Robinson Meyer

The Weekly Planet: How to Think About President Biden’s Big Climate Plans

Democrats have learned not to peg their hopes to a single major climate bill.

• Robinson Meyer
• 4:56 PM ET

The Weekly Planet: What 2020’s Bizarre Economy Taught Us About Climate Change

U.S. carbon pollution hasn’t been this low in decades—that’s the bad news.

• Robinson Meyer
• January 12, 2021

‘Secure the Capitol’ Misses the Point

More roadblocks and police officers won’t stop the next attempted coup.

• Robinson Meyer
• January 8, 2021

America Has Not Fixed Its Deadliest Pandemic Errors

The COVID Tracking Project’s extensive, daily data collection reveals the simple yet devastating ways the U.S. has failed.

• Robinson Meyer and Alexis C. Madrigal
• December 31, 2020

The Weekly Planet: The 5 Biggest Climate Stories of 2020

Joe Biden’s victory isn’t on the list.

• Robinson Meyer
• December 22, 2020

The Weekly Planet: The Only Way to Achieve Carbon-Neutral Flight, According to an Airline

United Airlines is betting on carbon removal as the key to climate-friendly air travel.

• Robinson Meyer
• December 15, 2020

The Weekly Planet: What Extremely Muscular Horses Teach Us About Climate Change

You can’t understand the history of American energy use without them. A new visual history puts them in context.

• Robinson Meyer
• December 8, 2020

The U.S. Has Passed the Hospital Breaking Point

A new statistic shows that health-care workers are running out of space to treat COVID-19 patients.

• Robinson Meyer and Alexis C. Madrigal
• December 4, 2020

The Weekly Planet: The Best Way to Donate to Fight Climate Change (Probably)

These are the most effective carbon offsets and climate-advocacy groups, according to a new evidence-based group.

• Robinson Meyer
• December 1, 2020

The Weekly Planet: A Start-Up’s Unusual Plan to Suck Carbon Out of the Sky

An online-payments company may fund more carbon removal than anyone else.

• Robinson Meyer
• November 24, 2020

The Final Pandemic Surge Is Crashing Over America

For the first time, the U.S. recorded 1 million COVID-19 cases in one week.

• Robinson Meyer and The COVID Tracking Project
• November 19, 2020

The Weekly Planet: What Donald Trump Taught the Electric-Car Industry

Tesla, Uber, and utilities are consolidating their power in Washington.

• Robinson Meyer
• November 17, 2020

The Weekly Planet: 5 Ways to Think About Biden and Climate Change

He could have the best chance to fight carbon pollution of any American leader in a decade.

• Robinson Meyer
• November 10, 2020

A Dreadful New Peak for the American Pandemic

The country recorded more than 100,000 coronavirus cases on Wednesday—the highest single-day total since the pandemic began.

• Robinson Meyer and Alexis C. Madrigal
• November 4, 2020

The Weekly Planet: How Jeff Bezos Is Spending His $10 Billion Earth Fund

These nine environmental groups are some of his first grantees.

• Robinson Meyer
• November 3, 2020

The Weekly Planet: The Secret Political Power of Fossil Fuels

Coal and fracking don’t work like other declining industries, and that matters for Democrats.

• Robinson Meyer
• October 27, 2020

The Coronavirus Surge That Will Define the Next 4 Years

Cases are rising in all but nine states. Unlike the past two waves, this one has no epicenter.

• Robinson Meyer
• October 22, 2020

The Weekly Planet: The Question That Haunts Climate Advocates

It’s not “Will Donald Trump win?”

• Robinson Meyer
• October 20, 2020

The Atlantic Daily: Why the Climate Story Is So Exciting Right Now

There’s been a technological breakthrough in the fight against climate change, a new report confirmed this week.

• Robinson Meyer
• October 15, 2020

Why Trump’s Rapid-Testing Plan Worries Scientists

Experts were already divided on the right way to deploy new coronavirus tests. Then the White House barged ahead.

• Alexis C. Madrigal and Robinson Meyer
• October 9, 2020