Jeff Young

Jeff Young is Newsweek's Environment and Sustainability Editor based in Louisville, Kentucky. His focus is climate change and sustainability with an emphasis on climate solutions and the clean energy transition. He has in-depth knowledge of energy policy and climate science and has covered international climate negotiations, energy and climate legislation on Capitol Hill and the aftermath of climate-driven disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. Jeff is the author of Appalachian Fall (Simon & Schuster, 2020), which explored the decline of the coal industry and community-level responses to the energy transition. He joined Newsweek in 2023 and previously managed the Ohio Valley ReSource, a public media news collaborative and was host and Washington Correspondent for public radio's Living on Earth. He is a graduate of Marshall University and was a 2012 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. You can get in touch with Jeff at j.young@newsweek.com and find him on X (formerly Twitter) at @JeffYoung8, and on BlueSky at @jefftheyoung.bsky.social. Languages: English, some Spanish.