Mark Hertsgaard

2 weeks ago | thenation.com | Mark Hertsgaard |Bill McKibben

Environment / April 30, 2025 We Can Run the World Without Fossil FuelsBy lighting a green lantern in Boston’s Old North Church, environmentalists announce a new global day of action—Sun Day—to celebrate a world that no longer needs fossil fuels. Ad Policy A green lantern was lit in the steeple of the Old North Church in Boston to announce a day of action—Sun Day—to celebrate that we no longer need fossil fuels.

2 weeks ago | commondreams.org | Mark Hertsgaard

A superpower in the fight against global heating is hiding in plain sight. It turns out that the overwhelming majority of people in the world—between 80% and 89%, according to a growing number of peer-reviewed scientific studies—want their governments to take stronger climate action. As co-founders of a nonprofit that studies news coverage of climate change, those findings surprised even us.

3 weeks ago | thenation.com | Mark Hertsgaard |Kyle Pope

Environment / April 23, 2025 A Silent Climate MajorityMost of the world’s people want stronger climate action—but don’t realize they’re the majority. Ad Policy Harmony Cummings holds a sign outside the office of Senator John Hickenlooper (D-CO) during a Time to Thrive rally organized by the Colorado Green New Deal coalition to demand support for the THRIVE act on March 31, 2021, in Denver.

1 month ago | thenation.com | Mark Hertsgaard

Environment / The Spanish-language TV network is gaining audience while highlighting solutions to the climate emergency. Ad Policy This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration cofounded by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation strengthening coverage of the climate story.

1 month ago | thenation.com | Mark Hertsgaard

Activism / April 3, 2025 The Fallout from the Greenpeace VerdictAn energy giant’s SLAPP lawsuit threatens the right to protest. Ad Policy France’s Greenpeace activists perform an action to support Greenpeace USA, next to Statue of Liberty at Pont de Grenelle in Paris on February 20, 2025. Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, sued Greenpeace USA.