Mark Hertsgaard http://markhertsgaard.com Independent Journalist & Author Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:05:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 The BP Oil Spill Cover-up http://markhertsgaard.com/the-bp-oil-spill-cover-up/ http://markhertsgaard.com/the-bp-oil-spill-cover-up/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:52:19 +0000 admin http://markhertsgaard.com/?p=693 On the third anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, Newsweek (and equivalent publications overseas) releases my investigative expose of how BP covered up the full extent of its crimes. Never-before-published information reveals that BP knowingly sacrificed the health of clean-up workers, coastal residents and the Gulf ecosystem for its public relations goal of making the oil spill disappear, at least from the world's TV screens:... Read more
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]]> On the third anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, Newsweek (and equivalent publications overseas) releases my investigative expose of how BP covered up the full extent of its crimes. Never-before-published information reveals that BP knowingly sacrificed the health of clean-up workers, coastal residents and the Gulf ecosystem for its public relations goal of making the oil spill disappear, at least from the world’s TV screens: http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/04/22/what-bp-doesn-t-want-you-to-know-about-the-2010-gulf-spill.html/.

]]> http://markhertsgaard.com/the-bp-oil-spill-cover-up/feed/ 1 Climate Lessons of “The Year Without Summer” http://markhertsgaard.com/the-year-without-summers-climate-lessons/ http://markhertsgaard.com/the-year-without-summers-climate-lessons/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 20:52:30 +0000 admin http://markhertsgaard.com/?p=696 My review of the new book, The Year Without Summer, explores the lessons offered by the extraordinary developments of 1816, when a massive volcano spewed enough sunlight-blocking detritus into the sky to plunge much of the Northern Hemisphere into chilly darkness:... Read more

]]> My review of the new book, The Year Without Summer, explores the lessons offered by the extraordinary developments of 1816, when a massive volcano spewed enough sunlight-blocking detritus into the sky to plunge much of the Northern Hemisphere into chilly darkness: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/02/the-year-without-summer-and-climate-change-today.html/.

]]> http://markhertsgaard.com/the-year-without-summers-climate-lessons/feed/ 0 The New Yorker and Climate Adaptation http://markhertsgaard.com/the-new-yorker-and-climate-adaptation/ http://markhertsgaard.com/the-new-yorker-and-climate-adaptation/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:10:09 +0000 admin http://markhertsgaard.com/?p=689 A recent article in The New Yorker about how New York City can better prepare for climate change in the wake of Hurricane Sandy made some useful observations but unfortunately missed most of the larger point, I argue in this Letter to the Editor:... Read more

]]> A recent article in The New Yorker about how New York City can better prepare for climate change in the wake of Hurricane Sandy made some useful observations but unfortunately missed most of the larger point, I argue in this Letter to the Editor: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/letters/2013/02/04/130204mama_mail1/.

]]> http://markhertsgaard.com/the-new-yorker-and-climate-adaptation/feed/ 2 Climate Activists Demand More in Obama’s Second Term http://markhertsgaard.com/climate-activists-demand-more-in-obamas-second-term/ http://markhertsgaard.com/climate-activists-demand-more-in-obamas-second-term/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:31:28 +0000 admin http://markhertsgaard.com/?p=682 With climate change arriving sooner and nastier than even the most worried scientists had projected, activists in the US will be pressing Obama harder than ever to show real leadership. Two big demonstrations planned for the Spring in Washington, D.C., will frame 100 days of action. Read more in this special issue of The Nation about Obama's second term:... Read more

]]> With climate change arriving sooner and nastier than even the most worried scientists had projected, activists in the US will be pressing Obama harder than ever to show real leadership. Two big demonstrations planned for the Spring in Washington, D.C., will frame 100 days of action. Read more in this special issue of The Nation about Obama’s second term: http://www.thenation.com/article/172540/climate-activists-put-heat-obama/.

]]> http://markhertsgaard.com/climate-activists-demand-more-in-obamas-second-term/feed/ 0 Ignoring the (Winning) US Climate Movement http://markhertsgaard.com/ignoring-the-winning-us-climate-movement/ http://markhertsgaard.com/ignoring-the-winning-us-climate-movement/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:36:32 +0000 admin http://markhertsgaard.com/?p=686 Why do so many people, including those who should know better, talk and write as if there is no mass movement against climate change in the United States? A movement that, by the way, has won major victories in the past few years? Hint: Inside-the-Beltway tunnel vision does not affect only the mainstream political class. Read more in Grist:... Read more

]]> Why do so many people, including those who should know better, talk and write as if there is no mass movement against climate change in the United States? A movement that, by the way, has won major victories in the past few years? Hint: Inside-the-Beltway tunnel vision does not affect only the mainstream political class. Read more in Grist: http://grist.org/climate-energy/missing-the-point-of-the-cap-and-trade-defeat/.

