This report examines media coverage of extreme weather events in 2018 and assesses the extent to which outlets connected the topics to climate change. It also looks at whether the media mentioned solutions when discussing climate change. WHY YOU SHOULD TAKE A LOOK: “News outlets are giving the crisis our time far less attention than...

Between June 27 and July 8, much of the continental U.S. was engulfed in record-breaking, extreme heat. Media outlets have largely neglected to connect extreme heat and climate change all year – and they did even worse during the June-July heat wave. Ten of the top 50 U.S. newspapers made no mention of climate change or global...

This report looks at the media coverage of climate issues in 2017, such as extreme weather events, and assesses the extent to which media coverage relates to climate change.