A “gate” is a conversational entry point about climate impacts and solutions, but it doesn’t have to be climate-specific.
Our second class of Journalism Fellows will produce longform reporting on the local impacts of climate change and solutions from New England to the Southwest.
MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative’s inaugural Journalism Fellows reflect on their experiences telling local climate stories.
The Klamath River Basin will continue to grow warmer and drier over the next 30 years, but the impacts for those living there will depend greatly on decisions made now. By ESI Journalism Fellow Alex Schwartz. Illustration: Jenna Gibson/Herald & News
The pending removal of two dams on the Klamath River has become a flashpoint in local conflicts over water use. By ESI Journalism Fellow Alex Schwartz. Photo: Alex Schwartz/Herald & News
Drought in the Klamath River Basin has led to conflict between the indigenous Klamath Tribes and non-Native farmers over water use. By ESI Journalism Fellow Alex Schwartz. Photo: Arden Barnes/Herald & News
Water in the Klamath River Basin supports wetlands, fishing and agriculture. As it grows scarcer, conflicts are growing between these different interests. By ESI Journalism Fellow Alex Schwartz. Photo: Arden Barnes/Herald & News
Climate change is bringing extended drought to the Klamath Basin in the Pacific Northwest, including the iconic Crater Lake, with major consequences for local ecosystems. By ESI Journalism Fellow Alex Schwartz. Photo: Arden Barnes/Herald & News
Shrimpers see obstacles that will make their jobs tougher, more dangerous; regulators vow to listen. By ESI journalism fellow Tristan Baurick. Photo: Chris Granger
Off Rhode Island’s coast, the air’s cleaner and the fishing’s better, too. By ESI journalism fellow Tristan Baurick. Photo: Chris Granger
New Orleans’ commitment to renewable energy caught the eye of a growing industry. By ESI journalism fellow Tristan Baurick. Photo: Michael Dwyer, AP
Study sees potential for 510,000 megawatts, double current needs of all five Gulf states. By ESI journalism fellow Tristan Baurick. Photo: Chris Granger
Turbines could start sprouting in waters off Louisiana and Texas within the decade. By ESI journalism fellow Tristan Baurick. Photo: Chris Granger
Wyoming, the ‘Energy Capital of the Nation,’ looks to events, sports, carbon tech to offset diminishing fossil fuels industries. By ESI Journalism Fellow Dustin Bleizeffer. Photo: Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile
Extreme conditions feel like the continuation of a shift in climate patterns residents have observed over their lifetimes, they say. By ESI Journalism Fellow Dustin Bleizeffer. Photo: Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile
A breakdown of the uneven impacts of climate change across Wyoming by ESI Journalism Fellow Dustin Bleizeffer. Photo: Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile
Courts agree that the people who live near the industrial hog farms in Bladen, Duplin and Sampson counties continue to suffer environmental harms, but state and local laws make it increasingly difficult to get justice. By ESI Journalism Fellow Melba Newsome.
Startup NCX has created a forest carbon marketplace to pay landowners for deferring timber harvests. By ESI Journalism Fellow Nora Hertel. Photo: Brian Allen
Minnesota has a number of state-led efforts to combat climate change despite partisan disagreement in the state’s split Legislature. By ESI Journalism Fellow Nora Hertel. Photo: Dave Schwarz
Carbon sequestration is the science of capturing and storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. ESI Journalism Fellow Nora Hertel explains how it works in forests and farms. Photo: Dave Schwarz
Agricultural carbon markets pay farmers to draw greenhouse gases, but there’s still debate on how well they work and how they should be measured. By ESI Journalism Fellow Nora Hertel. Photo: Dave Schwarz
As large-scale hog and poultry industries continue to grow in eastern North Carolina, local residents push back against decades of air and water pollution. By ESI Journalism Fellow Melba Newsome. Photo: Cape Fear River Watch