Justin Worland

Justin Worland is a senior correspondent at TIME in the Washington, D.C. bureau. 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.

Recent Articles

IEA Head Wants Fossil Fuel Industry To Set Climate Targets

"Oil and gas companies need to make some commitments in order to be taken seriously," says Fatih Birol.

By Justin Worland / Paris

Why Europe's New Climate Rules Matter to American Companies

Europe's new corporate climate disclosure rules will be far-reaching. Any company that isn’t paying attention risks being left unprepared.

By Justin Worland/Brussels

What High Interest Rates Mean For U.S. Renewable Energy

The cost of financing renewable energy plays a significant role in determining the cost of clean electricity.

By Justin Worland

EPA Power Plant Rule Anchors Biden's Wider Climate Agenda

The EPA's new rule is significant on its own. But to understand its significance, it’s important to look at it as part of a bigger picture.

By Justin Worland

Texas Could Be the World’s Clean Energy Capital—If It Wants

There’s just one problem: politics.

By Justin Worland/Houston

Jigar Shah Has a $400 Billion Checkbook to Grow Clean Tech

Financing the energy transition is a massive conundrum. Jigar Shah can provide a key puzzle piece—for the businesses that work with him.

By Justin Worland

How Republicans Learned to Love Green Jobs

Taking a closer look at the debt ceiling bill and how it came about can tell us a lot about why the Inflation Reduction Act is so durable.

By Justin Worland

Why Climate Action in a Recession is a Smart Business Move

The case for climate action needs to be made in financial and economic terms.

By Justin Worland

Why ESG Is So Confusing

ESG means different things to different people. That's causing supporters and skeptics to talk past each other, making everyone confused.

By Justin Worland

The World Bank and IMF Want to Rethink Climate Finance

The phalanx of economists and policymakers in Washington are working to reorient Bretton Woods institutions to address climate change

By Justin Worland

Inflation May Make People Less Likely to Back Climate Policy

Only 38% of Americans would be willing to pay $1 per month to address climate change, according to new polling released Tuesday.

By Justin Worland

Welcome to the TIME CO2 Leadership Report

A weekly column from Justin Worland about the intersection between business and climate.

By Justin Worland

From Trump to Climate, Law Struggles With Unprecedented Moments

Interpretation of the law is built on precedent. Climate change, much like Donald Trump, is unprecedented.

By Justin Worland

Businesses Are Terrified of ESG Backlash

The Republican anti-ESG push has momentum. Whether, and how quickly, businesses push back will shape whether the anti-ESG movement balloons.

By Justin Worland

This May Be the Scariest Part of the New UN Climate Report

It's striking both how close we may be to crossing a number of points-of-no-return and how little we know about these climate tipping points.

By Justin Worland

Big Oil and Biden's New Relationship Status

The Willow project is just the latest development in the Biden Administration's complicated, evolving relations with the industry.

By Justin Worland/Houston

How Climate Change Became Central to U.S.-Europe Relations

The meeting between Biden and his E.U. counterpart on March 10 could pave the way forward for constructive trans-Atlantic climate cooperation.

By Justin Worland

Texas Considers ESG Insurance Ban

Over the past year, the backlash to ESG investing has swept up red states. As the saying goes, it’s bigger in Texas.

By Justin Worland

The U.S. Wants to Build a Clean-Energy Economy. But First It Needs China's Help

Despite tension between the great powers, American reliance on Chinese tech will continue in the short term

By Justin Worland

BP's Green U-Turn Shows Why the Energy Transition Is So Hard

BP's announcement that it will reduce its climate ambition shouldn't come as a surprise given the profit to be made.

By Justin Worland
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