Former climate reporter Lucy Biggers reveals: ‘I never covered positive climate stories because it would ‘muddy the narrative’ that climate change was an existential threat’

When I was a climate reporter I never covered positive climate stories because it would “muddy the narrative” that climate change was an existential threat.

No one told me to behave this way. I chose to do this of my own volition.

I think this is why we rarely see events like… pic.twitter.com/nXdDVtJbT8

— Lucy Biggers (@LLBiggers) September 15, 2026

After the Standing Rock protest in 2016 I saw that millions of pounds of trash had been left behind by the climate activist, but I chose not to cover it because I didn’t want to complicate the story that the climate activists were the “good guys” and the fossil fuel company was… pic.twitter.com/vbbSx9BB3Y

— Lucy Biggers (@LLBiggers) September 16, 2026