Climate Change
UN Secretary General: Without the US in the Paris Agreement, Humanity Faces Climate ‘Suicide’
Joining China and other big polluters, Biden’s pledge of “net zero” US emissions by 2050 brings the Paris Agreement goals “within reach.”
Mark HertsgaardHow Biden Could Use the Presidential Bully Pulpit to Drive Climate Action
According to a Fox News exit poll on election night, 70 percent of voters support increased government spending on green and renewable energy.
Jamie HennJournalists Must Demystify the Green New Deal
Everyone’s talking about it—but in most journalism there’s no telling what the Green New Deal actually is.
Mark Hertsgaard
The Sitting President Has No Climate Plan. Why Isn’t That Headline News?
As hurricanes and wildfires sweep through the US, the president offers no ideas—and journalists have been giving him a pass.
Andrew McCormickThis article is adapted from “The Climate Beat,” the weekly newsletter of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism initiative strengthening coverage of the climate story. The author is Covering Climate Now’s deputy director. [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he president of the United States has no plan to address the climate crisis. This is not… Continue Reading >
Green New Deal
Bill Gates, Climate Warrior. And Super Emitter.
The billionaire’s new book, a bid to be taken seriously as a climate campaigner, has attracted the usual worshipful coverage. When will the media realize that with Gates you have to follow the money?
Tim SchwabCome Dream With Me: Environmental Justice, Colorized, 2021
Because my generation’s dreams cannot be deferred or denied any longer.
Nikayla JeffersonJack Halberstam’s Call of the Wild
In an interview, the radical social thinker says the idea of “the wild” can help us dismantle our unjust world.
Tal MilovinaElection 2020
Making the Climate Emergency the Story of the 2020 Elections
America’s journalists must do much better this time around.
Mark HertsgaardClimate Grief
Can Psychedelics Treat Climate Grief?
Author Michael Pollan talks about whether drugs that comfort the terminally ill can also help people mourning the climate future.
Mark HertsgaardCovering Climate Now
The US Returns to the Paris Agreement Today—With Lots of Work Ahead for the World
Slashing emissions at home is only part of the challenge—the United States must also help other countries go green.
Tom AthanasiouHow a Texas TV Reporter Gained Confidence to Cover Climate Change
Local journalists can play a powerful role in ensuring the climate story is told right.
David SchechterAmanda Gorman’s Poem Rhymes With Biden’s Climate Agenda
“The Hill We Climb” offers both inspiration and warning in the face of the climate emergency.
Mark HertsgaardUnited Nations
This Is Why the World Is Facing Climate Catastrophe
At the COP 25 summit in Madrid, the powerful countries stalled and squabbled while activists marched and pleaded for serious climate action.
Ben EhrenreichFossil Fuels
Does the Climate Crisis Spell the End of Big Oil?
Financial markets are rightfully taking climate change seriously, but it’s humanity, not bottom lines, that should be our top concern.
Mark HertsgaardUnited Nations and Climate
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December 13, 2015
The Paris Climate Deal Will Not Save Us
The agreement will still raise global temperatures 3 to 4 degrees Celsius.
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September 21, 2019
Trump Will Snub the Climate Summit for a Religious Freedom Meeting at the UN
Senior UN official confirms White House booked a room so Trump can attend a gathering in the same building as the summit.
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September 16, 2019
Why Today’s UN Climate Action Summit Matters
The media and climate activists must “name and shame” laggards, says the UN special envoy.
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September 19, 2019
What Would Real Commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement Look Like?
The United States will be a nonentity at this fall’s UN climate summit. But the 2020 election is a chance to change the game.
Zoë Carpenter
Voices
Green New Deal
While Texans Freeze, Governor Greg Abbott Lies About the Green New Deal
Republican politicians try—and fail—to deflect blame with outrageous spin.
John NicholsHow a Climate-Justice Champion Won Office in Rural, Working-Class Maine
State Senator Chloe Maxmin, a progressive activist who unseated the GOP minority leader in November, talks about social-movement organizing.
Wen StephensonCome Dream With Me: Environmental Justice, Colorized, 2021
Because my generation’s dreams cannot be deferred or denied any longer.
Nikayla JeffersonFrom the Archives