The latest IPCC report is essential reading for all climate journalists, but its prose is difficult for non-specialists to decipher. Here are some highlights from the “Summary For Policymakers,” translated into plain English, as well as some notable quotes from climate luminaries, to inform your coverage of this landmark report. “Everything, Everywhere, All At Once.” […]
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Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter In direct contradiction to climate science and his own campaign promises, US president Joe Biden approved the massive Willow oil project in Alaska this week. Much of the resulting news coverage has framed the decision as Biden vs activists, but it’s really Biden vs science. Yes, activists vehemently oppose […]
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It’s not every day that a global environmental agreement is praised by everyone from the United States and the European Union to China and the Africa Group to the Pew Charitable Trust and Greenpeace. But that’s what happened last weekend when all UN member states agreed to a legally binding “UN High Seas Treaty” to […]
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Each month, Covering Climate Now speaks with different journalists about their experiences on the climate beat and ideas for pushing our craft forward. This week, we spoke with Rebecca Leber, a senior reporter at Vox who previously covered climate change and the environment for Mother Jones, Grist, and The New Republic. We talked about the […]
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Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter When it comes to disinformation, from elections to climate, arguably no megaphone has been louder and more influential than FOX, owned by Rupert Murdoch. This week it was revealed that FOX hosts, including Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham, knowingly spread lies about the 2020 US presidential […]
Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter. Jimmy Carter’s family has announced that the 98-year-old former US president has entered hospice care. Carter leaves behind a poignant reminder of two central facts about today’s climate emergency: its solutions have been around for decades, and it’s important to elect leaders who will implement them. Jimmy Carter […]
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Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter Antarctica’s “doomsday glacier” is melting faster. Climate activists are shifting tactics. The president of the World Bank is resigning after questioning climate science. The climate story is evolving quickly, in many directions, as the crisis accelerates. Which makes strong news coverage all the more important so that the […]
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barnard_Mountain_Katahdin_Woods_and_Waters.jpg EACH MONTH, Covering Climate Now speaks with different journalists about their experiences on the climate beat and their ideas for pushing our craft forward. This week, we spoke with three journalists from Maine Public: deputy news director Susan Sharon, news producer Patty Wight, and Bangor correspondent Nicole Ogrysko. Along with the rest of the […]
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Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter “The climate crisis doesn’t care if your state is red or blue. It is an existential threat,” President Joe Biden said on Tuesday as he used his State of the Union address to tout the Inflation Reduction Act. Biden teased Republican lawmakers for asking his administration to fund […]
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