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Is the press up to the climate crisis?
MARK HERTSGAARD
COVERING CLIMATE NOW

Saturday 9/17 7pmPT - Sunday 9/18 8pmPT

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Recent headlines: Temperatures in Europe This Week Smash All Historic Records. Lake Mead Plummets to New Low. Only ‘Rapid Action’ Can Prevent Worst Marine Extinction in 250M Years. UN’s Leading Climate Scientists Call Latest Climate Report Nothing Less Than “Code Red for Humanity.” Here’s my conversation with MARK HERTSGAARD, co-founder/Executive Director of Covering Climate Now. a global journalism initiative committed to to helping “news media cover the defining story of our time with the rigor and urgency it deserves.” We’ll get an update on the crisis as well as efforts to report it well enough to turn things around.
Timely articles on a range of issues -
Hertsgaard articles below
Survey: Fewer Than Half of Americans Can Name All Three Branches of Government
by Adam Barnes - TheHill.com - 09-13-2022

Landmark Study Finds Causal Link Between Nature Walks and Stress Reduction
by Rich Haridy - NewAtlas.com - 09-07-2022

Step On It! Walking Is Good for Health but Walking Faster Is Even Better
Walking briskly is beneficial for all health outcomes including dementia heart disease cancer and death
by Emily Wind - Guardian - 09-12-2022

How Sitting All Day Can Cause Health Problems — Even If You Exercise
Working out for 30 minutes every day “might not be enough” to counter the health issues created by prolonged sitting said the author of a sweeping new studyImage without a caption
by Gretchen Reynolds - WashPost - 09-14-2022

Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations
by Ben Rand - HarvardBusinessSchool - 09-06-2022

California’s Giant New Batteries Kept the Lights On in a Heat Wave
Let’s hope the world is watching because this technology has just proved its value in a crisis.
by Mike Ferry - LATimes

How the New Climate Law Can Save You Thousands of Dollars
Rebates and tax credits can lower the cost of solar panels energy-efficient appliances and electric vehicles.
by Coral Davenport - NYTimes - 09-13-2022

Rapid Green Energy Transition by 2050 Could Save the World at Least $12 Trillion
"There is a pervasive misconception that switching to clean, green energy will be painful, costly, and mean sacrifices for us all—but that's just wrong," said Oxford professor and study co-author Doyne Farmer.
by Jessica Corbett - CommonDreams.org - 09-13-2022

The Imaginary Crisis
An excerpt from Another World Is Possible on methods for improving our social imagination.
by Geoff Mulgan - StanfordSocialInnovationReview - 09-06-2022

Scholar Who Saw This Coming: Americans “Do Not Understand Liberal Democracy"
Shawn Rosenberg predicted the "inexorable decline" of democracy in 2019. But he still thinks it's not too late
by Chauncey DeVega - Salon.com - 09-12-2022

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MARK HERTSGAARDThe Nation’s environment correspondent, has covered climate change since 1989. His books include On Bended Knee, Earth Odyssey, and HOT: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth. He is Executive Director of Covering Climate Now, which he co-founded with Kyle Pope, Editor and Publisher of Columbia Journalism Review, to help “news media cover the defining story of our time with the rigor and urgency it deserves.”

NOAA: Greenhouse Gases, Sea Levels, Ocean Heat All Hit New Highs in 2021
"With many communities hit with 1,000-year floods, exceptional drought, and historic heat this year, it shows that the climate crisis is not a future threat but something we must address today.”
by Kenny Stancil - CommonDreams.org - 09-01-2022

Defusing Democracy Emergency Needed to Address Climate Emergency
On anniversary of the January 6th insurrection we must all understand that our collective future hinges on rejecting two equally Big Lies that threaten the common good.
by Mark Hertsgaard - CommonDreams.org - 01-06-2022

The Climate Crisis Is a Crime Story
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?
by Mark Hertsgaard – TheNation.com - 06-30-2021

Does the Climate Bill Throw Environmental Justice Under the Bus?
And three more questions about the biggest climate legislation in US history.
by Mark Hertsgaard - TheNation.com - 08-11-2022

Fossil-Fuel Boosters Have Criminalized Climate Protests Across America
Right-wing American Legislative Council pushed legislation in 24 states since 2018 study reveals.
by Nina Lakhani - MotherJones - 09-14-2022

Can $3.5B Help Fix Climate Change?
EPA veteran has big funds at his disposal as head of nonprofit with Jobs family backing.
By Sammy Roth - LATimes

How Many People Must Starve Before It’s News?
Climate change is spiking global hunger, but world media are absent.
by editor - covering climate now
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