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Mark Hertsgaard

Mark Hertsgaard is the environmental correspondent and investigative editor at large at The Nation and a co-founder of Covering Climate Now. He has covered climate change since 1989, reporting from 25 countries and much of the US in his books "Earth Odyssey: Around the World In Search of Our Environmental Future" (1999) and "HOT: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth" (2012), as well as for various outlets. His website is markhertsgaard.com.

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Why It's Impossible to Be Happy About the Outcome of COP26

The claim that the international climate summit has "kept 1.5 alive" is plausible, but only barely.

Mark Hertsgaard · Nov 15, 2021

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Who Is the World's Greatest Climate Champion? (Hint: Not the United States)

American exceptionalism is a sturdy beast. Performances in Glasgow this week are the latest evidence.

Mark Hertsgaard · Nov 10, 2021

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We Can't Defuse the Climate Crisis Without Tougher, Louder News Coverage

At COP26, some US newsrooms are finally stepping up—but will it last?

Mark Hertsgaard · Nov 5, 2021

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Are These Big Oil CEOs About to Lie Straight to Congress?

Lying under oath is perilous, especially when those lies are refuted by your own documents.

Mark Hertsgaard · Oct 28, 2021

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Climate Journalism Is Coming of Age

It's still a work in progress, but the Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards point the way.

Mark Hertsgaard · Oct 6, 2021

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"This Was Avoidable," Climate Activists Say About Apocalyptic UN Climate Report

The United Nation's latest climate report says capping global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C target is imperative—and still within reach through immediate, aggressive action.

Mark Hertsgaard · Aug 11, 2021

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Climate Coverage Must Stop Ignoring the World's Poorest

The global poor have been living, and dying, from climate-driven disasters for years—but the mainstream media in richer nations is nowhere to be found.

Saleemul Huq · Jul 15, 2021

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Big Oil Should Be Prosecuted for Their Crimes Against Humanity

Fossil fuel companies lied for decades about climate change, and humanity is paying the price. Shouldn’t those lies be central to the public narrative?

Mark Hertsgaard · Jul 1, 2021

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