Climate Justice
Saudi Arabia’s September 11 Connection and the Contradictions of American Foreign Policy
How the state that aided terrorism on US soil has become an indispensable ally that the Biden administration is determined to placate at all costs.
Jeet Heer
How the state that aided terrorism on US soil has become an indispensable ally that the Biden administration is determined to placate at all costs.
Surfers Are Fighting to Save the Waves—and the Planet
By the end of the century, the world could lose almost half of its sandy beaches. But a movement of surfers across Latin America is working to protect the coastal-marine environment.
Ilana Cohen By the end of the century, the world could lose almost half of its sandy beaches. But a movement of surfers across Latin America is working to protect the coastal-marine environment.
News Deserts Are Obscuring the Breadth of Climate Disasters
Bootstrapped publications like mine do their best to keep the news alive in communities now struggling just to survive.
Jane Braxton Little Bootstrapped publications like mine do their best to keep the news alive in communities now struggling just to survive.
Covering Climate Now
It’s the 2024 Election Season. Where’s the Climate Story?
Despite the threats to all of humanity, news outlets around the world are largely sidelining the climate conversation
Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope Despite the threats to all of humanity, news outlets around the world are largely sidelining the climate conversation
Extinction Rebellion Wants to Reclaim the Port of Rotterdam
The climate activists are putting pressure on Dutch officials to reduce emissions at Europe’s most polluting port.
Anna Hiatt The climate activists are putting pressure on Dutch officials to reduce emissions at Europe’s most polluting port.
“No One Wins on a Dead Planet”: A Former UN Climate Chief Loses Faith in Fossil Fuel Companies
At COP28, Christiana Figueres, the architect of the Paris climate agreement, said people must balance outrage and optimism.
Ajit Niranjan At COP28, Christiana Figueres, the architect of the Paris climate agreement, said people must balance outrage and optimism.
Covering Climate Now
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November 29, 2023
How TV News Can Help Save the Planet
Kyle Pope and Elena GonzálezTelevision stations should take the lead on transforming the global climate story into a local one.
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October 4, 2023
Jane Fonda’s Last Crusade
Mark HertsgaardThe activist and Hollywood legend is “having a ball” electing climate champions across the US.
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September 22, 2023
Exclude Fossil Fuel Firms From COP 28 if They Only Want to Obstruct
“My patience ran out,” said Christiana Figueres, who for years had advocated for oil companies to be involved in policymaking talks.
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September 19, 2023
Making Climate the Everything Story
Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle PopeThe news media needs to stop treating climate change as a niche topic—and start treating it as the most important story of our time.
Climate Change Archive
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May 15, 2024
How Oil Companies Manipulate Journalists
Molly TaftA tranche of 4,700 subpoenaed e-mails reveals the ways in which fossil-fuel corporations try to influence the media—and why they all too often succeed.
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May 14, 2024
In Nepal’s Mustang Region, Climate “Loss and Damage” Puts the Survival of a Tibetan Community in Question
Wen StephensonWhat climate change looks and feels like in the Himalayas.
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May 13, 2024
Biden’s Domestic Reforms Don’t Add Up to the Great Society
Katrina vanden HeuvelBut they do signal that government can make life tangibly better.
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May 9, 2024
How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Brain Became the Diet of Worms
Jeet HeerCan a presidential candidate afford to lose gray matter to parasites?