Journalism can’t leave the climate crisis to Netflix and Billie Eilish

With a few exceptions, mainstream media groups still don’t cover climate as they should. That must change. By Mark Hertsgaard Co-founder of Covering Climate Now and environment correspondent of The Nation By Kyle Pope Co-founder of Covering Climate Now, editor and publisher of Columbia Journalism Review Rescuers and relatives of victims set up tents in front of collapsed buildings in Derna, Libya on September 18, 2023, after devastating floods [Muhammad J Elalwany/AP Photo]In much of what we see, hear, and read, the climate crisis has become inescapable. On Netflix, Don’t Look Up spent weeks as the most-streamed movie ever. Pop star Billie…