Josh Harkinson

Reporter

As Mother Jones' West Coast reporter, Josh keeps a close eye on natural resource issues, digital democracy, and the environment. Before joining Mother Jones as an investigative fellow in 2006, Josh spent three years as a staff writer at the Houston Press.

Author's Articles

American oil money is pumping up climate change skeptics abroad. Could they kneecap a post-Copenhagen accord?
Tue Dec. 22, 2009 3:59 AM PST
Meet the 12 loudest members of the chorus claiming that global warming is a joke and that CO2 emissions are actually good for you.
Fri Dec. 4, 2009 6:42 PM PST
Meet the 12 loudest members of the chorus claiming that global warming is a joke and that CO2 emissions are actually good for you.
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Meet the 12 loudest members of the chorus claiming that global warming is a joke and that CO2 emissions are actually good for you.
Fri Dec. 4, 2009 6:36 PM PST
Meet the 12 loudest members of the chorus claiming that global warming is a joke and that CO2 emissions are actually good for you.
Fri Dec. 4, 2009 6:36 PM PST
Meet the 12 loudest members of the chorus claiming that global warming is a joke and that CO2 emissions are actually good for you.
Fri Dec. 4, 2009 6:36 PM PST
Meet the 12 loudest members of the chorus claiming that global warming is a joke and that CO2 emissions are actually good for you.
Fri Dec. 4, 2009 6:36 PM PST
Meet the 12 loudest members of the chorus claiming that global warming is a joke and that CO2 emissions are actually good for you.
Fri Dec. 4, 2009 6:32 PM PST
Meet the 12 loudest members of the chorus claiming that global warming is a joke and that CO2 emissions are actually good for you.
Fri Dec. 4, 2009 6:21 PM PST
Meet the 12 loudest members of the chorus claiming that global warming is a joke and that CO2 emissions are actually good for you.
Fri Dec. 4, 2009 6:12 PM PST
Meet the 12 loudest members of the chorus claiming that global warming is a joke and that CO2 emissions are actually good for you.
Fri Dec. 4, 2009 5:59 PM PST
Meet the 12 loudest members of the chorus claiming that global warming is a joke and that CO2 emissions are actually good for you.
Fri Dec. 4, 2009 5:48 PM PST
Meet the 12 loudest voices in the chorus of global warming skeptics and Copenhagen cranks.
Fri Dec. 4, 2009 5:30 PM PST
Taco Bell, an Iron Chef, guerrilla gourmets, and Ruth Reichl do battle over the food world's hottest new trend.
Tue Dec. 1, 2009 4:00 AM PST
California's Central Valley is dying of thirst.
The Chamber of Commerce says it speaks for 3 million businesses. That's hot air.
Tue Oct. 13, 2009 2:00 AM PDT
Did the Chamber of Commerce break its own rules when it scared off Apple and Nike?
Wed Oct. 7, 2009 2:00 AM PDT
Stop—don't flush away your precious bodily fluids!
If water were more expensive, would it be easier to conserve?
Your new jeans cost the planet 2,866 gallons of precious H2O.
The woods are lovely, dark, and...full of gun-toting narcofarmers.
Pass a flawed climate bill now, or wait for a better one later?
Mon Jun. 22, 2009 2:00 AM PDT
The devil's in the details of the new climate bill.
Mon Jun. 22, 2009 2:00 AM PDT
Was I wrong to recycle the junk-mail envelopes with plastic windows? Won’t the "Two Buck Chuck" bottle just shatter? A guided tour of trash heaven.
Fri Jun. 12, 2009 2:00 AM PDT
Was I wrong to recycle the junk-mail envelopes with plastic windows? Won’t the "Two Buck Chuck" bottle just shatter? A guided tour of trash heaven.
Wed Jun. 10, 2009 11:13 AM PDT
Was I wrong to recycle the junk-mail envelopes with plastic windows? A guided trash tour.
Wed Jun. 10, 2009 1:50 AM PDT
Recycling sewage into fertilizer might be making us sick. Why doesn't the EPA give a crap?
Inside the secret anti-union meetings.
Mon Apr. 6, 2009 3:56 PM PDT
Can this plant feed the world?
Backyard farms, sidewalk crops, and other ideas for urban growth.
Upgrading college nutrition, one dining hall at a time.
Is our Senate leader in bed with America's worst polluter?
Are Nancy Pelosi, Henry Waxman, and Van Jones hot? Or not? You decide.
George and Laura Bush are moving down the street from the Dallas home where I grew up. A field guide to their new neighborhood.
Thu Jan. 22, 2009 12:00 AM PST
How Obama's DOE head got $500 million BP bucks to bankroll Berkeley research—and what it means for our energy future.
Thu Dec. 18, 2008 12:00 AM PST

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