It’s Getting Easier To Have Climate Stories Greenlighted

I’ve been trying to write climate stories for 30 years. Now editors are getting on board

Clive Thompson

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I was a teenager in 1988 when James Hansen gave his congressional testimony on climate change.

It was the first time I’d seen the dangers of greenhouse gases laid out so clearly — and alarmingly…

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Clive Thompson

I write 2X a week on tech, science, culture — and how those collide. Writer at NYT mag/Wired; author, “Coders”. @clive@saturation.social clive@clivethompson.net