]]> http://markhertsgaard.com/ignoring-the-winning-us-climate-movement/feed/ 0 Mr. President, Start the Climate Conversation Now http://markhertsgaard.com/mr-president-start-the-climate-conversation-now/ http://markhertsgaard.com/mr-president-start-the-climate-conversation-now/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:14:31 +0000 admin http://markhertsgaard.com/?p=675 My open letter to president Obama, after government scientists named 2012 the hottest year on record in the United States, urging him to (finally) start the national conversation he promised to lead on climate change:... Read more

]]> My open letter to president Obama, after government scientists named 2012 the hottest year on record in the United States, urging him to (finally) start the national conversation he promised to lead on climate change: http://www.thenation.com/article/172096/president-obama-start-climate-conversation-now/.

]]> http://markhertsgaard.com/mr-president-start-the-climate-conversation-now/feed/ 0 The End of Pasta, Courtesy of Climate Change? http://markhertsgaard.com/the-end-of-pasta-courtesy-of-climate-change/ http://markhertsgaard.com/the-end-of-pasta-courtesy-of-climate-change/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:56:20 +0000 admin http://markhertsgaard.com/?p=671 Pasta is made from wheat, and wheat will be hit especially hard by the rising temperatures and other impacts of accelerating climate change. I report from North Dakota, long the source of some of the finest pasta wheat in the world, about how climate change has shifted the growing zone--right into the path of the biggest oil boom in recent history, the Bakken Oil Play. Read all about it in Newsweek:... Read more

]]> Pasta is made from wheat, and wheat will be hit especially hard by the rising temperatures and other impacts of accelerating climate change. I report from North Dakota, long the source of some of the finest pasta wheat in the world, about how climate change has shifted the growing zone–right into the path of the biggest oil boom in recent history, the Bakken Oil Play. Read all about it in Newsweek: http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/12/09/bakken-oil-boom-and-climate-change-threaten-the-future-of-pasta.html

]]> http://markhertsgaard.com/the-end-of-pasta-courtesy-of-climate-change/feed/ 1 Latinos As the New Climate Champions http://markhertsgaard.com/latinos-as-the-new-climate-champions/ http://markhertsgaard.com/latinos-as-the-new-climate-champions/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:45:35 +0000 admin http://markhertsgaard.com/?p=668 Latinos tipped the balance of the 2012 election by turning out in large numbers and choosing Obama over Romney by roughly 3 to 1. Additional polling and election results suggests that Latinos could provide the same decisive push for US politicians to finally get serious about climate solutions, as I report in this article for The Nation:... Read more

]]> Latinos tipped the balance of the 2012 election by turning out in large numbers and choosing Obama over Romney by roughly 3 to 1. Additional polling and election results suggests that Latinos could provide the same decisive push for US politicians to finally get serious about climate solutions, as I report in this article for The Nation: http://www.thenation.com/article/171617/latinos-are-ready-fight-climate-change-are-green-groups-ready-them/

]]> http://markhertsgaard.com/latinos-as-the-new-climate-champions/feed/ 0 Hurricane Sandy As Greek Tragedy http://markhertsgaard.com/hurricane-sandy-as-greek-tragedy/ http://markhertsgaard.com/hurricane-sandy-as-greek-tragedy/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:16:33 +0000 admin http://markhertsgaard.com/?p=664 The Nation has just posted my article on climate change and the super-storm that has devastated New York City and much of the East Coast, "Hurricane Sandy As Greek Tragedy," at: http://www.thenation.com/article/170918/hurricane-sandy-greek-tragedy/. A key snippet: Sandy is short for Cassandra, the Greek mythological figure whose warnings about the future were fated to be ignored. But America might still avoid Cassandra's curse if its citizens break the stranglehold that Big Oil exercises over their government in... Read more

]]> The Nation has just posted my article on climate change and the super-storm that has devastated New York City and much of the East Coast, “Hurricane Sandy As Greek Tragedy,” at: http://www.thenation.com/article/170918/hurricane-sandy-greek-tragedy/.

A key snippet: Sandy is short for Cassandra, the Greek mythological figure whose warnings about the future were fated to be ignored. But America might still avoid Cassandra’s curse if its citizens break the stranglehold that Big Oil exercises over their government in Washington.

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