Mark Hertsgaard
Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation’s investigative editor at large, is the author of seven books that have been translated into 16 languages, including On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency. His most recent books are Bravehearts: Whistle Blowing in the Age of Snowden and Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth. Follow him on Twitter: @markhertsgaard.
ALL POSTS BY Mark Hertsgaard
January 7, 2021With climate action finally on the table, journalists must redouble their commitment to the climate story.
December 16, 2020Journalists and news executives in charge of newspapers, TV and radio programs, and social media platforms seen and heard by billions of people need to tackle the climate emergency.
Humanity Faces Climate “Suicide” Without US Rejoining Paris Agreement, Says the UN Secretary GeneralDecember 2, 2020Joining China and other big polluters, Biden’s pledge of “net zero” US emissions by 2050 brings the Paris Agreement goals “within reach”
November 12, 2020Donald Trump’s defeat in the US presidential election is the biggest development in the climate story in years, if only because it means that the story might not have a hellish ending after all.
October 21, 2020Roe v. Wade and Obamacare aren’t the only things endangered by Republicans’ rushed nomination of Amy Coney Barrett
July 7, 2020Only after the work of covering the disaster is done will news outlets perhaps take a moment to examine why all this is happening—why these disasters are occurring, again and again, all over the world, with increased frequency and ferocity.
June 29, 2020To Sunrise Movement cofounder Varshini Prakash and her fellow activists, the fight for a livable planet and the fight against racial injustice are the very same fight.
December 12, 2017The fires and storms ravaging the planet are only going to get worse, especially if we don’t end the power of climate deniers.
August 10, 2017As tensions with North Korea escalate, Congress and the military must prevent a nuclear first strike.
June 2, 2017This is murder — even if Trump’s willful ignorance of climate science prevents him from seeing it as such.
