Climate Justice
How Journalists Can Stand Up to Trump’s Bluster
Newsroom layoffs make it harder, but reporters must keep telling the truth about climate change.
Mark Hertsgaard
Newsroom layoffs make it harder, but reporters must keep telling the truth about climate change.
The Exhausting Fight for Climate Action
The struggle against climate change has long been demoralizing and draining. But we need to gather our strength to meet this moment.
Ilana Cohen The struggle against climate change has long been demoralizing and draining. But we need to gather our strength to meet this moment.
The People in Charge Won’t Save Us From Climate Catastrophe. We’ll Need to Do It Ourselves.
Grassroots efforts in places like North Carolina show what we can—and increasingly must—do in a world plagued by climate disasters.
Anna Simonton Grassroots efforts in places like North Carolina show what we can—and increasingly must—do in a world plagued by climate disasters.
Covering Climate Now
The Media’s Mega-Failure on LA’s Mega-Fires
Even as the LA fires still burn, most journalism is not representing how the climate crisis is driving increasingly frequent and severe extreme weather.
Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope Even as the LA fires still burn, most journalism is not representing how the climate crisis is driving increasingly frequent and severe extreme weather.
Journalists Must Rethink Our Fear of Taking Sides
The media often acts as if identifying threats or naming falsehoods are acts of partisanship. They are not. They are journalism.
Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope The media often acts as if identifying threats or naming falsehoods are acts of partisanship. They are not. They are journalism.
Jane Fonda to Young People: “Do Not Sit This Election Out”
Electing Kamala Harris and then pushing her to deliver is the only chance for climate survival, says the Hollywood actress and activist.
Mark Hertsgaard Electing Kamala Harris and then pushing her to deliver is the only chance for climate survival, says the Hollywood actress and activist.
Covering Climate Now
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February 7, 2024
It’s the 2024 Election Season. Where’s the Climate Story?
Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle PopeDespite the threats to all of humanity, news outlets around the world are largely sidelining the climate conversation
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December 28, 2023
Extinction Rebellion Wants to Reclaim the Port of Rotterdam
Anna HiattThe climate activists are putting pressure on Dutch officials to reduce emissions at Europe’s most polluting port.
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November 30, 2023
“No One Wins on a Dead Planet”: A Former UN Climate Chief Loses Faith in Fossil Fuel Companies
Ajit NiranjanAt COP28, Christiana Figueres, the architect of the Paris climate agreement, said people must balance outrage and optimism.
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November 29, 2023
How TV News Can Help Save the Planet
Kyle Pope and Elena GonzálezTelevision stations should take the lead on transforming the global climate story into a local one.
Climate Change Archive
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February 4, 2025
Defeating the Democratic Party Elites Is Just the First Step
Joseph GeevargheseThe party faces a choice: Will it embrace the grassroots energy behind its newly elected leadership? Or allow Trump and his corporate allies to tighten their grip on the country?
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January 31, 2025
Trump Is Hitting the Gas on Our Path to Planetary Destruction
Tom EngelhardtThe planet’s decline is already deeply underway. Trump’s clearly about to lend it a remarkably helping hand
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January 28, 2025
How the Wildfires Could Reshape the Climate Movement in California
Amber X. Chen and Maggie GretherAs the city debates how it can best address the impacts of increasingly devastating natural disasters, organizers hope to seize the moment.
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January 28, 2025
Trump Is a Clear and Present Danger to the Nation’s Security
Robert L. BorosageThere are no greater threats right now than the climate crisis and global pandemics.