Climate Justice
The Iran War Is Also a Climate War
Climate change is not a peripheral part of what we’re seeing in Iran—it’s structurally embedded in modern warfare.
Mark Hertsgaard and Giles Trendle
Climate change is not a peripheral part of what we’re seeing in Iran—it’s structurally embedded in modern warfare.
The Planet-Sized Hole in Trump’s State of the Union Address
Although climate change received no attention during the president’s speech, Americans must continue to find new ways of making progress against the ongoing environmental crisis.
Ilana Cohen Although climate change received no attention during the president’s speech, Americans must continue to find new ways of making progress against the ongoing environmental crisis.
Japan’s New Climate Bomb—in the US
Bloomberg Green reveals the climate costs of the US-Japan trade deal.
Mark Hertsgaard Bloomberg Green reveals the climate costs of the US-Japan trade deal.
Covering Climate Now
Where Climate Coverage Goes to Die
The very notion of public service journalism is under assault at precisely the moment that it’s most needed.
Kyle Pope The very notion of public service journalism is under assault at precisely the moment that it’s most needed.
The International Olympics Committee Is Urged to Drop Oil Company Sponsors
Global warming means the future of Winter Games “is literally melting away.”
Mark Hertsgaard Global warming means the future of Winter Games “is literally melting away.”
Citizen Journalists Are Minneapolis’s Unsung Heroes
Without their videos of ICE shootings, we wouldn’t know what is really happening.
Mark Hertsgaard Without their videos of ICE shootings, we wouldn’t know what is really happening.
Covering Climate Now
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January 22, 2026
Climate Stories Are Everywhere
Mark HertsgaardWhy do many news outlets ignore the connections between climate change and the struggle for democracy?
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January 15, 2026
Climate Hushers Need to Get Real
Mark HertsgaardPolitical realism doesn’t outweigh scientific realism.
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January 8, 2026
The US Is a Violent Petro-State
Mark HertsgaardTrump’s attack on Venezuela illustrates fossil fuels’ many perils.
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November 24, 2025
Backsliding in Belém
Mark HertsgaardPetrostates at COP30 quash fossil fuel and deforestation phaseouts.
Climate Change Archive
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January 28, 2026
Can New York Adapt the Subway for the Climate Crisis?
Ilana CohenAs climate change leads to record rainfalls, the city’s 120-year-old subway system is more vulnerable to flooding than ever.
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January 20, 2026
The Pursuit of Endless Growth Will Only End in Destruction
Stan CoxIf the corporate and political powers carry on with business as usual, such growth will end in chaotic, violent collapse.
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January 15, 2026
Want to Understand California’s Water Crisis? Look to the Pistachio.
Lara-Nour WaltonA conversation with the documentarians Rowan Wernham and Yasha Levine about their film Pistachio Wars, a look at how one family came to control much of the state’s water.
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January 15, 2026
The US Needs India to Buy Coal. Who Pays the Cost?
Alex NorbrookAs the country doubles down on coal exports, local communities—like those in Baltimore and Ennore—will bear the environmental burden.