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# Justin Worland


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## Justin Worland


Worland is a senior correspondent at TIME, based in the Washington, D.C., bureau and the founder of TIME’s Future Proof newsletter and platform for understanding the climate and energy economy. He received Covering Climate Now’s inaugural Climate Journalist of the Year award in 2022, among other awards. He is the Outrider Foundation fellow at TIME. 


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## Justin Worland


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Aug 21, 2026  
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