Robinson Meyer
Robinson Meyer is a former staff writer at The Atlantic and the former author of the newsletter The Weekly Planet. He is also a co-founder of the COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic. Rob was previously a visiting fellow in journalism at the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago. He was a recipient of the American Society of Magazine Editors’ NEXT Award for Journalists Under 30 in 2021.
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The World Could Be Entering a New Era of Climate War
Runaway climate change once seemed like it could spur violence. Now a different risk has emerged.
AUL LOEB / AFP/ Getty Wait, Why Wasn’t There a Climate Backlash?
Joe Biden's energy balancing act really worked.
Jordan Gale / The New York Times / Redux America Just Shrugged Off Biden’s Big Climate Law
Democrats braced for a midterm backlash to the Inflation Reduction Act. It never came.
Katie Martin / The Atlantic; Getty The Paris Agreement Is Working … For Now
The world’s much-maligned climate treaty has produced some stunning results.
Andrew Burton / Getty A Republican Congress Is Coming for Biden’s Climate Wins
If the looming GOP majority sabotages climate policy, its own voters will suffer. The party might do it anyway.
Patrick Pleul / DPA / AFP / Getty The Climate Art Vandals Are Embarrassing
Aesthetics matter in politics. But not like … this.
Getty; The Atlantic China Accidentally Made Our Gas Much Cheaper
Xi Jinping’s zero-COVID lockdowns have been an unexpected gift to Joe Biden.
Franco Origlia / Getty Frankenstein’s Hummer
The company's new electric pickup truck is an unwieldy mix between an ambulance and a race car.
GMC The Climate Economy Is About to Explode
A new report suggests that the Inflation Reduction Act could be even bigger than Congress thinks.
David McNew / Getty Honestly? The Link Between Climate Change and Hurricanes Is Complicated.
Hurricane Ian shows some symptoms of global warming. But saying anything beyond that is folly.
Ricardo Arduengo / AFP / Getty
