

Ilana Cohen
Reporter, New York City
Ilana Cohen is a proud New Yorker and a rising junior at Harvard University studying philosophy and social studies. As a college freshman, she helped relaunch the fossil fuel divestment campaign on Harvard’s campus and she currently serves as an Associate Managing Editor of the Harvard Political Review, for which she has written and edited numerous pieces on climate and environmental issues. As a freelance journalist, Ilana has contributed to The Nation, The Guardian, The New York Daily News, WBUR, Gotham Gazette, The Harvard Crimson and City Limits.


Is Trump Holding Congestion Pricing in New York City Hostage?
By Ilana Cohen

Pollinator-Friendly Solar Could be a Win-Win for Climate and Landowners, but Greenwashing is a Worry
By Ilana Cohen

A Warming Planet Makes Northeastern Forests More Susceptible to Western-Style Wildfires
By Ilana Cohen

Biden Has Promised to Kill the Keystone XL Pipeline. Activists Hope He’ll Nix Dakota Access, Too
By Ilana Cohen

Young Voters, Motivated by Climate Change and Environmental Justice, Helped Propel Biden’s Campaign
By Ilana Cohen

Oregon Allows a Controversial Fracked Gas Power Plant to Begin Construction
By Ilana Cohen

Could Biden Name an Indigenous Secretary of the Interior? Environmental Groups are Hoping He Will.
By Ilana Cohen

Climate Change Makes a (Very) Brief Appearance in Dueling Town Halls Held by Trump and Biden
By Ilana Cohen, Nicholas Kusnetz

The Pence-Harris Showdown Came up Well Short of an Actual 'Debate' on Climate Change
By Ilana Cohen, Marianne Lavelle

New York and New England Need More Clean Energy. Is Hydropower From Canada the Best Way to Get it?
By Ilana Cohen

Young Republican Climate Activists Split Over How to Get Their Voices Heard in November’s Election
By Ilana Cohen

Smoke From Western Wildfires Darkens the Skies of the East Coast and Europe
By Ilana Cohen

Q&A: Why Women Leading the Climate Movement are Underappreciated and Sometimes Invisible
By Ilana Cohen

New York's Heat-Vulnerable Neighborhoods Need to Go Green to Cool Off
By Ilana Cohen

Harris and Ocasio-Cortez Team up on a Climate ‘Equity’ Bill, Leaving Activists Hoping for Unity
By Ilana Cohen

A Climate Activist Turns His Digital Prowess to Organizing the Youth Vote in November
By Ilana Cohen
