Andrew Revkin
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Cold Spring, NY, United States
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To build climate progress on time scales that matter, Biden should be Biden
During the 1980s, conservatives tied themselves in knots worrying about how to handle their man in the White House, before finally deciding to “Let Reagan be Reagan.” In the 2020s, progressives should “Let Biden be Biden.” → Read More
Greta Thunberg and the Lessons of the Sea
A trans-Atlantic crossing by boat can teach us about confronting the global warming crisis. → Read More
Kangerlussuaq Journal; Golf Under a Handicap: Icy Cold Is Par for the Course
Sondie Arctic Desert Golf Course is said by Greenlanders to be northernmost 18-hole golf course in world, 35 miles above Arctic Circle; course is essentially unmodified terrain that has been defined either as fairway, tee, green or rough by markers and flags; it is low-budget labor of love, created with scraped-together donations of equipment and scraps of material; clubhouse is pair of brown… → Read More
A Farewell to Ice (1993 article) – Andy Revkin –
This story of mine, about the rapid retreat of iconic glaciers that long defined life in the Swiss Alps, was originally published in Conde Nast Traveler around 1993 but I’m having trouble finding it… → Read More
Rethinking the ‘Infrastructure’ Discussion Amid a Blitz of Hurricanes
Experts on climate and resilience talk about the role of government. “Viewed correctly, sensible safeguards are part of freedom, not a retreat from it.” → Read More
Rethinking the ‘Infrastructure’ Discussion Amid a Blitz of Hurricanes —
Several experts on climate and resilience talk about the role of government. “Viewed correctly, sensible safeguards are part of freedom, not a retreat from it.” → Read More
How the Truth Can Get Damaged in a Hurricane, Too —
The recent monster storms have kicked up a fair amount of falsehoods. We talk with a reporter trying to hold on to the facts. → Read More
Developing disasters: How cities are making hurricanes more destructive
Scientists warn of expanding “bull’s-eyes” as the US builds in parts of the country at ever-greater risk because of climate change and severe weather → Read More
Trump's Failure to Set a Cost on Carbon Limits His Own Effort to Expand the Fossil Fuel Industry
A protracted delay in the Trump administration coming up with its own carbon-cost estimate could empower environmentalists pursuing legal challenges to mining. → Read More
Failure to Set Cost of Carbon Hampers Trump’s Effort to Expand Use of Fossil Fuels
The Trump administration plans to sharply reduce the government’s estimate of how much each ton of carbon emissions harms the planet. It hasn’t done so yet, and that delay is slowing Trump’s effort to expand coal mining and gas pipelines. → Read More
Trump Has Broad Power to Block Climate Change Report
Influential advisers press the Trump administration to subject a draft climate change report to a ''red team'' review that many scientists decry as misplaced. → Read More
Trump's Actions on a Recently Drafted Climate Change Report Are 'Troubled and Opaque'
Several people involved with the study said the heat drawn by the early disclosure of the document might well have the opposite of its intended effect. → Read More
Trump Has Broad Power to Block Climate Change Report
Influential advisers press the Trump administration to subject a draft climate change report to a “red team” review that many scientists decry as misplaced. → Read More
Trump's Withdrawal From the Paris Agreement Is Just One of Many Hurdles
There were going to be setbacks no matter which option Trump chose, and it will take years for the consequences of his decision to play out. → Read More
For Climate Cause, Trump’s Withdrawal from Paris Accord Just One Hurdle Among Many
Economic forces at work beyond the reach of the global climate agreement present their own enduring challenges. → Read More
There Are Lots of Climate Uncertainties
Bret Stephens' first New York Times column on the climate set off yet another dangerous tempest of exaggeration and simplification. → Read More
It's time for honesty about climate uncertainty
New York Times columnist Bret Stephens is right to embrace uncertainty, but not as an argument for inaction on climate change → Read More
How to Properly Plan for Our Planet’s Uncertain Future
A New York Times column on the climate set off yet another dangerous tempest of exaggeration and simplification. → Read More
How to Properly Plan for Our Planet’s Uncertain Future
A New York Times column on the climate set off yet another dangerous tempest of exaggeration and simplification. → Read More
There Are Lots of Climate Uncertainties. Let’s Acknowledge and Plan for Them With Honesty.
A New York Times column on the climate set off yet another dangerous tempest of exaggeration and simplification. → Read More