Climate Justice
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.”
Can New York Adapt the Subway for the Climate Crisis?
As climate change leads to record rainfalls, the city’s 120-year-old subway system is more vulnerable to flooding than ever.
Ilana Cohen As climate change leads to record rainfalls, the city’s 120-year-old subway system is more vulnerable to flooding than ever.
Covering Climate Now
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.
Climate Stories Are Everywhere
Why do many news outlets ignore the connections between climate change and the struggle for democracy?
Mark Hertsgaard Why do many news outlets ignore the connections between climate change and the struggle for democracy?
Climate Hushers Need to Get Real
Political realism doesn’t outweigh scientific realism.
Mark Hertsgaard Political realism doesn’t outweigh scientific realism.
Covering Climate Now
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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.
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November 17, 2025
Indigenous Activists to COP30: “We Will Fight to the Death”
Mark HertsgaardIndigenous people lead COP30 protests against agribusinesses that “want to take everything.”
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November 13, 2025
Global Leaders Are Glad the US Isn’t Attending COP30
Mark HertsgaardMomentum behind decarbonizing the global economy has built to the point where it is inevitable—with or without the United States.
Climate Change Archive
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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.
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January 5, 2026
What Justice on a Burning Planet?
Wen Stephenson, Andreas Malm and Thea RiofrancosAndreas Malm and Thea Riofrancos joined The Nation’s Wen Stephenson in an urgent conversation about the left and the climate emergency.