The World Court Adds Muscle to the Climate Fight The World Court Adds Muscle to the Climate Fight
After a “landmark” ruling from the International Court of Justice, journalists can expect more lawsuits against fossil fuel companies.
Jul 31, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
The Great Salt Lake Is a Ticking Time Bomb The Great Salt Lake Is a Ticking Time Bomb
Retreating water levels are exposing stretches of cracked, arsenic-laden lakebed in Utah. Future dust storms will carry an extra hazard.
Jul 29, 2025 / StudentNation / Adelaide Parker
How Climate Justice Reached the UN’s Top Court—and Won How Climate Justice Reached the UN’s Top Court—and Won
The International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have a legal duty to curb climate change was the result of a yearslong campaign that began with university students.
Jul 23, 2025 / Panthea Lee
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
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
Bezos Does Venice Bezos Does Venice
Back in New York City, Mamdani’s win shows even billionaires don’t always get what they want.
Jul 1, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
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
The Billionaires Are Abandoning Humanity The Billionaires Are Abandoning Humanity
Peter Thiel and his friends feel they no longer belong to our species.
Jun 30, 2025 / Jeet Heer