Covering Resilient Agriculture

Corn field bathed in sunlight

Welcome to Locally Sourced, a biweekly Covering Climate Now newsletter for journalists working to localize the climate story. Share this newsletter with colleagues and journalism students interested in localizing the climate story. Vea la versión en español de “Fuentes Locales.”  Story Spark: Resilient Agriculture Farms across the world face a multitude of risks — wind, […]

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Mark Carney As Climate Radical?

Mark Carney at the podium addressing crowd with Canadian flags in the back

The business beat has long been an ideal perch for reporting the climate story, and it’s doubly so now that Mark Carney is becoming the new prime minister of Canada. Initial reporting on Carney replacing Justin Trudeau as the Liberal Party leader and designated prime minister focused on the implications for Canada’s trade war with […]

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The Media Needs to Show How the Climate Crisis is Fueling the LA Wildfires

People sit watching forest burn with orange hazy background

This piece originally appeared in the Guardian. Last week, as the Sunset fire was bearing down on her Los Angeles home, Allison Agsten approached a group of television news crews gathering in her neighborhood. Did any of them plan to mention the role of the climate crisis in their reporting? The question was professional as well as personal for Agsten, […]

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Covering Local Climate Action

Sack of green leafy vegetables lies in a field in full harvest

Welcome to Locally Sourced, a biweekly Covering Climate Now newsletter for journalists working to localize the climate story. Share this newsletter with colleagues and journalism students interested in localizing the climate story. Vea la versión en español de “Fuentes Locales.” Story Spark: Local Climate Action Climate action is lagging at the national level across the […]

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