Americans Are Concerned About Climate Change—but They Should Be Afraid Americans Are Concerned About Climate Change—but They Should Be Afraid
Americans still don’t comprehend how imminent, dangerous, and far-reaching the threat is—and journalists are partly to blame.
Jul 17, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
Trump Is the Confederacy’s Revenge Trump Is the Confederacy’s Revenge
A mass shooting in New Orleans eerily foretold the return of white supremacy to the White House.
Jul 15, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
Has the Climate Movement Been Too Polite? This Senator Thinks So. Has the Climate Movement Been Too Polite? This Senator Thinks So.
US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse called on Democrats to stop enabling the fossil fuel industry’s “malevolent propaganda operation.”
Jul 10, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
Summer Camp Kids Did Not Have to Die in the Texas Floods Summer Camp Kids Did Not Have to Die in the Texas Floods
The deadly consequences of Trump’s National Weather Service budget cuts.
Jul 7, 2025 / David Dickson and Mark Hertsgaard
People Want Climate Action. This Data Shows It. People Want Climate Action. This Data Shows It.
It's an extraordinary popular mandate that extends across partisan divides and national borders.
Jul 3, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
Bill Moyers Helped Break the Media’s Climate Silence Bill Moyers Helped Break the Media’s Climate Silence
When Bill Moyers helped launch the Covering Climate Now media collaboration, he urged fellow journalists to “tell the story so people get it.”
Jun 30, 2025 / Obituary / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
CBS News Leans Into the Climate Connection CBS News Leans Into the Climate Connection
Since Trump’s election, the network has produced more than 60 stories on the climate crisis.
Jun 26, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
The Climate Costs of War The Climate Costs of War
Scientific analyses show that the Ukraine and Middle East wars have unleashed staggering amounts of planet-warming emissions.
Jun 20, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
Sleepwalking Through the Climate Emergency Sleepwalking Through the Climate Emergency
A shrewd observer of authoritarianism warns against normalizing what should shock us.
Jun 5, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
The False Promise of Nuclear Power The False Promise of Nuclear Power
A new book by Joe Romm explains why nuclear is not much of a climate solution.
May 29, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard