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Covering Climate Now

NCR joins more than 250 news outlets in a weeklong collaboration of climate change coverage. Learn more about the initiative here.

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As heat rises, who will protect farmworkers?

by Bridget Huber, Nancy Averett, Teresa Cotsirilos, Food & Environment Reporting Network
Jul 30, 2022

Heat-related illness and death are a growing problem in U.S. agriculture, but the Occupational Safety and Health Administration still hasn't established national safety guidelines.

Dartmouth touts progress on emissions, but critics see lack of urgency on climate

by Lisa Prevost, Energy News Network
Jun 11, 2022

A new high-efficiency building on Dartmouth College's campus illustrates the Ivy League school's clean energy transition — in more ways than one — as the $160 million facility was paid for in part by fossil fuel industry gifts.

On the Clean Water Act's 50th birthday, what should we celebrate?

by Rona Kobell, The Revelator
Jun 8, 2022

Some rivers and lakes wouldn't be swimmable today without this critical law. But it could use a refresh to help meet our current challenges.

What does it mean to live well on an overheating planet?

by Miyo Joy, High Country News
May 14, 2022

A walk through a scorched rainforest leads to a cascade of questions. How can one bring children into such a world? How can one not? Beyond the choice to have children, what would it mean to live well through the losses foretold by this newly scarred landscape?

Who will build California's electric vehicle charging stations and why it matters

by Jessica Goodheart, Capital & Main
May 6, 2022

Lawmaker Raskin sees hope for U.S. climate legislation this year

by Richard Cowan, Reuters
Apr 18, 2022

7 new environmental books for advice, lessons, projects and inspiration

by John R. Platt, The Revelator
Apr 2, 2022

Chicago educator empowers students to make climate connections in their own communities

by Audrey Henderson, Energy News Network
Mar 28, 2022

Why there's still hope among the gloom and doom of climate crisis

by Craig Miller, Next Avenue
Mar 10, 2022

Yale, Stanford and MIT's fossil fuel investments are illegal, students say

by Chris McGreal, The Guardian
Mar 2, 2022

Climate change is shifting the goalposts for global sport

by Julia Evans, Daily Maverick
Feb 19, 2022

Can a new wave of climate fiction inspire climate action?

by Ryan Mizzen, Mongabay
Feb 12, 2022

A future with little to no snow? What that means for the American West

by Tara Lohan, The Revelator
Dec 24, 2021

Greta Thunberg is 'open' to meeting Biden at UN climate summit

by Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation
Oct 12, 2021

Hurricane Ida badly damages home of Goldman Prize winner Sharon Lavigne, others in Louisiana's Cancer Alley

by Julie Dermansky, Sharon Kelly, Desmog
Sep 2, 2021

How a powerful US lobby group helps Big Oil to block climate action

by Chris McGreal, The Guardian
Aug 9, 2021

Big Oil and Gas kept a dirty secret for decades. Now they may pay the price

by Chris McGreal, The Guardian
Jul 29, 2021

Rich nations 'must consign coal power to history,' says UK COP26 president

by Nina Chestney, Reuters
Jul 22, 2021

President Biden's baffling inconsistency on Alaska drilling

by Max Steiner, Who What Why
Jun 15, 2021

Climate justice, for the first time ever, is on the G7 agenda

by Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation
Jun 12, 2021

How Jersey City middle schoolers stopped a flood

by Phil Roberts, NextCity.org
May 15, 2021

Greta Thunberg on her gap year climate change tour, Joe Biden, and turning 18

by Marianne Dhenin, Teen Vogue
May 13, 2021

US must halve emissions to galvanize global climate action — UN chief

by Valerie Volcovici, Kate Abnett, Reuters
Apr 20, 2021

Enbridge Line 3 divides Indigenous lands, people

by Mary Annette Pember, Indian Country Today
Apr 13, 2021

Scientists: Humans must respect these 9 boundaries to keep Earth habitable

by Claire Asher, Mongabay.com
Apr 5, 2021

How a public uprising caused a province to stop coal mining expansion

by Sharon J. Riley, The Narwhal
Feb 16, 2021

Youth climate activists want an official seat at the table in Biden's White House

by Ilana Cohen, ClimateTracker.org
Feb 16, 2021

Students in India use social media to fight coal projects

by Raqib Hameed Naik, ClimateTracker.org
Feb 12, 2021

New Mexico families in oil and gas 'waste zone' seek help

by Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main
Feb 3, 2021

'There is no vaccine for climate change,' U.N. environment chief says

by Mongabay.com
Jan 18, 2021

Stopping the last tar sands pipeline will take all of us

by Winona LaDuke, The Nation
Jan 15, 2021

How to rebuild California forests, with climate in mind

by Ula Chrobak, Knowable Magazine
Dec 22, 2020

Women are still not heard in the climate policy conversation

by Meghie Rodrigues, Eos
Dec 8, 2020

UN secretary general: Without the US in the Paris Agreement, humanity faces climate 'suicide'

by Mark Hertsgaard
Dec 2, 2020

Sea level rise may erode development in Africa

by Hope Mafaranga, Eos
Nov 18, 2020

I'm 18 and can already see my Alaska community changed forever by climate change

by Cora Dow, The Guardian
Sep 22, 2020

16 children await UN decision as youth climate movement recalibrates

by Emily Schwing, KCET
Sep 16, 2020

18 Things to know about Howey Ou, China's only teenage climate striker

by Sally Ho, Green Queen
Aug 25, 2020

Solar mandates in India's sacred groves

by Rishika Pardikar
Aug 7, 2020

How the global climate fight could be lost if Trump is reelected

by Oliver Milman, The Guardian
Jul 30, 2020

Deadly heat is killing Americans: Inaction on climate puts lives at risk

by Dean Russell, Elisabeth Gawthrop, Veronica Penney, Ali Raj, Bridget Hickey, Columbia Journalism Investigations
Jul 28, 2020

Lessons from a hotter planet: Things escalate quickly

by Nathanael Johnson, Grist
Jul 22, 2020

A pandemic and surging summer heat leave thousands struggling to pay utility bills

by Maddie Kornfeld
Jul 17, 2020

Ugandan climate activist: 'We are a climate generation and this is our fight'

by Jan Wisniewski, Marisa Pettit
Jul 10, 2020

Latino voters are worried about climate change. They could swing the election.

by Jeremy Deaton
Jul 7, 2020

Across America, five communities in search of environmental justice

by Inside Climate News, Nicholas Kusnetz, Judy Fahys, Ilana Cohen, David Hasemyer
Jun 17, 2020

Prize-winning photos from opposite sides of the globe tell grim stories of climate crisis

by The Guardian
Apr 21, 2020

Forest loss drives viruses as well as climate change, indigenous leaders warn

by Covering Climate Now
Mar 20, 2020

In Australia's burning forests, signs we've passed a global warming tipping point

by Bob Berwyn
Feb 11, 2020

UN Chief: An unstoppable movement is taking hold

by António Guterres
Oct 4, 2019

Can one meatless day out of the week make a difference?

by Krista Kihlander
Sep 23, 2019

'Like a sunburn on your lungs': How does the climate crisis impact health?

by Emily Holden
Sep 21, 2019

Follow ongoing coverage of today's global climate strikes

by NCR Staff
Sep 20, 2019

As climate effects hit coffee crops, Guatemalan farmers become migrants

by Sarah Salvadore
Sep 20, 2019

23 reasons to join Friday's Climate Strike

by Bill McKibben
Sep 19, 2019

Intergenerational solidarity: Elders join youth in climate strikes

by Brian Roewe
Sep 19, 2019

Why next Monday's UN Climate Action Summit matters

by Mark Hertsgaard
Sep 18, 2019

Naomi Klein: 'We are seeing the beginnings of the era of climate barbarism'

by Natalie Hanman
Sep 18, 2019

Big week ahead for coverage of climate crisis

by Bill Mitchell
Sep 17, 2019

'Americans are waking up': Two-thirds say climate crisis must be addressed

by Oliver Milman
Sep 17, 2019