News, Interviews & Commentaries

Climate policy between COP27 & COP28: the assignment coming out of Sharm El Sheikh (Nov. 27, 2022)

 By Christiane Schulzki-Haddouti for Riff Reporter
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Why the left needs to set out the case for climate optimism (Nov. 24, 2022)

 By Grace Pengelly for Left Foot Forward 
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Dimming the Sun to Cool the Planet Is a Desperate Idea, Yet We’re Inching Toward It (Nov. 22, 2022)

 By Bill McKibben for The New Yorker 
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What “longtermism” gets wrong about climate change (Nov. 22, 2022)

 By  Émile P. Torres for Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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Penn professor Michael Mann wins 2022 Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence (Nov. 21, 2022)

 By Sophia Liu for The Daily Pennsylvanian
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Should individuals bear the largest burden for climate action?" | Discussion with Dr. Mann and Anthony Funnell (Nov. 20, 2022)

 By Anthony Funnell for ABC News Radio
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Activist attacks on famous paintings decrease support for addressing climate change, study finds (Nov. 19, 2022)

 By Ben Adler for Yahoo News
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Why is 1.5 degree Celsius target important when it comes to climate change? (Nov. 16, 2022)

 By FP Explainers for Firstpost
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Facing climate change: action and optimism | Dr Mann's Interview with Marty Moss-Coane of WHYY News Radio Times (Nov. 16, 2022)

 By Marty Moss-Coane for WHYY News Radio Times 
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‘This could be the Cop where we lose 1.5C,’ warns Alok Sharma – as it happened (Nov. 14, 2022)

 By Bibi van der Zee and Helena Horton for The Guardian 
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Throwing Soup at Art Shifted People's Views of Climate Protests—But Maybe Not In The Right Way (Nov. 15, 2022)

 By Michael. E. Mann for Time 
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Do we have to declare that it is no longer possible to limit global warming to 1.5°C? (Nov. 15, 2022)

 By Audrey Garric for Le Monde 
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Climate Actions Like Throwing Soup at Art Dampen Support for Cause: Survey (Nov. 14, 2022)

 By Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams
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Public Disapproval of Disruptive Climate Change Protests (Nov. 14, 2022)

 By Shawn Patterson Jr. and Michael Mann for Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media
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Will the Amazon rainforest’s chances improve with Brazil’s new leader? | Dr. Mann's interview with Geoff R. Bennett on the PBS NewsHour (Nov. 13, 2022)

 By Geoff R. Bennett for PBS NewsHour
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A tropical storm in mid-November? North Carolina residents are told to get prepared (Nov. 8, 2022)

 By Gareth McGrath for USA Today Network 
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Winning the Climate War with Michael Mann (Nov. 8, 2022)

 by Paula Poundstone for Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone 
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Dr. Mann Discussing Climate Change & Upcoming Election (Nov. 2, 2022)

 by Mark Kelly for Wurd Radio 
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What's at stake for the US climate agenda & the UN climate conference in Egypt (Nov. 7, 2022)

 by Rose Aguilar for NPR/KALW's #YourCall Radio
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TikTok for Climate Change (Nov. 7, 2022)

 By Heather Kostick for Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media
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Op-Ed by Dr. Mann and Susan Joy Hassol: Is there still time for COP27 to hold back climate catastrophe? (Nov. 6, 2022)

 By Dr. Mann and Susan Joy Hassol for the Los Angeles Times
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Dr. Mann named Top 20 Most Influential People in Climate 2022/2023 by Apolitical (Nov. 6, 2022)

 By Apolitical
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Dr. Mann discusses UN Climate Conference COP27 (starts at 29:30) (Nov. 5, 2022)

 By Ritula Shah for BBC News
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Cop27 gathers amid indications our climate is breaking down (Nov. 5, 2022)

 By Kevin O'Sullivan for The Irish Times
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Are scientists' warnings of a climate emergency lost in translation? (Nov. 5, 2022)

