In the fast-spinning news cycle that is the overwhelming reality of media today, there are dizzying distractions. From sex scandals to failing escalators, we often lose focus of what might be happening that is less sexy, less sensational, yet much more important. With that in mind, today we spend an hour with independent investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz, a regular contributing politics reporter to Rolling Stone, where she writes feature articles focused on energy, climate, and environmental justice. She has also written for the New York Times, Atlantic, National Geographic, Guardian, Wired, and many other outlets. She is the author of three books: Black Tide: the devastating impact of the Gulf Oil Spill, The Tyranny of Oil, and The Bush Agenda. She has also contributed to nine additional books, including most recently Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua’s Not Too Late:Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility (2023). Introducing Juhasz in his 2020 interview with her in The New Yorker, Bill McKibbon wrote that “she was a 2020-2021 Bertha investigative-journalism fellow, working with an international cohort of journalists on fossil fuels, the climate crisis, and corporate power.” Her most recent article (September 29) in Rolling Stone is titled “Inside the Fight Against Trump’s Alaskan Pipe Dream”, and that’s the focus of our discussion.
You can find Antonia at antoniajuhasz.net. You can also support her work there with your tax-deductible contributions.