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Danielle Renwick

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Danielle Renwick is editor of Nexus Media News, where she oversees news features, journalism projects, and media partnerships. Prior to joining Nexus Media News, Danielle was an editor at the Guardian US, where she was part of an award-winning investigation into US healthcare workers lost to Covid-19. She has reported from Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, and her home state of Wisconsin, with bylines appearing in The New York Times, NPR, and Marketplace, among other outlets. Danielle has a master’s degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from New York University. She speaks Spanish and Portuguese, and as a new mom, enjoys the occasional nap.

Danielle Renwick

Ben Jealous’s New Mission: Saving the Planet

Danielle Renwick X March 9, 2023

Ben Jealous has spent much of his career fighting for voting rights and prison reform. Now, as he takes the helm of the Sierra Club, he’s thinking about other ways to fight

The Climate Crisis Is Changing Our Concept of Home

Danielle Renwick X August 11, 2022

In a single week in July, more than 100 million Americans, from Massachusetts to Arizona, were under excessive heat warnings or advisories, as temperatures soared into the triple digits across the country.

A Chevron Refinery Fire in California Created a Generation of Activists

Danielle Renwick X August 5, 2022

On the afternoon of August 6, 2012, a thick black plume grew over Richmond, California, 10 miles northeast of San Francisco. As the air grew thick with smoke, residents instinctively knew the

“We Want to Make Sure That We Leave the World Better Than It Is Now.”

Danielle Renwick X July 26, 2022

In February 2020, professor Sheldon Pollock, 74, was recently widowed, approaching retirement from his tenured position at Columbia University and thinking about what would come next for him. His granddaughter Elea, a

How U.S. Cities Are Preparing for More Life-Threatening Heatwaves

Danielle Renwick X Emma Pattee X June 29, 2022

Last summer, a mass of high-pressure air known as a heat dome, settled over the Pacific Northwest, hovering for days. The result was record-shattering heat, with temperatures reaching 115 degrees in Portland.

Melissa Lin Perrella Says Community Is Key to Fighting Violence and Pollution

Danielle Renwick X June 27, 2022

The daughter of Chinese immigrants, Melissa Lin Perrella sees a direct line from her childhood in a small town in Central California in the 1980s to her work on the front lines

Native Farmers Need More Support to Help U.S. Meet Climate Goals

Danielle Renwick X June 27, 2022

Carly Griffith Hotvedt’s Cherokee ancestors planted what is called “the three sisters:” corn, beans and squash. The squash leaves provided shade and protection for the soil, and the beans, as nitrogen fixers,

Central Park’s Climate Lab Explores the Future of Urban Green Spaces

Danielle Renwick X May 22, 2022

When Hurricane Ida dumped more than 3 inches of rain on Central Park in a single hour, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) called it a “1-in-500 year rainfall event.” The

‘No One Has Been Spared.’

Danielle Renwick X April 7, 2022

Climate change threatens our food systems as we know them. Some 821 million people currently suffer from malnutrition worldwide, including 151 million children under five whose growth is stunted. A warming planet

‘You Can’t Separate the Fight for Climate Justice From the Fight for Gender Equality.’

Danielle Renwick X March 23, 2022

Climate change is a women’s issue. Women are far more likely to be displaced by climate disasters and are more vulnerable to the economic shocks and increased gender-based violence that accompanies a

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Climate Change Is Exacerbating America's Maternal Health Crisis

Danielle Renwick X March 16, 2022

Esther McCant, a doula in Miami, has visited clients in sweltering apartments without air conditioning. She has seen them exhausted from long days working on their feet in the South Florida heat.

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Facebook’s New Ad Policies Make It Harder for Climate Groups to Counter Big Oil

Danielle Renwick X February 27, 2022

Last month, Facebook removed certain interests from its Detailed Targeting advertising tool “that relate to topics people may perceive as sensitive.” Advertisers can no longer target people based on interests in causes

How to Talk About Climate Change (and Combat Climate Doom)

Danielle Renwick X February 13, 2022

For some climate activists, climate doom is the new climate denialism. Only about 10 percent of Americans deny human-made climate change is real, but many young people wonder if it’s too late to

Your Gas Stove Is Leaking

Danielle Renwick X January 27, 2022

If you have a gas stove, there’s a good chance it’s leaking right now. A new report out of Stanford today found gas stoves old and new are constantly emitting methane, the

What Do Rich Countries Owe the Rest of the World?

Danielle Renwick X January 21, 2022

One of the thorniest issues at the most recent climate talks in Glasgow was the question of what rich nations, who bear the most responsibility for climate change, owe to poorer ones,

Can Carbon Removal Save the Planet?

Danielle Renwick X Josh Landis X Danielle Renwick X November 16, 2021

There’s a reason this year’s UN climate summit drew protests and disappointed many in attendance: the world is not yet on track for limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the target

Climate Anxiety Is Real. Here’s How To Cope.

Danielle Renwick X October 6, 2021

If you find yourself despairing over recent reports that young people will live through "unprecedented" heatwaves, droughts, floods and other climate disasters, you’re not alone. Nearly six in 10 young people, aged


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