Covering Climate Now: Politics

Covering Climate Now is a global journalism initiative committed to more and better coverage of the climate crisis. More than 400 news outlets -- including WBUR -- have committed to a week of coverage from Sept. 21-25, 2020, examining the intersection of climate change and politics. CCNow was co-founded in April 2019 by the Columbia Journalism Review, and The Nation, in association with The Guardian.

Protesters in Miami join the March for Science on April 22, 2017. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

The Climate Voters Are Coming

The climate movement’s power is growing, writes Nathaniel Stinnett. Politicians are increasingly viewing environmental leadership as a political necessity, rather than a policy choice.

Sep 25, 2020

In this June 1, 2017 file photo, protesters gather outside the White House in Washington to protest President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the Unites States from the Paris climate change accord. (Susan Walsh/AP)

Ed Markey: The 2020 Election Is A Matter Of Life And Death. Urgent Action On Climate Change Can't Wait

There is no time for compromise on the existential threat we face, writes Sen. Ed Markey. We must pass a Green New Deal.

Sep 24, 2020

A crowd of climate activists marching behind a banner. A coalition of climate, Indigenous and racial justice groups gathered at Columbus Circle to kick off Climate Week with the Climate Justice Through Racial Justice march, Sept. 20, 2020. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

How To Create Anti-Racist Energy Policies

We need a national policy to end utility shutoffs until we have a vaccine or treatment for COVID-19, writes Shalanda Baker.

Sep 23, 2020

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrives for President Barack Obama's State of the Union address in the Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images)

Why The Death Of RBG Is Very, Very Bad For The Planet

The movement to transform the nation’s energy economy loses as the Supreme Court skews right, writes Frederick Hewett. The death of Justice Ginsburg casts a long shadow.

Sep 22, 2020

Connor Theriot, 16, has an emotional moment while standing on the slab of foundation that once held his family's home after Hurricane Laura landed along the Texas-Louisiana border in Cameron, Louisiana on August 30, 2020. (Callaghan OHare/Washington Post via Getty Images)

The Media Must Call Hurricanes, Wildfires and Flooding What They Are: Climate Disasters

The media covers the shock and horror of hurricanes and wildfires, but they have again and again failed to name climate change as the cause of historic devastation, writes Varshini...

Sep 21, 2020