 By Ludwig O. Federigan for The Manila Times
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Your pre-COP climate denial inoculation (Nov. 5, 2022)

 By David Williams for Newsroom
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Michael E. Mann Honored With Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence (Nov. 4, 2022)

 By Blake Cole for the University of Pennsylvania
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Climate Questions: Does what I do matter? (Nov. 2, 2022)

 By Drew Costley for Yahoo News 
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In Court, the Maryland Public Service Commission Quotes Climate Deniers and Claims There’s No Such Thing as ‘Clean’ Energy (Nov. 1, 2022)

 By Aman Azhar for Inside Climate News 
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Cop27 climate summit: window for avoiding catastrophe is closing fast (Oct. 30, 2022)

 By Robin McKie for The Guardian 
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World close to ‘irreversible’ climate breakdown, warn major studies (Oct. 27, 2022)

 By Damian Carrington for The Guardian 
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Panicking about the UN’s scary Emissions Gap Report is a waste of time – here’s what to do instead (Oct. 27, 2022)

 By Michelle Lewis for Electrek.co
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Climate Questions: Who are the big emitters? (Oct. 26, 2022)

 By Seth Borenstein for Associated Press
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Extreme Rain in Death Valley May Cover Ground in Shaggy Mushrooms (Oct. 25, 2022)

 By Ed Browne for Newsweek 
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Battle for the Earth: The baffling strategies of the fossil fuel industry Part1 (Oct. 23, 2022)

 By Fred Hageneder for Pressenza
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Climate Questions: How does carbon dioxide trap heat? (Oct. 21, 2022)

 By Seth Borenstein for Associated Press
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Melting glaciers could spread mysterious pathogens that cause future pandemics, scientists warn (Oct. 20, 2022)

 By Matthew Rozsa for Salon
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Trillion-Dollar Pension Fund TIAA Faces Climate-Washing Complaint Brought by Hundreds of Professors and Scientists (Oct. 19, 2022)

 By Center for International Environmental Law
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A new comprehensive assessment of ocean warming highlights future climate risks (Oct. 18, 2022)

 By Chinese Academy of Sciences for Phys.org 
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The Inflation Reduction Act and the Environment (Oct. 18, 2022)

 By Travis DiNicola for the PennFuture #EnvironmentalVoices podcast 
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Explainer: What do the Just Stop Oil protesters want and why (Oct. 17, 2022)

 By Eithne Dodd for buzz.ie
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CSIRO abruptly scraps globally recognised climate forecast program (Oct. 16, 2022)

 By Peter Hannam for The Guardian  
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Election '22: What Matters: Michael Mann On Climate Messaging (Oct. 15, 2022)

 By Libby Casey for Newsy/Washington Post
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UK: Climate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers' (Oct. 15, 2022)

 Dr. Mann is quoted in the article By Seth Borenstein for Associated Press
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Warmer, wetter, darker—What’s happening to the “frozen North"? (Oct. 15, 2022)

 By Irene Quaile for Eye on the Arctic/ Regard sur l'Arctique
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How the disturbing case of a TV weatherman shows the reality of reporting on the climate crisis (Oct. 14, 2022)

 By Louise Boyle for The Independent
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Princeton Will Stop Taking Oil Money. Now the Pressure Is on Harvard, MIT, and Columbia (Oct. 13, 2022)

 Dr. Mann's commentary on fossil fuel investments by elite universities By Ilana Cohen for The New Republic  
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Why top U.S. climate scientist moved to Philly (Oct. 12, 2022)

 By Will Bunch for The Philadelphia Inquirer
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From climate change denial to delayism: Oil firms send academics into the fray (Oct. 11, 2022)

 By Heriberto Araújo for El País
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Learning from Hurricane Ian: Why we should prepare for more storms like it (Oct. 10, 2022)

 By Gareth McGrath for The Shelby Star
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