Local news is vanishing.
Climate coverage is shrinking.
Disinformation is flourishing.

The deck is stacked against climate journalism

There’s just $50 million in philanthropic funding for climate news outlets versus more than $1 billion spent on communications by fossil fuel companies and climate opponents.

The climate communication funding gap

$1B*Communications promoting fossil fuels and opposing climate
$50mPhilanthropic funding for U.S. climate news outlets
Area comparison showing Communications promoting fossil fuels and opposing climate at $1B* and Philanthropic funding for U.S. climate news outlets at $50m.

*Estimates drawn from report by Impact Architects (2026), Meaghan Parker (2025), Climate Accountability Research Project (2024), InfluenceMap (2022), Climate Investigations Center (2019).

The reality: Climate coverage is not meeting demand

Independent, credible climate journalism can only survive this imbalance with dedicated, sustained philanthropic support.

And that’s where we come in.

Purpose & Members

12 newsrooms. One message.

Launched in February 2025, the Climate News Task Force (CNTF) is a first-of-its kind collaboration. It brings together 12 diverse, nonprofit news organizations that produce or publish climate news.

Meet the members:

Action

First, collaboration.

We support collaboration between newsrooms across three interconnected functions that reinforce and amplify one another.

Collaboration

We are a non-competitive space for newsrooms to build trust, form editorial partnerships, co-publish stories, expand audiences and pool data that no one newsroom could do alone.

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