PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT 2019
…what we see when we look back over the past year and the past decade…
The 2010s were a lost decade for climate. We can’t afford a repeat, scientists warn.
Climate coverage is improving, but challenges abound heading into 2020
2019 Top News
2019: The Year Climate Litigation Hit High Gear
Two Steps Forward 2019 was the year that…
Shouting into the apocalypse: The decade in climate change
Climate Science Discoveries of the Decade: New Risks Scientists Warned About in the 2010s
The Biggest Lesson About Climate Change From 2019
When the Transportation Revolution Hit the Real World
Despite extreme weather and surging activism, 2019 saw political paralysis on climate
Our Best Climate Coverage of 2019
6 Ways the Climate Changed Over the Past Decade
A Decade of Climate Change: Political Stasis in a Changing World
The decade we finally woke up to climate change
The high and low points for climate change in 2019
The case for optimism on climate change
Top 2019 News
… the resounding and disappointing outcome of COP25
U.N. Climate Talks End With Few Commitments and a ‘Lost’ Opportunity
COP25: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Madrid
U.N. climate talks end with hard feelings, few results and new doubts about global unity
Cop25: What was achieved and where to next?
Irreconcilable rift cripples UN climate talks as majority stand against polluters
The Energy 202: Here’s why Pelosi is going to Madrid for a climate conference
… Countdown, a new partnership to fight climate change by TED and YOUTUBE
TED launches global climate initiative with help from YouTube
How we can turn the tide on climate
TED Goes From Ideas To Action With Countdown
TED Announces Countdown, a Climate Change Initiative in Association With YouTube
Join the COUNTDOWN — turning the tide on climate change
… Wildfires in California
California wildfires map
California heat waves are getting worse. Blame the vicious ‘heat dome’
These maps show severe fires are morphing California forests into something we won’t recognize
California’s forever fire
The Secret War Over Pentagon Aid in Fighting Wildfires
Caldor fire: crews prepare for high winds that could fan northern California blaze
California builds ‘Noah’s Ark’ as extinction looms – Los Angeles Times
‘Where do I go?’ Thousands flee as Dixie Fire morphs into third-largest blaze in California’s history
Massive wildfires on the West Coast send haze to the East again
Colorado’s second-largest wildfire forecast to grow amid high winds
What Impacts Do the West Coast Wildfires, Smoke Have on Crops?
Climate scientists on 2020’s wildfires and storms
California braces for dangerous heat as wildfire battle continues
California will never stop burning
At least 13 wildfires are burning in California
Southern California Utility Says Wildfire Started Near A Re-Energized Power Line
Homes Burn in San Bernardino as California Battles Wildfires
California on my mind
Maps: How SF compares in size to California’s largest wildfires
These are the largest wildfires burning in California now
… How courts in New York and Boston are taking fossil fuel companies to court over climate change deception.
America Misled: How the fossil fuel industry deliberately misled Americans about climate change
Fossil Fuels on Trial: Where the Major Climate Change Lawsuits Stand Today
28 Years Ago, Big Oil Predicted It Would Take A High Price On Carbon To Stop Warming
ExxonMobil on Trial Over Climate ‘Lies’
Exxon’s Climate Trial Is Over, But the Legal War Is Just Beginning
As New York Takes Exxon to Court, Big Oil’s Strategy Against Climate Lawsuits Is Slowly Unveiled
New York Attorney General Drops Part of Exxon Case
Exxon’s Climate Fraud Trial Nears Its End: What Does the State Have to Prove to Win?
Exxon Opens Defense in New York Climate Fraud Trial
Massachusetts Sues Exxon Over Climate Change, Accusing the Oil Giant of Fraud
How Exxon’s Climate Change Trial Became a Battle Over Numbers
The Energy 202: ExxonMobil goes on trial over accusations it misled investors about climate change costs
New York Opens Trial Accusing Exxon of Defrauding Investors on Climate Risks
Report details how ExxonMobil and fossil fuel firms sowed seeds of doubt on climate change
New York AG’s case against Exxon Mobil to start this month
Exxon Embraces Activism, at Least in the Courts
…Jane Fonda. Time for the old people to step up, take responsibility, and be as powerful for their generation as Greta is for hers.
