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Jack Cushman

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.
 

Sen. Cory Booker. Credit: Dustin Chambers/Getty Images

Cory Booker on Climate Change: Where the Candidate Stands

By John H. Cushman Jr.

John Hickenlooper. Credit: Danny Matson/Getty Images

John Hickenlooper on Climate Change: Where the Candidate Stands

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Elizabeth Warren on stage at a campaign event. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Debate 2020: The Candidates' Climate Positions & What They've Actually Done

By John H. Cushman Jr.

The Kingston coal-fired power plant in Tennessee was the site of devastating coal ash spill in 2008. Credit: Paul Harris/Getty Images

Trump’s Weaker Clean Power Plan Replacement Won't Stop Coal’s Decline

By John H. Cushman Jr., Marianne Lavelle

Joe Biden, campaigning here in New Hampshire in May, released a climate change plan. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Biden Launches Climate Plan Embracing Green New Deal, Going Beyond Obama-Era Ambition

By John H. Cushman Jr., Marianne Lavelle

Iowa wind power. Credit: Bill Clark/Getty Images

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

Govs. Roy Cooper of North Carolina and Charlie Baker of Massachusetts testified about climate risks and policies before the House Natural Resources Committee on Feb. 6, 2019. Source: Congress

As Congress Launches Month of Climate Hearings, GOP Bashes Green New Deal

By John H. Cushman Jr., Nicholas Kusnetz

Video: Are We Too Late?

Are We Too Late to Solve the Climate Crisis?

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Harvesting Peril: Extreme weather and climate change on the American farm. An ICN series. Credit: Illustration based on a photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images

The Farm Bureau: Big Oil’s Unnoticed Ally Fighting Climate Science and Policy

By Neela Banerjee, Georgina Gustin, John H. Cushman Jr.

The remnants of Hurricane Harvey dropped more than 50 inches of rain on parts of Houston in August 2017 as it stalled over the region, flooding several neighborhoods. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

2017's Extreme Heat, Flooding Carried Clear Fingerprints of Climate Change

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Harvesting Peril: Extreme weather and climate change on the American farm. An ICN series.

How the Farm Bureau’s Climate Agenda Is Failing Its Farmers

By Georgina Gustin, John H. Cushman Jr., Neela Banerjee

Donald Trump holds a "Trump Digs Coal" sign at a rally. Credit: Dominick Reuter/AFP/Getty Images

5 Ways Trump's Clean Power Rollback Strips Away Health and Climate Protections

By John H. Cushman Jr.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy whispers to Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo as House Speaker Paul Ryan talks at the podium. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Carbon Tax and the Art of the Deal: Time for Some Horse-Trading

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy (right), swore in the newest Supreme Court justice, Neil Gorsuch, in 2017. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Reshaping the Supreme Court: What 2 Dissents on Climate Rules Tell Us

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Yorktown Power Station, Virginia. Credit: Carmen Shields/CC-BY-2.0

2 Zombie Coal Plants Show Why Trump’s Emergency Plan Doesn’t Mean Reliability

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Mining coal in Wyoming. Credit: U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Court: Coal Mined From Public Lands Doesn't Need New Climate Impact Review

By John H. Cushman Jr.

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