Nicholas Kusnetz
Reporter, New York City
Nicholas Kusnetz is a reporter for Inside Climate News. Before joining ICN, he worked at the Center for Public Integrity and ProPublica. His work has won numerous awards, including from the Society of Environmental Journalists, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, and has appeared in more than a dozen publications, including The Washington Post, Businessweek, The Nation, Fast Company and The New York Times. Nicholas can be reached on Signal at nkusnetz.15.
North Dakota, Using Taxpayer Funds, Bailed Out Oil and Gas Companies by Plugging Abandoned Wells
By Nicholas Kusnetz
From Denial to Ambiguity: A New Study Charts the Trajectory of ExxonMobil’s Climate Messaging
By Nicholas Kusnetz
A Just Transition? On Brooklyn’s Waterfront, Oil Companies and Community Activists Join Together to Create an Offshore Wind Project—and Jobs
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Jobs and Technology Take Center Stage at Friday’s Summit, With Biden Pitching Climate Action as a Boon for the Economy
By James Bruggers, Georgina Gustin, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz
As Nations Gather for Biden’s Virtual Climate Summit, Ambitious Pledges That Still Fall Short of Paris Goal
By Marianne Lavelle, Georgina Gustin, Nicholas Kusnetz
Driven by Industry, More States Are Passing Tough Laws Aimed at Pipeline Protesters
By Nicholas Kusnetz
As the Climate Crisis Grows, a Movement Gathers to Make ‘Ecocide’ an International Crime Against the Environment
By Nicholas Kusnetz, Katie Surma, Yuliya Talmazan
Fossil Fuel Companies Took Billions in U.S. Coronavirus Relief Funds but Still Cut Nearly 60,000 Jobs
By Nicholas Kusnetz
As Oil Demand Rebounds, Nations Will Need to Make Big Changes to Meet Paris Goals, Report Says
By Nicholas Kusnetz
In Attacks on Environmental Advocates in Canada, a Disturbing Echo of Extremist Politics in the US
By Nicholas Kusnetz
A Disillusioned ExxonMobil Engineer Quits to Take Action on Climate Change and Stop ‘Making the World Worse’
By Nicholas Kusnetz
The Chess Game Continues: Exxon, Under Pressure, Says it Will Take More Steps to Cut Emissions. Investors Are Not Impressed
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Biden’s Pause of New Federal Oil and Gas Leases May Not Reduce Production, but It Signals a Reckoning With Fossil Fuels
By Nicholas Kusnetz, Judy Fahys
Biden Cancels Keystone XL, Halts Drilling in Arctic Refuge on Day One, Signaling a Larger Shift Away From Fossil Fuels
By Nicholas Kusnetz
American Petroleum Institute Chief Promises to Fight Biden and the Democrats on Drilling, Tax Policy
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Was 2020 The Year That EVs Hit it Big? Almost, But Not Quite
By Nicholas Kusnetz