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Urban Harvest

Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa. Table of Contents | Digital Edition
Guardian Environmental Network
By Andrew Freedman
Obama Proposal Could Weaken Key Climate Agency
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January 20, 2012: An Obama administration plan to cut costs by combining several government agencies may make good political sense, coming in the midst of the Republican presidential primary season, with its heated small-government rhetoric.... read more >
Hot Nights and High Humidity Break Records
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July 21, 2011: My colleague Heidi Cullen had an excellent op-ed in the New York Times yesterday on the current heat wave, and the shifting notion of what constitutes a "normal climate" as average global temperatures continue to warm. She... read more >
New York Times Publishes a Searing Drought Story But Completely Misses the Climate Change Angle
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July 13, 2011: In Monday’s New York Times, Kim Severson and Kirk Johnson wrote an eloquent story on the intense drought that is maintaining a tight grip on a broad swath of America’s southern tier, from Arizona to Florida. Reporting from... read more >
High Waters: A Climate Connection to the Mississippi River Floods?
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May 11, 2011: Climate Central tackles a vital question -- is the current rash of extreme weather a sign of things to come as the world continues to warm?
Tornado Outbreak Raises Climate Change Questions
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April 29, 2011: With more than 300 dead from at least 100 tornadoes, including at least 210 deaths in Alabama alone, the tornado outbreak that tore across the South on Wednesday was certainly one for the record-books. Storm surveys are... read more >
Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Sparks Conversation on Energy Safety
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March 16, 2011: The ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan as a result of the devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake and massive tsunami on March 11, has touched off renewed discussions about managing the risks and benefits of nuclear power in... read more >
The Many Eccentricities of Hurricane Season 2010 (So Far)
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October 28, 2010: Most Americans may not realize it, but the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season has been a doozy, with 17 named storms so far. Remarkably, the U.S. has gotten through most of the season largely unscathed, with not a single... read more >
What Role Might Climate Change Have Played in the Recent East Coast Deluge?
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October 4, 2010: The heavy rains that inundated the East Coast during the last week of September were the result of a rare combination of ingredients--namely a wide-open, 3,000-mile-long pipeline of tropical moisture extending from the... read more >
Fish & Wildlife Service Lays Out a New Course for Species Conservation in Climate Change Era
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September 29, 2010: With a new strategic conservation plan, the agency is finally acknowledging and planning for the drastic effects that climate change will have on wildlife.
Public Warms to Climate Change
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June 16, 2010: The American media has established a narrative that climate science is becoming more controversial, and public confidence in that science is waning. But does this narrative accurately reflect public opinion? Two new polls... read more >
Andrew Freedman
Andrew Freedman is the managing editor of online content and climate policy analyst for Climate Central. Prior to working with Climate Central, Freedman was a reporter for Congressional Quarterly and Greenwire/E&E Daily. His work has also appeared online at The Weather... More