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.
Biden’s $2 Trillion Climate Plan Promotes Union Jobs, Electric Cars and Carbon-Free Power
By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino, Ilana Cohen, James Bruggers, Judy Fahys
Q&A: An Environmental Justice Champion’s Journey From Rural Alabama to Biden’s Climate Task Force
By Ilana Cohen
With Climate Change Intensifying, Can At-Risk Minority Communities Rely on the Police to Keep Them Safe?
By Ilana Cohen
In New York City, ‘Managed Retreat’ Has Become a Grim Reality
By Ilana Cohen
Across America, Activists Work at the Confluence of LGBTQ Rights and Climate Justice
By Ilana Cohen
Chevron’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ Tweet Prompts a Debate About Big Oil and Environmental Justice
By Ilana Cohen
Across America, Five Communities in Search of Environmental Justice
By David Hasemyer, Ilana Cohen, Judy Fahys, Kristoffer Tigue, Nicholas Kusnetz
In New York, a Progressive Challenge to the Democratic Establishment Splits Climate Groups
By Ilana Cohen
Video: Residents Fight to Keep Composting From Getting Trashed in NYC’s Covid-19 Budget Cuts
By Anna Belle Peevey, Ilana Cohen
Q&A: A Human Rights Expert Hopes Covid-19, Climate Change and Racial Injustice Are a ‘Wake-Up Call’
By Ilana Cohen
