How Climate Change Is Being Covered Now (w/ Evlondo Cooper)

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Evlondo Cooper discusses the evolving challenges of climate reporting in a politically charged environment.

Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly , to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! -------------------- Before the end of the year, I had my annual conversation with the always wonderful Evlondo Cooper, senior writer with the climate and energy program at Media Matters. In this conversation, we explore the new challenges of climate reporting that we saw unfold in the politically charged environment of 2025. We looke at the specific changes under the Trump administration and how a continued lack of diverse voices in climate coverage is helping to contribute to the disconnect between climate issues and political discourse. Additionally, Cooper tracks the ongoing missing context in major climate events of recent years, especially around climate solutions and harms. We look at the role of media in holding politicians accountable, the gaps in current coverage, and how climate media problems visible in recent years may actually be getting worse. You can follow all of Evlondo's coverage here . Please consider becoming a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly , to help support this show. Your contributions…

People in this episode

Host: The Climate Pod

Guest: Evlondo Cooper

Topics covered

• climate change
• media coverage
• political discourse
• diversity in reporting
• climate solutions
• accountability

Keywords

• climate reporting
• Trump administration
• media accountability
• diverse voices
• climate events

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Media Matters, The Climate Weekly

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