Climate Justice
If You Think Multinational Mining Interests Want to Save the Environment, I’ve Got a Bridge to Sell You
A sacred site for Native Americans is on the verge of being destroyed for profit, and profit alone—just one more colonial conquest of lands in the American West.
Joshua Frank
A sacred site for Native Americans is on the verge of being destroyed for profit, and profit alone—just one more colonial conquest of lands in the American West.
Warren Buffett Is a Climate-Wrecker
Los Angeles Times climate columnist Sammy Roth scoops his business beat colleagues.
Mark Hertsgaard Los Angeles Times climate columnist Sammy Roth scoops his business beat colleagues.
The Climate Costs of Occupation
As Israel expands its settlements in the West Bank, it has destroyed forests and boosted CO2 emissions.
Haitham Al-Sharif As Israel expands its settlements in the West Bank, it has destroyed forests and boosted CO2 emissions.
Covering Climate Now
We Can Run the World Without Fossil Fuels
By lighting a green lantern in Boston’s Old North Church, environmentalists announce a new global day of action—Sun Day—to celebrate a world that no longer needs fossil fuels.
Mark Hertsgaard and Bill McKibben By lighting a green lantern in Boston’s Old North Church, environmentalists announce a new global day of action—Sun Day—to celebrate a world that no longer needs fossil fuels.
A Silent Climate Majority
Most of the world’s people want stronger climate action—but don’t realize they’re the majority.
Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope Most of the world’s people want stronger climate action—but don’t realize they’re the majority.
The Game-Changing Truth That Could Save the Planet
Dispelling the myth that climate action is unpopular could push the world over a social tipping point and lead to unstoppable progress.
Damian Carrington Dispelling the myth that climate action is unpopular could push the world over a social tipping point and lead to unstoppable progress.
Covering Climate Now
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April 10, 2025
Telemundo’s Climate Commitment
Mark HertsgaardThe Spanish-language TV network is gaining audience while highlighting solutions to the climate emergency.
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April 3, 2025
The Fallout From the Greenpeace Verdict
Mark HertsgaardAn energy giant’s SLAPP lawsuit threatens the right to protest.
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March 27, 2025
With Trump in Office, How Much Will TV Networks Self-Censor?
Mark HertsgaardUS broadcasters’ cowardice around the “Gulf of America” throws into question their future coverage of climate change.
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March 13, 2025
Is Mark Carney a Climate Radical?
Mark HertsgaardCanada’s prime minister–designate backs the science that says most fossil fuel can’t be burned.
Climate Change Archive
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May 15, 2025
The Fingerprints Climate Change Leaves Behind
Mark HertsgaardA top climate-attribution scientist helps journalists understand and explain them.
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May 13, 2025
Letters From the June 2025 Issue
Our ReadersBoys don’t cry… A call to action… The war party… Traveling to Cuba… Bill vs. Hill… Burning questions… The best medicine… Correction…
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May 12, 2025
Why Trump’s Epic Crypto Corruption Will Go Unpunished
Jeet HeerThe president is a brazen crook, but Democrats are too compromised to challenge him.
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May 5, 2025
Thinking Like an Ancestor on a Burning Planet
Wen StephensonA conversation with Olúfémi Táíwò about the struggle for racial and climate justice in the face of catastrophe.