We Can’t Wait for Our Institutions to Take Action on Climate Change

We Can’t Wait for Our Institutions to Take Action on Climate Change

Students in Philadelphia protest climate change in 2019. (Cory Clark/Getty Images) This story was produced for StudentNation, a Nation Fund for Independent Journalism program dedicated to highlighting the best in student journalism. For more information on Student Nation, visit our archive or learn more about the program here. StudentNation is made possible by a generous … Read more

Climate Looms Large Over Biden’s First State of the Union. Will the Coverage Say So?

Climate Looms Large Over Biden’s First State of the Union. Will the Coverage Say So?

President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress as US Vice President Kamala Harris and US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi applaud at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 28, 2021. (Melina Mara / AFP via Getty Images) This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration cofounded … Read more

Climate grant illustrates growth in philanthropy-funded news

Climate grant illustrates growth in philanthropy-funded news

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press said Tuesday that it is assigning more than two dozen journalists across the world to cover climate issuesin the news organization’s largest single expansion paid for through philanthropic grants. The announcement illustrates how philanthropy has swiftly become an important new funding source for journalism — at the AP … Read more

Soak up the February sun? Not without climate change guilt in California

Soak up the February sun? Not without climate change guilt in California

“I want to enjoy the ability to go outside and be in the sun, but I think creeping in the back of my mind, ‘What does this mean for the future?’” Emma Penny, SFJAZZ Center management coordinator But a bone-dry January and February have reactivated fears of drought and wildfires. Memories of summer 2020, when … Read more

Poll: 1 in 5 Canadian Conservatives not concerned ‘at all’ about climate change

Poll: 1 in 5 Canadian Conservatives not concerned ‘at all’ about climate change

Here are four takeaways on what poll results portend for Canada: Protesters show their support for the Freedom Convoy truck drivers who are protesting against Covid-19 vaccine mandates by the Canadian government. | Arthur Mola/Invision/AP Ideology to heat up climate debate, again With the federal Conservatives in the throes of another federal leadership race, expect … Read more

Scary study finds when flowers will bloom this year – climate change causing major impact

Scary study finds when flowers will bloom this year - climate change causing major impact

British gardens are set to see flower blooms a month earlier than before according to a new study, as the climate crisis dramatically changes the landscape of our gardens. “The results are truly alarming, because of the ecological risks associated with earlier flowering times,” said Prof Ulf Büntgen, at the University of Cambridge, who led … Read more

It’s Time to Hold Law Firms Accountable for Their Role in Climate Change

It’s Time to Hold Law Firms Accountable for Their Role in Climate Change

A camp for Dakota Access Pipeline water protectors on the day the raid was planned. (Michael Nigro/Getty) This story was produced for Student Nation, a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism dedicated to highlighting the best in student journalism. For more information on Student Nation, visit our archive or learn more about the … Read more

Defusing the Global Climate Emergency Depends on Defusing the Democracy Emergency

Defusing the Global Climate Emergency Depends on Defusing the Democracy Emergency

The Capitol Rising on January 6, 2021. (Brent Stirton / Getty Images) This story originally appeared in The guard and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalistic collaboration that strengthens reporting on climate history. ONE A year ago today, Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy fled for their lives when a violent mob swarmed … Read more