Nate joined E&E News in 2008, establishing the New York City bureau, then later Energywire's Houston office. In New York he covered Northeastern environmental issues, carbon markets, renewable energy finance and international environmental treaties from the United Nations. In Houston he covered oil and gas with an emphasis on offshore drilling for Energywire. Currently he follows climate developments in the Far East from Japan. He is two-time recipient of the U.N. Correspondents Association Gold Prize and honorable mention from the National Press Club. He previously worked for Nikkei. Nate graduated summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota and holds a master's degree from the University of British Columbia.
The world's elite gave a warm reception to the European Green Deal in Davos, Switzerland, this week, while environmental watchdogs focused on the sprawling plan's many unanswered questions.
The world's largest relief agency is mobilizing the biggest food drive in its history to help 45 million sub-Saharan Africans at risk of hunger or starvation.
A slowing global economy could be further inhibited by climate change, economists at the United Nations and International Monetary Fund warn in two new reports.
An Australian environmental advocacy group is recommending that the Australian Open tennis tournament be moved to cooler months, warning that increasingly sweltering summers Down Under will eventually become unbearable for athletes.
Rain finally started to fall yesterday on fire-devastated Australia, and today's forecast calls for heavy showers that could bring relief to firefighters battling the country's bush fire emergency.