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Amanda 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 Hertsgaard
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January 6, 2021
A New Year’s Resolution: Climate Journalism to Match the Crisis
With climate action finally on the table, journalists must redouble their commitment to the climate story.
Mark Hertsgaard and Andrew McCormick
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December 17, 2020
As 2020 Ends, It’s Time for News Outlets to Declare a ‘Climate Emergency’
Scientists say they have “a moral obligation” to “tell it like it is”—don’t journalists too?
Mark Hertsgaard
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December 8, 2020
Why Democrats Lose on Social Media While Republicans Lie and Win Big
Dominating Facebook, the world’s largest media platform, enabled the GOP to demonize the Green New Deal.
Joseph Romm and Jeff Nesbit
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December 2, 2020
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 Hertsgaard
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November 11, 2020
The Fall of Trump Propels the Climate Story Into a Decisive New Era
Humanity dodged a bullet, but journalists need to explore why half of the electorate voted not to.
Mark Hertsgaard
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October 29, 2020
The World Is Burning, but the Political Press Insists It’s a Horse Race
Strong questions in the final debate handed the political press a golden opportunity to talk about climate change. They blew it.
Mark Hertsgaard and Andrew McCormick
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October 21, 2020
What Amy Coney Barrett Means For the Climate
Roe v. Wade and Obamacare aren’t the only things endangered by Republicans’ rushed Supreme Court nomination.
Mark Hertsgaard
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October 14, 2020
Journalists 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
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October 7, 2020
‘60 Minutes,’ ‘The Guardian,’ and Game-Changing New Climate Science
The climate crisis is a scientific reality, not a partisan issue—and one of America’s most widely watched programs just gave it the weight it deserves.
Mark Hertsgaard