

John H. Cushman Jr.
Managing Editor
Jack Cushman grew up in an Army family, living in many places in the United States and abroad. He studied political literature at Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1976. Before joining the InsideClimate News staff, he worked for 35 years as a writer and editor in Washington, D.C., principally with the Washington bureau of The New York Times. Cushman has written extensively about energy, the environment, industry and military affairs, also covering financial and transportation beats, and editing articles across the full spectrum of national and international policy.
Among his many beat assignments at The Times, he covered climate and the environment during the Clinton administration. He served on the board of governors of the National Press Club and was its president in the year 2000. He has taught brief courses in media and environmental law at the Vermont Law School.
He is the author of Keystone and Beyond: Tar Sands and the National Interest in the Era of Climate Change.


John Hickenlooper on Climate Change: Where the Candidate Stands
By John H. Cushman Jr.

Debate 2020: The Candidates' Climate Positions & What They've Actually Done
By John H. Cushman Jr.

Trump’s Weaker Clean Power Plan Replacement Won't Stop Coal’s Decline
By John H. Cushman Jr., Marianne Lavelle

Biden Launches Climate Plan Embracing Green New Deal, Going Beyond Obama-Era Ambition
By John H. Cushman Jr., Marianne Lavelle

Middle America’s Low-Hanging Carbon: A Collaboration of 14 Midwest Newsrooms
By John H. Cushman Jr.

Humanity Faces a Biodiversity Crisis. Climate Change Makes It Worse.
By Georgina Gustin, John H. Cushman Jr., Sabrina Shankman

The Green New Deal Lands in Congress
By John H. Cushman Jr., Marianne Lavelle

As Congress Launches Month of Climate Hearings, GOP Bashes Green New Deal
By John H. Cushman Jr., Nicholas Kusnetz

Are We Too Late to Solve the Climate Crisis?
By John H. Cushman Jr.

The Farm Bureau: Big Oil’s Unnoticed Ally Fighting Climate Science and Policy
By Neela Banerjee, Georgina Gustin, John H. Cushman Jr.
