Most populated city in North America and there’s very little coverage.

I never imagined the disconnect between news and reality could get this wide.
And I made Don’t Look Up.

“All amplified by climate change”.

Thank you Jeff Berardelli for spelling this out.

I encourage all reporters and other communicators to explicitly connect this heat wave to climate change.

Bad News: I’ve been laid off from Media Matters, along with a dozen colleagues.

There’s a reason far-right billionaires attack Media Matters with armies of lawyers: They know how effective our work is, and it terrifies them (him).

This is not an easy statement for a meteorologist to make, as there is a lot of pressure to not wade into these climate waters. Big kudos to Steve for being bold and honest.

This is so powerful. 'There are candidates that believe in climate change ... and candidates that don't.'

Steve MacLaughlin is a model journalist for our age.

Everyone with a platform? Be like Steve. 🙌

#EndClimateSilence

Did #climatechange cause that recent extreme event in my country?

There is strong evidence that characteristics of many individual extreme events have already changed because of human-driven changes to the climate system.

Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/WGIRpt

Truly grim reading: How key climate indicators have changed since IPCC AR6 WGI in 2021

🌡️Decadal warming at 1.19C, up from 1.09C
🛰️CO2 at 419ppm, up from 410ppm
🏭Emissions at 54GtCO2e, up from 53
📉Remaining carbon budget 150Gt, down from 500

essd.copernicus.org/preprints/essd…

Turned on the radio. No one’s talking about the fact that yesterday the worlds leading climate scientists said they were in despair, the world is heading for collapse and asked ‘what the fuck do we have to do to make you realise how serious this is’? Maybe it’s in all the papers

Next week, Tuesday evening May 14th, I have the pleasure of giving a lecture in Vienna on 'journalistic leadership in the age of climate change'.
The event is public, but we recommend that you rsvp here: oeaw.ac.at/anmeldung/akad…

Check out this interesting The Wilson Center event on the links between environmental journalism and democracy on Wednesday, May 1.

Register at link, below.

engage.wilsoncenter.org/a/environmenta…

New study:

I look forward to meeting the 5th cohort of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network today for my lecture on covering climate & large corporations. What a group of journalists. I am thankful to Mitali Mukherjee Diego Arguedas Ortiz and Katherine Dunn for their great work in growing the OCJN.

🔊EVENT: “Environmental Journalists on the Frontlines of Democracy”
🗓️Date: Wednesday, May 1
🕒Time: 10:00 a.m. ET
📍Location: Webinar & In-Person
🎤Hosted by: The Wilson Center, New Security Beat, Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)
📩RSVP: bit.ly/3xuYNtY

If you're covering the US elections this year, we wrote this guide for you!

Inside, you'll find questions to ask candidates, climate myths debunked, examples of good coverage, reporting resources, and more... coveringclimatenow.org/resource/repor…

Thank God it’s only food, eh, and not something important #climatechange

Every journalist—and everyone concerned about the state of journalism—must read this Drilled article about the subtle ways the information ecosystem gets polluted, even among the climate press.

Our current model for reporting needs to change.

drilled.ghost.io/on-the-state-o…

rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

'Although the report made clear the hot weather in WA was a result of #climate change, not a single news outlet published this information that month.'

abc.net.au/news/science/2…