Jane Fonda plans climate change civil disobedience on the Capitol steps
Jane Fonda brings climate change protests to Los Angeles
Jane Fonda leads stars in final ‘Fire Drill Friday’ climate protest at the Capitol
In Protesting Climate Change, Jane Fonda Brings Hollywood to Washington
Why I protest for climate justice: Jane Fonda
Sally Field arrested at Jane Fonda’s climate protest
Jane Fonda: The Climate Emergency Is a Political Emergency
Jane Fonda steps up climate fight as part of ‘Fire Drill Friday’
Jane Fonda has a new mission: saving the world
Diane Lane, Amber Valletta, and Piper Perabo arrested at D.C. climate protest
Jane Fonda cheers on as TV daughter June Diane Raphael, CSI’s Marg Helgenberger arrested at D.C. protest
Jane Fonda Promises Her Red Coat is the Last Piece of Clothing She’ll Ever Buy Again
Jane Fonda leads DC climate protest for sixth straight Friday
Jane Fonda Continues ‘Fire Drill Fridays’ To Protest Lack Of Action On Climate Change
Jane Fonda Accepts BAFTA Award While Being Arrested (Video)
Jane Fonda, Ted Danson Arrested During Ongoing Climate Change Protest
Jane Fonda Arrested With ‘Grace And Frankie’ Costar Sam Waterston In Washington D.C. Climate Change Protest
Jane Fonda Arrested During Climate Protest Outside U.S. Capitol
Why Jane Fonda is moving to Washington (for now)
… Greta, and the media can’t stop covering her. She is our own Joan of Arc, a warrior and utterly unique.
WATCH: Greta Thunberg’s full speech to world leaders at UN Climate Action Summit
Mnuchin said Thunberg needed to study economics before offering climate proposals. So we talked to an economist.
Greta Thunberg’s Message at Davos Forum: ‘Our House Is Still on Fire’
The most depressing thing about Trump’s attack on Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg named Time magazine’s person of the year
Warming toll: 1 degree hotter, trillions of tons of ice gone
Photo From 1898 Sparks Hilarious Theory That Greta Thunberg Is A Time-Traveler
Greta Thunberg leaves US with simple climate crisis message: vote
Leonardo DiCaprio Meets Greta Thunberg : ‘Leader Of Our Time’
‘The climate doesn’t need awards’: Greta Thunberg declines environmental prize
Greta Thunberg in Iowa Visit: Inspiration, and Threats
Greta Thunberg made me rethink my air travel
Greta Thunberg Takes Senators To Task: You’re Not Trying ‘Hard Enough. Sorry.’
Greta Thunberg, on Tour in America, Offers an Unvarnished View
Greta Thunberg Helpline Now Available
Teen Activist Signs with Penguin
How the Climate Kids Are Short-Circuiting Right-Wing Media
Why the right’s usual smears don’t work on Greta Thunberg
What makes teenagers March
Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot make short film on climate crisis
…The United National Climate Action Summit with hundreds of events taking place through NYC.
Climate Protesters and World Leaders: Same Planet, Different Worlds
After a New York setback, can Glasgow revive international climate efforts?
Lessons from Climate Week: 3 Things Needed to Accelerate Change
Bill Gates: ‘I Don’t See Anything Worthy of the Word Plan’ to Fight Climate Change
UN Climate Action Summit, 2019
UN Climate Action Summit is told ? climate action, jobs and Just Transition is possible
Countries promise more aggressive action at U.N. climate summit, but is it enough?
Climate change: Impacts ‘accelerating’ as leaders gather for UN talks
Trump Will Snub the Climate Summit for a Religious Freedom Meeting at the UN
What would real Commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement Look Like?
…The Climate Strike, 7.6 million kids and their grown-up allies, marching all over the world, standing up, speaking up.
Protesting Climate Change, Young People Take to Streets in a Global Strike
Climate Protest Movements Aren’t Going Away
The Sunrise Movement Is Building An Army In The Early 2020 States
A Week of Climate Action, and Inaction
Voices and Stories from the NYC Climate March
Meet 8 Youth Protest Leaders
Speaking of Science from The Washington Post
Students demonstrate on Long Island to demand action to stop climate change
NYC Students Go On Strike To Demand Action On Climate Crisis
Teachers in New York City Barred From Attending Climate Protest
…A media initiative started by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation & signed onto by 250 outlets.
A new beginning for climate reporting
Manchin’s strategy isn’t climate denial — it’s craftier
What losing Build Back Better means for climate change
Out of Time
How Reporters From Across The U.S. Cover The Climate Emergency
Investment in Regenerative Agriculture Connects the Dots Between Soil and Plate
Sanders to attend latest climate forum while Biden and Warren pass
A New Commitment to Covering the Climate Story
…Jonathan Franzen and his article in New York Magazine on the climate apocalypse.
What If We Stopped Pretending?
The controversy over Jonathan Franzen’s climate change opinions, explained
The controversy over Jonathan Franzen’s climate change opinions, explained
Ban Rich White Guys From Writing Their Thoughts About Climate Change
Jonathan Franzen’s made-up climate change model sparks online pile-on
The controversy over Jonathan Franzen’s climate change opinions, explained
…Misinformation