Mark Hertsgaard
@markhertsgaard
Exec Dir @CoveringClimate, enviro correspondent @thenation, author (Big Red's Mercy, HOT, Earth Odyssey, On Bended Knee, The Beatles) and lucky dad.
🚨DATA DON’T LIE: Trump’s Epstein stonewall just back-fired, Google searches for “Epstein” are up 1,200 % this week, topping every Trump headline from Grok to tariffs. When cover-ups outtrend policy, you haven’t buried the scandal, you’ve fed it steroids.
this is why the 1.5C target is not "fake," as @mattyglesias claims
The risk of hitting one or more "tipping point" rises rapidly between ~1.5-2°C, which is part of the reason why these targets are sometimes talked about as "thresholds." It's also one reason why I, as an Earth system scientist, am particularly nervous about the next few decades.
Soaring insurance costs, driven by climate change, are pushing this issue — as @SenWhitehouse warned in his interview with me this week America is facing a "2008 or worse recession" nbcwashington.com/news/national-…
Just got off the phone with the CEO of one of the largest mortgage lenders in the U.S. — mortgage delinquencies are up 200% in 6 months. People aren’t just stretched. They’re snapping
The Bay Is Rising, and Marin’s Most Traveled Roads Are in Its Way “The populations at risk are in some of the most beautiful parts of the county right by the water. It’s like the water wants to reclaim what was once there." @KQEDscience @KQEDnews kqed.org/science/199786…
Many thanks @Jack_ElHai and @DamnHistory for this #popularhistory selection, which I'm sure @PegasusBooksUSA appreciates as much as I do. And congratulations on your Nuremberg film: I look forward to seeing it and reading the book!
"Biggest mass shooting in the modern history of New Orleans." Today's book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @markhertsgaard & @PegasusBooksUSA! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe
"Biggest mass shooting in the modern history of New Orleans." Today's book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @markhertsgaard & @PegasusBooksUSA! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.
Yale’s latest survey found that only 29 percent of Americans are “very worried” about climate change—a remarkably low number. thenation.com/article/enviro…
It's appropriate that a man who built his political brand appealing to broken brains via conspiratorial nonsense (Birtherism), is now being skewered by those same misfit toys, beholden as they are to conspiracism as an all-consuming worldview. Dr. Frankenstein meet your monsters
Americans still don’t comprehend how imminent, dangerous, and far-reaching the threat is—and journalists are partly to blame. thenation.com/article/enviro…
Americans Are Concerned About Climate Change—but They Should Be Afraid thenation.com/article/enviro…
Bravo to @guardian's Nina Lakhani for highlighting @cplusci research exposing the climate madness of the US military budget amid cuts to weather and emergency services. Journalists wanting to follow up can contact @CoveringClimate: theguardian.com/environment/20…
Attention: African-American Studies professors: Get a free copy of my book Big Red's Mercy about unsung civil rights hero Deborah Cotton by reading this article @thenation is publishing to mark its 160th birthday, "Trump Is The Confederacy's Revenge," thenation.com/article/societ…
Darwin never said ‘fittest’ meant the strongest or most violent. It means best adapted to circumstances, which often means collaborating, forming networks, sharing resources. Capitalism hijacked the language to justify exploitation.
One remarkable outspoken senator, a rare climate champion in Congress, @SenWhitehouse says of the fossil fuel industry that it "has run the biggest and most malevolent propaganda operation the country has ever seen.” @MarkHertsgaard on the subject. thenation.com/article/enviro…
A Canadian doctor explains the difference between the universal health care system in Canada, where everyone is covered and there are no out-of-pocket costs, and the American system where people go bankrupt in order to receive cancer treatment.
Democrats and climate groups 'too polite' in fight against 'malevolent' fossil fuel giants, says key senator - @markhertsgaard @guardianeco theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse called on Democrats to stop enabling the fossil fuel industry’s “malevolent propaganda operation.” thenation.com/article/enviro…
.@markhertsgaard speaks with @SenWhitehouse about the climate crisis, fossil fuel propaganda, and the Democratic Party’s cowardice as climate catastrophes continue to strike. thenation.com/article/enviro…
"Summer Camp Kids Did Not Have To Die In the Texas Floods," @DavidDicksonWX and I of @CoveringClimate write in today's @thenation--yet more consequences of @realDonaldTrump and @elonmusk's budget cuts and denial of climate science.