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  • Environment Correspondent and Editor, The Nation
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As seen in: The Nation, MSN, The New York Times, UOL, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg News, El País, MSN South Africa, MSN UK, Post Outlook, The Guardian and
Exec Dir @CoveringClimate, enviro correspondent @thenation, author (Big Red's Mercy, HOT, Earth Odyssey, On Bended Knee, The Beatles) and lucky dad.
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Facing facts about melting ice and rising seas

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By Mark Hertsgaard 
| National Observer
Does climate change doom New Orleans? That’s the upshot of a new scientific paper and the headlines it generated inThe Guardian, CNN and other international outlets. Rising global temperatures are melting vast amounts of the planet’s ice and the runoff particularly threatens islands and delta regions like New Orleans, which sits at the mouth of North America’s biggest river, the Mississippi.
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The Oil Era Is Ending

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By Mark Hertsgaard 
| The Nation
Environment / May 21, 2026 The Oil Era Is Ending Is the Iran war a death knell for America’s oil hegemony? Ad Policy The ConocoPhillips Oil Refinery is seen in Wilmington, California on April 11, 2026. (Etienne Laurent / AFP / Getty Images) This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration cofounded by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation strengthening coverage of the climate story.
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The Hantavirus Is Also a Climate Warning

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By Mark Hertsgaard 
| Yahoo
The hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in Argentina has been linked to climate change, as rising temperatures expand the virus-carrying rodents' range. The World Health Organization has stated that the risk of a hantavirus pandemic is very low, despite three deaths and nine infections on the cruise ship.
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