Justine Calma is a senior science reporter at The Verge, where she covers energy and the environment. She’s also the host of Hell or High Water: When a Disaster Hits Home, a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals. Since reporting on the adoption of the Paris agreement in 2015, Justine has covered climate change on the ground in four continents. She won a Covering Climate Now award for her reporting on forest restoration in Costa Rica in 2025. “Power Shift,” her story about one neighborhood’s fight for renewable energy in New Orleans, was published in the 2022 edition of The Best American Science and Nature Writing. She received an honorable mention in the Society of Environmental Journalists awards in 2023 for her reporting on the environmental effects of crypto mining.

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Justine Calma

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Microsoft wants to capture all of the carbon dioxide it’s ever emitted

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Trump eases approval process for pipelines and infrastructure projects

YouTubers’ campaign will plant trees in California, Kenya, and India

Delta is offsetting emissions for flights to Las Vegas for CES

Smart tech is coming for your last safe space: the bathroom

Shoppers in Thailand are getting creative after a new plastic bag ban

Amazon employees who spoke out about climate change could be fired

is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home, a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals.

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