Justin Worland

Justin Worland is a Washington D.C.-based senior correspondent for TIME covering climate change and the intersection of policy, politics and society.

Recent Articles

How the Biden Administration Is Responding to the SCOTUS Climate Setback

You might expect that Gina McCarthy, President Joe Biden's national climate advisor, would be frustrated this week. The Supreme Court dealt a significant blow on Thursday to what was once the most promising avenue for...

By Justin Worland June 30, 2022

Joe Neguse Didn’t Come to Congress to Fight Wildfires. Climate Change Had Other Plans

Despite clear directions from my GPS, I felt certain I was in the wrong place as I drove the last mile to meet Colorado Representative Joe Neguse in March. We were meeting in the city of...

By Justin Worland/Superior, Colo. June 10, 2022

Why Ro Khanna Wants to Talk About Gas Prices

Inflation is rankling voters, and the conventional wisdom in Washington is that sky high gas prices are a big liability for Congressional Democrats, who are already expected to lose seats in the fast-approaching midterm elections....

By Justin Worland May 19, 2022

The Small, Local Election With Potentially Major Climate Change Significance

Next week’s primary election in Georgia has made national news as a potential bellwether of how voters view former President Donald Trump and his false claims that the 2020 presidential election in the state, which...

By Justin Worland May 19, 2022

This Is How We Quit Big Oil

At the end of the first quarter of 2021, as the CEOs of the three biggest U.S. oil and gas companies presented their firms’ earnings, investors fired off a range of questions about how they...

By Justin Worland May 11, 2022

Planet Earth’s Future Now Rests in the Hands of Big Business

Government officials around the world are increasingly looking at the private sector as partners in the climate fight.

By Justin Worland April 14, 2022

Gas Prices Don't Reflect Their Environmental Cost

The true cost of driving includes not just the price of filling up but also the costs that it imposes on society, including pollution

By Justin Worland March 24, 2022

Why the SEC’s New Climate Rules Could Divide Corporate America

The fight over the SEC's climate rules illustrates an emerging fault line: some companies are changing and others hanging on to old ways

By Justin Worland March 22, 2022

Russian Invasion Could Break Oil’s Grip on US

The political impact of domestic energy costs has shaped U.S. foreign and national security policy for the better part of 50 years. Putin's Attack on Ukraine may be changing that calculation.

By Justin Worland March 7, 2022

A California City's Road-Usage Fee Back-Fired. Here's Why It Matters

The city of La Mesa seems on the surface to be as progressive as they come. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by a 2:1 margin—and, generally speaking, the San Diego suburb votes bright blue. The city...

By Justin Worland/La Mesa, Calif. March 3, 2022
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