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Mark Hertsgaard

@markhertsgaard.bsky.social
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Co-founder of @coveringclimatenow.org, helping newsrooms produce more and better climate journalism. Author of books on The Beatles, race in America, the news media, the global environmental future, and more.

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Mark Hertsgaard @markhertsgaard.bsky.social · 10h
Real Climate Solutions Versus “Greenwashing Tricks” newrepublic.com/article/2161... via @newrepublic.com @coveringclimatenow.org
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Real Climate Solutions Versus “Greenwashing Tricks”
Germany and California lead the charge at Climate Week NYC.
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Mark Hertsgaard @markhertsgaard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Exactly!
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New York Amsterdam News @nyamnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Simply put, we screwed up." DoorDash is paying $131.5 million to settle underpayment claims from 260,000+ NYC delivery workers. #WorkersRights #DoorDash
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DoorDash to pay $131M for underpaying delivery workers in New York City 
NEW YORK (AP) — DoorDash will pay $131.5 million to settle claims that it underpaid delivery workers in New York City.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“So long as you’re with the people you love, you’ll be home. And that’s true in any weather.” Sesame Street is teaching kids to navigate climate-fueled extreme weather: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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At Climate Week, Elmo recalls a storm on Sesame Street: ‘Courage is when you still help others’
New York event hears about the red Muppet’s fears during a recent storm as climate crisis increasingly affects children
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: Trump 2.0 has made extremist views acceptable. In November, candidates will run for critical federal and state-level positions who have expressed racist, pro-militia, anti-vaccine, sexist, antisemitic, and secessionist views. Many have been endorsed by Trump www.wired.com/story/these-...
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These Extremists Are Running for Election in November
With the threat of political violence at unprecedented levels, state and federal GOP candidates are openly sharing racist, pro-militia, anti-vaccine, sexist, antisemitic, and secessionist views.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Talking with @markhertsgaard.bsky.social, Gavin Newsom shuns climate hushing: “People say, ‘Why are you talking about climate change? You should be talking about kitchen table [issues].' I say, ‘I am. You haven’t connected the droughts to the cost of beef, to the cost of coffee?'"
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Gavin Newsom condemns Democrats’ ‘climate hushing’, predicts Trump’s downfall and expects AOC to run in 2028
Democrats must show links of climate shocks to ‘kitchen table’ issues, California governor says
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hey, we asked first! I wrote this in the LA Times in 2002. "In truth, it is time for California to become a member of the European Union... California is far more politically and culturally similar to members of the EU than to many other parts of the U.S." www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
Euronews headline: "Canada invited to become first 'associate member' of the EU"
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Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
For those of you on LinkedIn, I’ve just opened an account and shared my first post! It’s about Heathrow expansion, rising emissions and the uncomfortable realities of reconciling the two. www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-and...
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 16/09/2026
Join CCNow for a live, in-person conversation about how journalism is an effective climate solution on Monday, September 21, at 3pm ET, at the Narrative Change Summit during #ClimateWeekNYC, hosted by Climate Film Festival. Details: luma.com/dz8z0es4
Journalism is an effective climate solution panel
Monday, September 21, at 3pm ET, at the Narrative Change Summit 
SVA Theatre, NYC Climate Week
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Jason Dove Mark @jasondovemark.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Very grateful to @markhertsgaard.bsky.social for his appreciative reading of The Earth Said Remember Me. ... And couldn't be more honored to be in the company of climate journalist rockstar @amywestervelt.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/envi...
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Big Oil’s Origin Story
Amy Westervelt’s new book, Brought to You By, exposes the deep history of today’s “information pollution.”
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 15/09/2026
If you haven't, check out @markhertsgaard.bsky.social's piece on the Nepal disaster and media coverage. Making the connection between climate change and extreme events is crucial for audiences to understand the why behind these events.
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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Over the last century, Big Industry has built a vast apparatus of think tanks and obliging news networks to manufacture doubt and shield corporations. Our essay of the week explores the deep history of "information pollution." By @markhertsgaard.bsky.social in @thenation.com buff.ly/9fz3Jku
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 16/09/2026
- @jskoff.bsky.social, filmmaker, journalist, and Professor & Knight Chair of Climate Journalism at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social - ​David Akana, Director of Programs, @mongabay.com Africa The panel will be moderated by @markhertsgaard.bsky.social, Executive Director, @coveringclimatenow.org
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Mark Hertsgaard @markhertsgaard.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My pleasure @amywestervelt.bsky.social. Every journalist who covers climate change--and AI and data centers--should read this book. All of us and the public we serve swim in the cesspool Big Tech created (which now threatens human extinction within 10 years, we're told). @coveringclimatenow.org
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 09/09/2026
John Marshall, the founder and Executive Chair of @pe-coalition.bsky.social, writes in Reuters that “American leaders are dangerously quiet about climate change” and this ‘climate hushing’ is not only “disheartening and dangerous, it’s also bad strategy.”
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COMMENTARY: After a summer of wildfires and record heat, Americans are talking about climate change. Why aren’t our leaders?
A World Cup final played under the haze of wildfire smoke. Fourth of July parades cancelled due to extreme heat. In Washington, half a million acres burned in just a couple months of wildfire season, ...
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Mark Hertsgaard @markhertsgaard.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thrilled to see such interest in my Climate Beat column. It's been slow coming, but more news outlets are making the climate connection to these deadly disasters. Read more:
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Mark Hertsgaard @markhertsgaard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Is Nepal A Turning Point In Climate News Coverage? That's the question I address in this week's "The Climate Beat" newsletter from @coveringclimatenow.org. It's been slow coming, but more news outlets are making the climate connection to these deadly disasters coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-stor...
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Is Nepal a Turning Point in Climate Coverage? — Covering Climate Now
It’s been slow coming, but news coverage of climate change may at last be turning a corner. For years, reporting on climate-related disasters — the super-storm Hurricane Helene that blasted the southe...
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 28/08/2026
Millions of oat milk drinkers worldwide are about to learn that a global super-majority of people want stronger climate action. Oatly, the largest oat drink company in the world, is printing summaries of what it calls “the ultimate climate solution” on every carton it produces.
The 89 Percent message on upcoming cartons of Oatly oat drink. (Caroline Reid / Oatly)
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