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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.
 

Power lines. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

No Grid Emergency to Justify Coal Bailout, Energy Regulators Tell Congress

By John H. Cushman Jr.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Pruitt Starts Rewriting How EPA Weighs Costs, Benefits of Regulation

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Tens of Thousands of Species Could Be Protected By Limiting Warming to 1.5 Degrees

Urgent Climate Action Required to Protect Tens of Thousands of Species Worldwide

By John H. Cushman Jr., Neela Banerjee

Shipping emits about as much greenhouse gases as Germany. Its emissions are projected to rise 250 percent by 2050 unless controls are imposed. Credit: Daniel Bockwoldt/AFP/Getty Images

World Agrees to Cut Shipping Emissions 50 Percent by 2050

By John H. Cushman Jr.

A Shell tanker truck leaves a refinery. New internal documents show the oil giant understood the climate risks from fossil fuels years ago. Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Shell Knew Fossil Fuels Created Climate Change Risks Back in 1980s, Documents Show

By John H. Cushman Jr.

California, where car traffic is daily challenge, worked with the Obama administration to raise emissions standards. That agreement, and the state's waiver to set it own standards, are now in jeopardy. Credit: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images

Why Weakening Fuel Efficiency Standards Could Be Trump's Most Climate-Damaging Move Yet

By John H. Cushman Jr., Marianne Lavelle

Protesters hold "Exxon Knew" signs in Washington, D.C. Credit: Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images

Judge Rejects Exxon's Attempt to Shut Down States' Climate Fraud Investigations

By David Hasemyer, John H. Cushman Jr.

Utility Giant FirstEnergy Calls for Emergency Subsidy, Says It Can’t Compete

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Christopher Monckton, one of the contrarian commentators who filed a "friend of the court" brief in the cities case, has been a speaker at Heartland Institute conferences and a guest of climate policy opponents in Congress. Credit: Torsten Blackwell/AFP/G

Climate Contrarians Try to Slip Their Views into U.S. Court’s Science Tutorial

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, deforestation and other sources trap heat, warming the planet. Credit: NASA

8 Answers to the Judge’s Climate Change Questions in Cities vs. Fossil Fuels Case

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Intelligence agency officials testified before a Senate committee on Feb. 13, 2018, about global threats, including climate change. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Intelligence Agencies Warn of Climate Risks in Worldwide Threat Assessment

By John H. Cushman Jr.

President Trump speaks at a refinery in North Dakota. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

No Drop Expected in U.S. Carbon Footprint through 2050, Energy Department Says

By John H. Cushman Jr.

An Exxon refinery. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Exxon Reports on Climate Risk and Sees Almost None

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Donald Trump gives the 2018 State of the Union Address. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

State of the Union: Trump Glorifies Coal, Shuts Eyes to Climate Risks

By John H. Cushman Jr.

For farmworkers, the difference between 1.5 and 2 degrees Celsius warming can be the loss or survival of crops and the ability to labor all day in high heat. Credit: Jes Aznar/Getty Images

1.5 Degrees Warming and the Search for Climate Justice for the Poor

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Coal piles sit outside the Hunter Power plant operated by PacifiCorp outside Castle Dale, Utah. The plan rejected by regulators would have paid coal-fired utilities extra to keep stock piles of coal on hand. Credit: George Frey/Getty Images

U.S. Regulators Reject Trump's 'Multi-Billion-Dollar Bailout' for Coal Plants

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Exxon told the SEC it would begin disclosures that include "energy demand sensitivities, implications of two degree Celsius scenarios, and positioning for a lower-carbon future.” Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Exxon Agrees to Disclose Climate Risks Under Pressure from Investors

By David Hasemyer, John H. Cushman Jr.

While protesters outside the UN climate talks urged an end to coal, a broad range of climate supporters spoke up inside, including U.S. states, cities and businesses. Credit: Sascha Schuermann/AFP/Getty Images

UN Climate Talks Wrap Up with World Leaving Trump Behind

By John H. Cushman Jr.

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