of all stripes.

  • Letters

    April 12, 2006 Subscribe

  • A Dragon Slayer Returns

    March 9, 2006 Subscribe

    Pete McCloskey, the first Republican member of Congress to call for Nixon's impeachment and withdrawal from Vietnam, has resurfaced.

  • Green Power

    January 11, 2006 Subscribe

    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.

2005

  • Global Storm Warning

    September 29, 2005

    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.

  • Climate and the G-8

    June 29, 2005 Subscribe

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

  • Beyond Boycotts

    February 17, 2005 Subscribe

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